Spotting fake amethyst 😲 | Crystal Dupes

Trusting your gut instincts is crucial but it’s equally important to back it up with research 🫶🏻

If you’re new to the Crystal world always ask your supplier, shop, or vendor questions about anything you want to know! It can save you a lot of money if you’re not so convinced about the authenticity of a Crystal.

Ask questions, there’s no such thing as a stupid question 🫶🏻

And please be aware when buying Amethyst from China even if they say they got it from Brazil 🚩

[sbocaj]

The weird purple color is the first giveaway

[Apollos]

Just bought some on Amazon and it looks nothing like that. I'm glad.

[coffeecup]

THEY LOOK REAL TO ME U CAN FEEL THE DIFFRENCE BETWEEN CRYSTAL AND GLASS AND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE RINBOW

[Україна-цэ]

They're also not high grade because the colour is too light

[SoccerNutTV]

You need to lick it. If it tastes like stone it's real. If it tastes like plastic then it's fake.

[chrisrutherfurd]

Did you do a scratch test? Amythest has a mos hardness of 7. If it scratches against a coin, they are likely fake.

[elviefabillaran]

I have here a stone, I don't know if this is really amethyst

[elviefabillaran]

I want to show to you the stone but I dont know how to insert the picture on the comment

[White.]

i have ameythyst and color already says it all its fake the color of an ameythyst is white/light lavender

[terrancephillips]

Uh, that’s real amethyst. Nobody’s faking amethyst, it’s quite common and not particularly expensive. Those are all real amethyst crystals. 🤦🏻‍♂️