Amethyst Luster
Optical Properties of Amethyst are its behavioral responses towards light. While few optical properties can be identified with naked eyes, other require special instruments by the gemologists to identify them. Amethyst optical properties like luster, clarity, refractive index etc. are used to determine the non-destructive methods during gemstone identification and evaluation.
Amethyst luster is the quantity of light the crystal reflects when light is incident on it. Amethyst which is commonly found in Violet, White, Colorless, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, pink, Violet, pink color, is Transparent and Transparent to translucent in nature. It possess Vitreous luster.