Best 39 Purple Crystals & Stones 

Metaphysical & Healing Properties

➤ Written By Liz Oakes

Purple Crystals are some of the most popular crystals that people buy. They are likely to attract you both due to their color and their strong energy.

The energy of stones that are the color purple is well known as they are highly stimulating to your energy field.

Purple stones have a strong vibration and powerful metaphysical properties, and this color is well known for its action within the third eye chakra.

One of the most well known is the lovely Purple Amethyst and like many stones in this group it has powerful violet flame healing properties.

They assist you to more easily slip into the state needed for you to attain successful meditation which may also spark a range of psychic abilities.

Purple crystals are excellent to assist your ability to meditate and are some of the best, most well known stones for meditation.

Properties Of Purple & Violet Crystals

The color purple comes in a range of shades from a very deep intense almost black purple, as well as the lighter bright purple color associated with crystals such as natural Amethyst crystals.

The various tones of purple and their specific intensity are associated with the amount of various minerals that an individual stone may contain.

As the color varies it is associated with the crystal colors lavender, violet, plum, grape, mauve and maroon and may also be a more reddish purple shade.

Most lilac or purple stones have strong metaphysical properties that are highly stimulating to your auric field and help to create a deeper connection to the Divine mind.

Purple is the color associated with the third eye, and the purple crystals are well known for their strong effect to activate the pineal gland.

Crystals that are a deep purple color or are lavender or violet stones have a potent action within this chakra.

The energies of these crystals may embody strong spiritual powers that may be effective to stimulate the crown chakra, soul star chakra and the higher etheric chakras. 

Be aware that some stones featured here may be purple, yet the same stone type can sometimes be other colors. Stones with the same name can be different colors due to the amount of specific minerals in the stones that creates the color.

The vibration of purple stones helps you in a number of ways which you can read about in the following sections:

• Third eye chakra crystals and their role to boost psychic visions or clairvoyance.
• Psychic gifts such as clairaudience, clairsentience and mental telepathy.
• Enhanced inner guidance from stronger intuitive abilities.
  
• Violet flame healing crystals.
  
• Crystals that soothe stress and anxiety.
• Crystals to aid deeper more peaceful meditation.
• High vibration purple crystals with a potent crystal energy.
• Crystals that activate stronger Spiritual growth and aid understanding of spiritual concepts.

Please note that many purple stones can be found in more than one category.

Purple Third Eye Chakra Stones Explained

The role of purple crystals and the third eye explained:

The colors for the third eye chakra are purple and indigo. While the shades of purple have been explained above, many people are not sure about the color Indigo.

Indigo is a mix of purple and blue and indigo is commonly more blue in color. Some stones said to be purple can range from indigo to a bluish purple.

Many purple stones have powerful metaphysical properties and can have a highly effective action to strongly stimulate the third eye.

The third eye strongly relates to the pineal gland which is a quite small pea shaped gland that is located in the brain in behind the third eye.

If you haven't heard of it, it works in combination with the pituitary gland to activate the energy of this chakra and to help the management of various hormones in the body. 

One of the well known attributes of the third eye is how it works to strengthen your psychic visionary ability. Psychic vision is also called clairvoyance. 

In addition the energy of this chakra also stimulates the birth of other psychic gifts including intuition, mental telepathy, clairaudience and psychic knowing.

There are a number of purple crystals that will energize the third eye area and their vibration is well known for its action to activate the birth of new psychic gifts.

In addition it may animate their expansion for those who have already activated them.

Which purple crystals are third eye stones? There are quite  few of the purple stones that have a strong energy to stimulate this chakra.

This includes: Amethyst, Purple Scapolite, Charoite, Purple Morado Opal, Sugilite, Purple or Lavender Smithsonite, Purple Fluorite, Kammererite, Tiffany Stone, Stichtite and Hackmanite.

Wondering about other benefits of the crystals for the third eye? There are two articles about the third eye that may help you to learn more about this chakra.

One article in particular explains how the the third chakra operates. 

Note: although purple crystals will commonly resonate within this chakra, stones of other colors also resonate within this the third eye area. 

The second article talks about specific third eye chakra stones and also has pictures of many of these crystals as well, including other colored stones that may stimulate this area.

Boost Intuition & Enhanced Inner Guidance

Many of the purple crystals or stones have a good action to trigger enhanced inner guidance, innovative ideas and imaginative thinking. 

Intuition is a gift that many people wish to develop and there are quite a few stones that are in this color group that boost intuitive gifts.

Many people are already aware of the value of having stronger intuitive gifts. Read the article to learn more about how to develop your intuition.

There are a number of purple crystals to boost your intuitive gifts and this includes Ametrine, a variety of quartz which is a mix of purple Amethyst and yellow Citrine.

Other crystals that have a strong action to heighten your inner guidance includes Amethyst, Iolite, Charoite, Hackmanite, Tiffany Stone and Yttrium Fluorite.

You may note that some of these stones are also mentioned in other sections related to other gifts that they stimulate.

Benefits Of Meditation With Purple Stones

Meditation with any of the lavender, violet or purple crystals will be highly beneficial, as they have an excellent calming effect that helps to soothe you.

Successful meditation is a well known spiritual practice that helps you to release the connection to your conscious mind as you allow yourself to go to a deeper level of relaxation.

Purple stones have an impressive energy to stimulate Spiritual growth and healing and are quite effective to assist you to more easily relax into deep meditation.

Meditation with any crystal is one a highly beneficial way to utilize them.

The vibration of many of the stones in this color group will help you to make a stronger connection to your higher self and to connect with your spirit guides.

They may aid you to connect with a range of beings in the higher realms, such as angelic beings and spirit guides.

Their energy may attract spiritual guidance and may help you to recognize the mysteries and practices of specific Spiritual ideas and beliefs you might come across.

During meditation you may discover an ability to use the psychic sense or gift of claircognizance also called psychic knowing.

Purple crystals that boost this psychic gift includes Amethyst Cacoxenite, Yttrium Fluorite and Purple Scapolite.

There are a number of powerful purple stones that will boost your telepathic gifts and this includes both Purple Scapolite and Amethyst Cacoxenite.

Mental telepathy may be stimulated by using Spurrite which is commonly a  purple stone, as well as the high crystal energy stones Tiffany Stone and Afghanite. Afghanite can be a lavender color but is often blue.

How Will Purple Crystals Help You? Boost Psychic Gifts

The purple crystals are well known for their action to stimulate psychic gifts and in particular they aid you to see clearer visions also known as clairvoyance as outlined above.

There are a number of lovely purple stones that stimulate clairaudience or psychic hearing including Lavender Quartz, Amethyst Cacoxenite, Tiffany Stone, Amethyst Elestial and Iolite. 

Other gifts that can be stimulated by stones in this color group includes clairsentience or psychometry, both relating to psychic sensing or "feeling".

Clairsentience or psychometry can be activated by Lavender Quartz and the purple agate known as Grape Agate or Grape Chalcedony.

Why Would You Use Purple Crystals? Stress Relief

Stress and tension affects many people on a regular basis and it can be highly beneficial to use the purple crystals for stress relief.

In particular a number of these stones contain lithium which makes them an ideal stone to help during any type of difficult time that may be occurring in your everyday life. 

There are a number of purple crystals that bring an improved feeling of energy to assist tension, anxiety and stress, and the stones containing lithium in particular are helpful.

Lepidolite has a section below with more details about it. This is a great stone for stress and tension and is a highly beneficial crystal for better sleep.

Lepidolite may lilac, lavender or deep purple. The other lithium based stone is the beautiful lavender quartz crystal called Lithium Quartz.

In addition there are other lithium based crystals such as Lavender Kunzite and Lavender Petalite, although this color of Petalite is uncommon.

Other purple crystals that assist the relief of stress includes Purple Scapolite, Purpurite, Sugilite,  Violet Flame Opal, Charoite, Auralite 23, Ametrine and Lavender Quartz.

Benefits Of Purple Crystals: Violet Flame Healing

Violet flame healing is one of the most profound methods of Spiritual healing and has a strong spiritual energy.

Crystals that embody the violet ray have an impressive energy that makes a deep connection to the Ascended Master Saint Germain.

The vibration embodied in these crystals helps to transmute and release negativity that may be holding back your healing.

The use of Amethyst and other violet flame crystals by crystal healers and other alternative medicine practitioners is well known.

You may use them for aiding physical healing as well as both emotional healing and Spiritual healing.

Violet flame healing is faith based, meaning that if you believe that this energy will heal you and also make a connection to Saint Germain in the higher realms and ask for his help he will assist you.

Stones that embody the violet flame energy are highly effective tools for alchemical healers to use.

There is an in-depth article explaining violet flame healing so read more about it if it interests you.

All types of Amethyst embody this energy, including both the deep purple Amethyst, Chevron Amethyst and the high vibration members of the quartz family Elestial Amethyst and Vera Cruz Amethyst which have a powerful energy.

Other crystals that embody the violet ray includes Violet Flame Opal, Purpurite, Tanzanite, Sugilite, Auralite 23, Brandberg, Purple Spirit Quartz and Amethyst Cacoxenite also called Super Seven.

High Vibration Purple Crystals: Boost Spirituality

The high vibration crystals generally resonate within the chakras from the heart chakra up, with a stronger vibration within the higher chakras, including the crown chakra, soul star chakra and the other higher etheric chakras.

They have potent metaphysical properties that boost spirituality and assist spiritual growth and healing.

By resonating within the higher, more spiritual chakras they may trigger inspired ways of thinking and increase spiritual awareness.

The high vibration stone Tanzanite is known as a stone of transformation that may spark amazing changes in your life.

In addition they may aid you to understand the concept of enlightenment, as they also resonate upwards to energize your higher chakras including both the crown chakra and the soul star chakra. 

The most well known crystals that have a higher level of crystal energy are all highly spiritual stones that have a positive effect to assist spiritual healing.

This includes Purple Herderite, Purple Scapolite, Amethyst Elestial Quartz, Tiffany Stone, Tanzanite, Lavender Kunzite, Hackmanite, Vera Cruz Amethyst and Yttrium Fluorite which is also known as Lavender Fluorite.

Many of these are also in the other sections as they have a number of excellent healing and metaphysical properties.

How To Use Them: Wearing Purple Gemstones

Wearing purple gemstone jewelry is a highly beneficial way to keep the energy of any of these crystals close to you for long periods.

Many of the purple gemstones are fairly easy to obtain as jewelry, so check out their healing properties to see if you feel they could help you.

If you feel that their metaphysical properties may benefit you, it would be a good idea to wear them in order to keep their vibration working within your auric field.

The purple crystals are popular gemstones as they are both attractive and effective healing crystals for you to use.

You can also keep any of the purple crystals on your body by using a macrame crystal holder.

Macrame crystal holders are easy to buy, just make sure the one you get has a bead at the top so you can easily change the stones when you wish to work with something else.

Ways To Use Purple Crystals

There are a great number of ways to use any of the crystals in this color group, but the main thing is to keep them close to you in order for as long as possible.

Many of the purple stones strongly resonate within the higher chakras so they are generally excellent stones to use for meditation and energy work.

They are commonly known as good psychic crystals that can be used to stimulate a range of psychic gifts or abilities as mentioned above.

When using your chosen stone, you may benefit from keeping it on your body or locate it close to where you spend the most time each day.

Take care with using Amethyst in the bedroom as it can be overstimulating. Yet it is also well known for its action to assist insomnia.

As always it may benefit you to test your crystals to see how you react to their vibration.

 Most Well Known Purple Crystals 

There are a large number of beautiful purple crystals but there are some specific stones that are more well known than others, so I have included some extra information about them.

Vera Cruz Amethyst is one of the many types of amethyst, and while most are purple there are few other colors that might interest you.

See link to page under the Vera Cruz Cluster image to read about the many types of Amethyst.

Many of the purple gemstones are well known and many of these have an in-depth page where you can read more about them.

See more information below about some of the most well known purple crystals, including Amethyst, Sugilite, Purple Fluorite, Lepidolite and Charoite.

Purple Amethyst Crystal

Amethyst crystals are the most well known purple quartz that commonly occurs as beautiful prismatic crystals that are primarily comprised of silicon dioxide with trace amounts of iron.

Large deposits of these beautiful crystals have been found in Europe,  Australia,  Sri Lanka, South America and the United States.

The meaning of their name comes from Greek Mythology as they were popular with the Ancient Greeks as they were crystals known to help addiction.

Many are a deep purple color and have been used since ancient times and are one of the most highly regarded stones to use for crystal healing.

Many people have one of these beautiful quartz crystals, and one of their most powerful attributes is their action to assist violet flame healing, as mentioned earlier.

They are a powerful tool to use for healing the physical body, and have a strong vibration to release negative energy. 

They are an excellent choice as they have powerful physical properties to help the immune system and the nervous system.  

Amethyst is a stone of protection which has an excellent action to bring inner peace and when used in meditation they may boost intuition as well as activating dormant psychic abilities or powers.

They help to boost mental clarity and aid you to understand the mysteries of spiritual concepts and ideals.

Their energy enhances spiritual awareness and assists you to make a better connection to your higher self. 

Amethyst comes in a few other less well known varieties, so if this interests you, read about The Various Types Of Amethyst.

Charoite

Charoite is a stunning purple stone with a potent energy that helps you in a large number of ways.

They are spiritual stones with an energy that inspires you to be of service to others and it will help you to adapt to the energy of high vibration crystals.

They are a great crystal to wear to create an increase of positive energy in your life and they are also a highly protective stone.

They are crystals of transformation that are highly stimulating to the soul star chakra and the higher etheric chakras.

They are excellent healing crystals for headaches and are powerful protection stones that also help to relieve stress.

All of these stones occur in shades of purple and while some are the stunning clear shade, others can be a magenta shade.

Lepidolite

Lepidolite are strong crystals for emotional healing and are an excellent stone to assist stress, tension and anxiety. They are known to assist mood swings and are good crystals to enhance your sleep.

These purple crystals are beneficial to help the release of negative emotions by helping you to let go of negative energy trapped within your energy field.

Lepidolite comes in a range of shades of purple including lilac, lavender, deep purple and magenta.

All colors are strong stones to use in meditation, as their vibration helps you to more quickly reach the alpha state, needed to fully relax into successful meditation.

Once you reach deep meditation this may assist you to more easily connect with the Divine mind and with beings in the higher realms such as your Spirit guides.

Sugilite: The Premier Love Stone

Sugilite is most well known as the 'the premier love stone' as it has such a strong energy to boost the loving energy between partners in a relationship.

It helps you to make a deeper connection with your lover, and it has a good energy to assist emotional healing.

They are well known violet flame healing crystals that are powerful to boost Spiritual healing.

Its energy may be helpful to use for past life healing when you are undergoing past life regression and it has a strong energy to relieve stress.

It has a powerful protective energy that prevents psychic attack and helps to remove negative entities that may be attached to you.

Sugilite comes in various shades of pink, purple and lilac.

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Purple Fluorite

Fluorite stone comes in a range of colors including the beautiful purple stones, and all colors of fluorite have a strong action to stimulate the brain and the third eye.

They help to release stress, clear unwanted thoughts, remove negative energies and may help you to be more organized and more.

All colors of Fluorite have some common attributes including healing issues within the respiratory tract such as viruses, colds, flu and sinusitis.

These purple crystals are helpful to assist stress and tension and are well known EMF protection stones.

They are also great crystals for pain relief for rheumatism, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and spinal problems and will help emotional healing. 

Purple Fluorite ranges in color from a very deep purple almost black color to a medium purple shade, and while some are shiny, others have a matte finish, see the pictures to understand this.

Purple Fluorite is powerful for boosting psychic gifts, and may help to inspire spiritual growth. Use them in meditation to assist you to communicate with beings in the higher realms including your spirit guide.

Purple Crystals Not Pictured Above

Those pictures that have a link below have their own in-depth page.

Those that don't have their own page written may have some information on the alphabetic page related to their name.

You can check on The A to Z of crystals minerals and stones page to learn more.