Amethyst yog ib qho siv lead ua tripartite, cov siv lead ua yog hexagonal columnar, cylindrical nto yog transverse, muaj sab laug thiab txoj cai zoo, ntxaib-krystal yog ntau heev.Lub hardness yog 7. Cov siv lead ua feem ntau muaj cov tsis xws luag los yog tis-kua kua inclusions.