Amethyst was a gemstone that was highly valued by pirates and smugglers alike.
The activation stud of Jedi Knight Lorana Jinzler's lightsaber contained an amethyst which was gifted to her by a group of citizens living in the mid levels of Coruscant that she and her Master Jorus C'baoth. Unbeknownst to Jinzler, the gemstone was in fact a gift from her and . Her parents, who revered the Jedi Order and loved their daughter, knew the people that she had helped and asked them to give it to her. The amethyst was one of the reasons her younger brother Dean Jinzler resented his sister, frustrated that she did not realize it was a gift from her parents despite her Jedi powers.