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Violets (Viola) are a genus of Spring flowering plants in the family Violaceae. There are around 400-500 species of Violets in the genus.Violets are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and are also distributed in Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in South America.aintpaulia is a genus comprising African violets, which are not true Violets. The main differences between African Violets and True violets are: 1  African violets are mainly grown as houseplants. 2  They are shallow rooting plants that enjoy a good amount of light as long as it is in the shade.
Charoite is a violet gemstone varying in shade from lavender to purple. The violet stone is translucent in clarity with a pearly luster, and hardness of 5 to 6 in the Mohs scale. Found only in Siberia, this violet gem is rather rare.Sometimes spelled charolite, charoite was named after the Chara River in Russia. gemstone found in all the colors of the rainbow, tourmaline also occurs as purple stones. These purple crystals come from the species of tourmaline called elbaite, including the highly valuable Paraiba tourmaline.