An amethyst bud placed on a budding amethyst (rather than any other block) regardless whether it was placed by the player or spawned by the budding amethyst itself will grow over time, going through three growth stages – small, medium, and large – before reaching its 4th and final growth stage as an amethyst cluster, ...

Can you grow amethyst in Minecraft?

It's important to note you cannot grow Amethyst, but learning about how it grows is vital to farm this resource for Amethyst shards regularly. Although the budding Amethyst is slowly growing Amethyst clusters, you cannot influence these clusters in any way. You cannot mine the bud Amethyst block and move it elsewhere.

How do you farm amethyst crystals in Minecraft?

Bring a pickaxe

Players can use either a netherite, diamond or iron pickaxe to farm amethyst shards from a geode. Breaking one amethyst cluster drops four amethyst shards. Players can increase the number of drops using a fortune-enchanted pickaxe.