Amethyst

Origin: Denny Mountain, Washington, U.S.A.
Sample size: 11 x 12 x 22 mm

  

Origin: Piedras Parado (Las Vigas), Profesor Rafael Ramirez, Veracruz, Mexico
Sample size: 3.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
 
  
 
  
 
  
Origin: Magaliesberg area, north of Jahannesburg, South Africa
Sample size: 7.5 x 5 x 6.5 cm (top/2nd row), 6 x 6 x 9.5 cm (3rd row), .5 x 2.5 x 4.5 cm (4th/bottom row)
 
  
Origin: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 15 x 8.5 x 5 cm
 
Origin: Amatitlan, Municipio Mezcala, Guerrero, Mexico
Sample size: 20 x 14 x 29 mm
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
Origin: Magaliesberg area, north of Jahannesburg, South Africa
Sample size: 10.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm (top), 9 x 7.5 x 5 cm (2nd row), 6 x 5.5 x 7 cm (3rd row), 6.5 x 5.5 x 7 cm (bottom)
 
  
Dark smoky purple amethyst quartz crystals to over 4 cm in length
Origin: Fat Jack mine, Yavapai Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4.5 cm
 
  
  
Amethyst scepter on milky quartz
Origin: Madagascar
Sample size: 18 x 14 x 34 mm
 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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