Amethyst

  
  
Origin: Piedras Parado, Mun. de Profesor Rafael Ramirez (AKA: Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
Sample size:  5.8 x 3.2 x 8.2 cm
 
  
Stalactite of agate, this completely coated on all sides and all around by very pale purple amethystine glassy transparent quartz crystals to 15 mm in size.
Origin: Rio Grande do Sul, South Region, Brazil
Sample size: 3.8 x 3.3 x 5.4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Origin: Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
Sample size: 9.5 x 8.8 x 4.8 cm
 
  
Origin: Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Sample size: 9.4 x 8.4 x 3.8 cm
 
  
Amethyst scepter
Origin: Ambohimasina. Madagascar
Sample size: 4.5 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
 
  
Amethyst with epidote
Origin: Loshan, Sichuan Province, China
Sample size: 13.2 x 10.5 x 5.4 cm
 
  
  
Amethyst with included hematite
Origin: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Marty Lewadny collection
Sample size: 13.3 x 12.0 x 6.5 cm

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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