Amethyst

        
Hematite tinted amethyst
Origin: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Marty Lewadny collection
Sample size: 6.5 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
 
           
Origin: Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico
Ex. Marty Lewadny collection
Sample size: 10.4 x 9.0 x 3.8 cm
 
  
 
  
 
     
 
  
 
  
 
     
 
  
Amethyst with hematite inclusions
Origin: Diamond Willow Mine, Pearl, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.9 x 3.1 cm (top), 4.3 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm (2nd row), 4.4 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm (3rd row), 5.9 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm (4th row), 6.5 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm (5th row), 5.9 x 3.3 x 2.0 cm (6th row), 4.7 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm (bottom)
 
  
Amethyst scepter on smoky quartz with rutile and brookite inclusions
Origin: Espirito Santo, Brazil
Sample size: 6.4 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
 
  
Origin: Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
Sample size: 48.9 x 18.6 x 11.5 cm
 
  
Amethyst scepter
  
Origin: Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Sample size: 5.6 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm (top), 6.6 x 5.9 x 3.3 cm (bottom)
 
        
Amethyst on amethyst pseudomorph after calcite
Origin: Magdaliesberg, South Africa
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 3.4 cm
 
Amethyst on quartz
Origin: Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Sample size: 5.7 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm
 
        
Amethyst scepters and reverse scepters
Origin: Esperanza mine, Potosi District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 8.5 x 5.6 x 4.5 cm
 
Origin: Veracruz, Mexico
Sample size: 4.2 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm
 
  
Amethyst with hematite inclusions
Origin: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 18.7 x 15.1 x 5.0 cm
 
  
Amethyst phantom
Origin: Brandberg, Namibia
Sample size: 4.9 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
 
        
Origin: Bolivia
Sample size: 13.0 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm
 
  
Amethyst scepter on quartz
Origin: Andilamena, Toamasina, Madagascar
Ex. Paul Jung collection
Sample size: 10 x 5.5 x 2.6 cm
 
        
Origin: Santa Margarita Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico
Sample size: 4.7 x 3.8 x 3 cm
 
Origin: Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico
Ex. S. Nasser collection
Sample size: 2.9 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
 
Origin: Antsirabe, Madagascar
Ex. S. Nasser collection
Sample size: 2.9 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
 
Origin: Kedon, Magadanskaya Oblast', Siberia, Russia
Sample size: 5.5 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm
 
  
 
  
Origin: Cerro de la Concordia, Piedra Parada, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Sample size: 8.5 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm (top left), 8.4 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm (top right), 6.5 x 5.6 x 3.5 cm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Anahi Mine, Bolivia
Sample size: 13.9 x 9.3 x 7.8 cm
 
     
 
     
Origin: Artigas, Uruguay
Sample size: 14.5 x 10.3 x 7.4 cm (top), 11.7 x 6.6 x 6.1 cm (bottom)
 
     
Amethyst scepter on quartz
Origin: Antsombogato, Madagascar
Sample size: 17.7 x 12.2 x 9 cm
 
Origin: Vera Cruz, Mexico
Ex. S. Nasser collection
Sample size: 2.4 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm
 
Origin: Saryshagan, Kazakhstan
Ex. S. Nasser collection
Sample size: 2.3 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Dal'Negorsk, Russia
Sample size: 14 x 11.2 x 9.5 cm
 
        
Amethyst with inclusions
Origin: Onyong-Myon, Korea
Sample size: 13.5 x 11.8 x 11.5 cm
 
        
Origin: Anahi Mine, Bolivia
Sample size: 11.5 x 8.5 x 8.4 cm
 
        
Origin: Bolivia
Sample size: 12.5 x 12.2 x 11.0 cm
 
        
Origin: Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes Co, Georgia, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.6 x 6.1 x 4.3 cm
 
        
Origin: Artigas, Uruguay
Sample size: 14.2 x 9.8 x 8.4 cm
 
           
Amethyst scepters, reverse scepters and simple crystals with calcite and minor chlorite
           
Amethyst scepters and reverse scepters
Origin: Esperanza mine, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 9.4 x 5.8 x 4.6 cm (top), 9.8 x 7.2 x 7.2 cm (bottom)
 
       
Partly amethyst, partly smoky quartz crystals
Origin: Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia
Sample size: 3.8 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
 
        
Origin: Mine Ayorcita, Ricon Del Tigre, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Sample size: 15.5 x 8.8 x 6.5 cm
 
           
Origin: Washington Camp, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.5 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
 
     
Amethyst with epidote
Origin: Jinkouhe, Sichuan Province, China
Sample size: 8.8 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm
 
  
Origin: Tamatave, Madagascar
Sample size: 3.1 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
 
        
Origin: Anahi Mine, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 42 x 28 x 22 cm
 
     
 
  
 
 
     
Origin: Las Vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Ex. Pete Bancroft collection
Sample size: 9.9 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm (top), 12.2 x 7.1 x 4.7 cm (2nd row), 16.5 x 15 x 8.1 cm (3rd row), 16.9 x 13.5 x 4 cm (bottom)
 
  
Amethyst with pyrite
Origin: Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Ex. Pete Bancroft collection
Sample size: 6.8 x 6.5 x 2.9 cm
 
  
Amethyst with calcite
Origin: Santa Cruz area, Guanajuato, Guanajuato State, Mexico
Ex. Pete Bancroft collection
Sample size: 11.6 x 8.8 x 3.6 cm
 
  
Fluorite coated with quartz druse on amethyst
  
Fluorite on amethyst
Origin: Mahodari, Nasik, Maharashtra, India
Sample size: 14.5 x 13.3 x 6.5 cm (top), 13.0 x 12.4 x 6.0 cm (bottom)
 
     
Amethyst scepter
  
 
           
Origin: Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico
Sample size: 5.3 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm (top), 6.0 x 5.1 x 4.2 cm (2nd row), 4.8 x 4.4 x 3.0 cm (bottom)
 
     
 
  
 
  
Amethyst on sphalerite
Origin: Commodore Mine, Creede, Mineral County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 2.2 cm (top), 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm (2nd row), 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Karur, Madras, India
Sample size: 2.9 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm
 
        
Stream-rolled amethyst pebble
Origin: Brazil
Sample size: 5.2 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
 
        
Amethyst pseudomorph after calcite forming a hollow cast
  
Ex. Bruce Carter collection
Origin: Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Sample size: 15.2 x 9.8 x 8.8 cm (top), 12.4 x 7.4 x 3.1 cm (bottom)
 
     
Origin: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Marty Lewadny collection
Sample size: 6.0 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
 
     
Natural ametrine (not heated to create citrine) with an about even balance of yellow citrine and purple amethyst
Origin: Santa Cruz, Anahi Dept, Bolivia
Sample size: 8.0 x 5.5 x 3.4 cm
 
        
Origin: Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico
Sample size: 10.6 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
 
        
Origin: Santa Cruz, Anahi Dept, Bolivia
Sample size: 17.7 x 11.1 x 10.4 cm
 
  
 
     
Amethyst with hematite inclusions
Origin: Diamond Willow Mine, Pearl, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 4.2 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm (top), 4.7 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm (bottom)
 
        
Amethyst with sphalerite
Origin: Commodore Mine, Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.3 x 6.2 x 6.2 cm
 
        
Origin: Irai, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
Sample size: 12.9 x 12.6 x 5.7 cm
 
  
Origin: Vera Cruz, Mexico
Sample size: 9.6 x 6.0 x 5.0 cm
 
     
 
  
Origin: La Valenciana Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico
Sample size: 5.2 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm (top), 8.1 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm (bottom)
 
 
  
Yellow fluorite on amethyst
Origin: Nasik, Maharashtra, India
Sample size: 8 x 5.5 x 4 cm (top), 11.5 x 9 x 6.5 cm (bottom)
 
     
Amethyst scepter
Origin: Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.0 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm
 
           
Amethyst with reverse scepters on calcite
Origin: Esperanza mine, Potosi District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 9.0 x 6.1 x 5.2 cm
 
           
Amethyst coated with microcrystals of apophyllite
Origin: Daye Copper Mine, Hubei Province, China
Ex. Marty Lewadny collection
Sample size: 7.7 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
 
  
 
     
 
     
Origin: Cerro de la Concordia, Piedra Parada, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Sample size: 4.2 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm (top), 3.3 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm (2nd row), 3.9 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm (bottom)
 
        
Amethyst scepter
Origin: Pasto Bueno, Peru
Sample size: 16.8 x 5.5 x 4.1 cm
 
     
Origin: Wilkes County, Georgia, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.1 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
 
        
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 13.0 x 9.5 x 3.8 cm
 
     
Amethyst with pyrite
Origin: Zacatecas, Mexico
Sample size: 17.8 x 17.7 x 10.3 cm
 
        
Origin: Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Santa Cruz Dept., Bolivia
Sample size: 15.4 x 9.1 x 7.9 cm
 
  
Origin: Katumunurle Mine, Karur, Tamil Nadu, India
Sample size: 6 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 
        
Amethyst with reverse scepters
Origin: Esperanza mine, Potosi District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 5.2 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
 
     
Origin: Friday Farm, Gaston County, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.6 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
 
     
Calcite on amethyst
Origin: Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Sample size: 11.4 x 9.1 x 6.4 cm
 
        
Origin: Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Bolivia
Sample size: 14.5 x 9.4 x 8.4 cm
 
        
Quartz with amethyst phantom and large fluid inclusion
Origin: Brandberg, Namibia
Ex. Francis and Patricia Benjamin collection
Sample size: 7.3 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm
 
  
Amethyst on epidote
        
Ex. Francis and Pat Benjamin collection
Scepters
Origin: Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico
Sample size: 4 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm (top), 5.0 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm (2nd row), 5.8 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Magaliesberg, South Africa
Sample size: 11.1 x 5.9 x 5.0 cm
 
     
 
        
Origin: Anahi Mine, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 15.5 x 12.2 x 10.2 cm (top), 16.1 x 11.3 x 9.7 cm (bottom)
 
           
 
              
 
              
 
        
 
              
 
        
Reverse scepters and scepters
Origin: Esperanza mine, Potosi District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 5.1 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm (top), 4.6 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm (2nd row), 10.0 x 7.0 x 2.6 cm (3rd row), 10.4 x 10.3 x 5.8 cm (4th row), 7.3 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm (5th row), 16.5 x 14.3 x 7.8 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Brandberg, Namibia
Ex. Charlie Key, Marshall & Charlotte Sussman collections
Sample size: 9.7 x 8.1 x 4.6 cm
 
  
Origin: Crystal Park, Beaverhead Co., Montana, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.8 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
 
Quartz on amethyst
Smoky quartz scepter on amethyst
  
Amethyst/smoky quartz scepter
Origin: Brandberg, Namibia
Ex. Charlie Key collection
Sample size: 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm (top), 8 x 5 x 2.5 cm (2nd row), 9 x 4.5 x 3 cm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Sample size: 12.9 x 11.9 x 2.1 cm
 
     
Quartz with amethyst tips
Origin: Brandberg, 220 km west-northwest of Karibib, Namibia
Sample size: 6.5 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm
 
        
 
     
 
        
 
     
Variety ametrine, a natural mix of the golden citrine hue and purple amethyst hue
Origin: Anahi Mine, Santa Cruz Dept., Bolivia
Sample size: 13.0 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm (top), 12.9 x 6.1 x 4.7 cm (2nd row), 12.5 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm (3rd row), 14.8 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Para, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Steve Smale collection
Sample size: 9.9 x 8.1 x 7.4 cm
 
        
Calcite on amethyst
Origin: Fischbach, Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex. W. Leithauser collection
Sample size: 4.0 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
 
     
 
        
Origin: Las Vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Sample size: 5.0 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm (top), 7.6 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm (bottom)
 
     
Origin: Cerro De La Concordia, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Sample size: 11.8 x 8.3 x 4.4 cm
 
        
Doubly terminated, sceptered amethyst/smoky quartz crystal
Origin: Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia
Sample size: 4.2 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
 
     
 
     
 
  
Fluorite on amethyst
Origin: Oranje River, Namibia
Ex. Charlie Key collection
Sample size: 6.0 x 5.4 x 2.3 cm (top), 3.6 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm (2nd row), 17.2 x 13.0 x 3.8 cm (bottom)
 
     
Amethyst/smoky quartz. Ex. Marty Lewadny collection
     
 
        
 
  
Amethyst/smoky quartz scepter
Origin: Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia
Sample size: 6.3 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm (top), 8.9 x 8.4 x 6.1 cm (2nd row), 3.8 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm (3rd row), 3.7 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Las Vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Ex. Marty Lewadny collection
Sample size: 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
 
        
Origin: Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico
Ex. Marty Lewadny collection
Sample size: 7.7 x 7.5 x 2.8 cm
 
     
 
  
 
     
 
     
Origin: Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Sample size: 6.9 x 6.4 x 5.2 cm (top), 10.4 x 7.5 x 2.4 cm (2nd row), 4.7 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm (3rd row), 5.9 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm (bottom)
 
                 
Epidote on amethyst with hematite inclusions
Origin: Jinkouhe, Sichuan Province, China
Sample size: 8.0 x 5.2 x 2.0 cm
 
        
Calcite on amethyst
Origin: Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Sample size: 13.6 x 13.8 x 7.7 cm
 
        
Origin: Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 19.4 x 10.6 x 9.8 cm
 
     
Origin: Rio Grande Do Sul, Bolivia
Sample size: 10.9 x 10.3 x 3.2 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 4.8 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
 
        
Ex. Don Belsher collection
        
Doubly terminated milky quartz crystal with a light purple amethyst scepter on one end.
        
 
        
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Origin: Date Creek, Yavapai Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.3 x 2.7 x 6.8 cm (top), 8.5 x 3.5 x 3.9 cm (2nd row), 4 x 3.1 x 7.2 cm (3rd row), 3.6 x 2.3 x 3.1 cm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Magaliesberg Mountains, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 5.9 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm
 
  
Origin: Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Sample size: 12.5 x 8.2 x 3.7 cm
 
  
Origin: Iredell Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 4.6 cm
 
  
 
  
Origin: Santo Nino area, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.6 x 2.3 x 4.3 cm (top), 4.2 x 2.8 x 3.7 cm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Piedra Parada, Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 4.4 cm
 
        
 
        
Origin: Eonyang, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Sample size: 5 x 4.6 x 10.3 cm (top), 4.9 x 3.9 x 8.6 cm (bottom)
 
        
Quartz with amethyst scepter
Origin: Madagascar
Sample size: 9.9 x 13 x 4.1 cm
 
        
Origin: Pennoyer Amethyst Mine (Rainbow lode claim), Red Feather Lakes, Larimer Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 5.8 x 3.8 x 7.9 cm
 
        
Quartz, slightly amethystine coloured, scepter
Origin: Fat Jack Mine, Yavapai Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 1.7 x 1.5 x 5.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Brazil
Sample size: 13 x 16.4 x 5.2 cm
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Origin: Amatitlan, Mun. de Zumpango del Rio, Guerrero, Mexico
Sample size: 6.4 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm (top), 3.4 x 1.1 x 7.2 cm (2nd row), 2.5 x 2.1 x 6.1 cm (3rd row), 4.6 x 1.7 x 6.0 cm (bottom)
 
  
 
  
Origin: Rio Grande do Sul, South Region, Brazil
Sample size: 5.3 x 5.6 x 2.7 cm (top), 17.8 x 12.6 x 5.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.4 x 2.1 x 4.7 cm
 
  
 
  
Origin: Andapa Pegmatite, Madagascar
Sample size: 2.9 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm (top), 18 x 8 x 30 mm (bottom)
 
        
Amethyst scepter on quartz
Origin: Ampanihy Department, Southwestern Region, Tuléar (Toliara ) Province, Madagascar
Sample size: 4.4 x 2.6 x 5.3 cm
 
        
 
  
Origin: Piedras Parado, Mun. de Profesor Rafael Ramirez (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
Sample size: 2.8 x 1.6 x 4.1 cm (top), 4.9 x 1.2 x 3.2 cm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Kingston Range, San Bernardino Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.6 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm
 
        
Origin: Goboboseb Mountain, Brandberg area, Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
Sample size: 9 x 8.3 x 8.4 cm
 
Smoky amethyst scepter
Origin: Fat Jack Mine, Yavapai Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 21 x 14 x 33 mm
 
  
Origin: Guerrero, Mexico
Sample size: 20 x 13 x 36 mm
 
        
Amethyst scepter on milky quartz
Origin: Denny Mountain, King Co., Washington, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.5 x 7.5 x 36 mm
 
  
Origin: Rio Grande do Sul, South Region, Brazil
Sample size: 10 x 7 x 4.8 cm
 
        
 
        
Origin: Amatitlan, Mun. de Zumpango del Rio, Guerrero, Mexico
Sample size: 2.5 x 2.1 x 6.1 cm (top), 6.4 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm (bottom)
 
  
Scepter smoky amethyst crystal
Origin: Crystal Park, Elkhorn Hot Springs area, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA
Sample size: 16 x 13 x 25 mm
 
  
Origin: Andapa Pegmatite, Madagascar
Sample size: 2.9 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
 
     
Origin: Amatitlan, Mun. de Zumpango del Rio, Guerrero, Mexico
Sample size: 3.4 x 1.1 x 7.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Diamond Willow Mine, Pearl Station, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 4.9 x 4 x 2.8 cm
 
     
 
     
Origin: Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico
Sample size: 2.3 x 2.3 x 7 cm (top), 26 x 26 x 23 mm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Mule Creek, Grant Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Sample size: 17 x 14 x 23 mm
 
  
Origin: Piedras Parado, Mun. de Profesor Rafael Ramirez (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
Sample size: 28 x 18 x 38 mm
 
        
Origin: Magaliesberg Mts, Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Sample size: 8.6 x 7.3 x 5.8 cm
 
  
Origin: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Sample size: 8.7 x 9.8 x 5.2 cm
 
  
Scepter
Origin:  Pennoyer Amethyst Mine (Rainbow lode claim), Red Feather Lakes, Larimer Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 5.8 x 3.8 x 7.9 cm
 
        
Slightly amethystine scepters on colourless stems
Origin: Goboboseb Mountain, Brandberg area, Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
Sample size: 13 x 14 x 24 mm
 
Origin: Valenciana Mine, Amatitlán, Mun. de Zumpango del Rio, Guerrero, Mexico
Sample size: 32 x 18 x 32 mm
 
  
Origin: Idar-Oberstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 6 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
 
        
Origin: Kingston Range, San Bernardino Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 1.6 x 1.5 x 4.2 cm
 
        
Amethyst with iron oxide inclusions
Origin:  Orange River, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Sample size: 25 x 16 x 23 mm
 
        
Amethyst reverse scepters on calcite matrix
Origin:  Bombori, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 38 x 25 x 34 mm
 
  
Origin: Magaliesberg Mts., Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Sample size: 16 x 15 x 23 mm
  
Origin:  Balqash (Balkhash; Karatas) Region, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
Sample size: 13 x 10 x 25 mm
 
        
Very pale amethyst scepter
Origin: Purple Hope No. 4 Prospect, Green Ridge, King Co., Washington, U.S.A.
Sample size: 11 x 10 x 22 mm
 
        
Origin: Beck Deposits (Kingston Iron Deposit; Kingston Range; Iron Gossam; Beck Mine), Kingston District, San Bernardino Co., California, U.S.A.
Ex. Scott and Ann Williams collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Diamond Willow Mine, Pearl Station, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 5.6 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
 
  
Origin: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Sample size: 25 x 16.5 x 15 cm
 
        
Very pale amethystine crystals
Origin: Huaron, Pasco Dept., Peru
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 5 x 4.3 x 6.3 cm
 
  
Amethyst with calcite
Origin: Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Sample size: 13.8 x 9 x 7.4 cm
 
  
Origin: Rio Grande do Sul, South Region, Brazil
Sample size: 12.5 x 10.3 cm slab, both sides polished
 
        
Origin: Anahí Mine (Anai Mine), La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 9.3 x 9.3 x 14.5 cm
 
     
Origin: Piedras Parado, Mun. de Profesor Rafael Ramirez (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
Sample size: 30 x 23 x 28 mm
 
     
Origin: Red Feather Lakes, Larimer Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 4.8 x 3.8 x 7.4 cm
 

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Dan Weinrich

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Amethyst with laumontite
     
 
  
 
  
Origin: Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Tatalia, Veracruz, Mexico
Sample size: 6.1 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm (top), 7.2 x 4.5 x 3 cm (2nd row), 8.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm (3rd row), 9 x 8 x 4.5 cm (4th row), 6.6 x 6 x 3.5 cm (5th row), 6.5 x 5.8 x 3 cm (6th row), 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm (bottom)
 
 
  
Origin: Seyt Village, Baltistan, Pakistan
Sample size: 6 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm (top), 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm (bottom)
 
     
Amethyst scepter on quartz
Origin: Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, Northwest U.S.A.
Ex. Rolf Wein collection
Sample size: 7.5 x 7 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Amethyst scepters
Origin: Kakamunurle Mine, Tamil Nadu, India
Sample size: 5.5 x 4.3 x 2 cm
 
     
 
     
 
  
 
  
 This is a fully terminated crystal of quartz with a series of phantoms changing between amethyst and smoky colours.
Origin: Norafemo, Mahajunga, Madagascar
Sample size: 10 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm (top), 7.7 x 2 x 1.5 cm (2nd row), 6.4 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm (3rd row), 9.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm (bottom)
 
     
Amethyst scepters
Origin: Kakamunurle Mine, Karur, Tamil Nadu, India
Ex. Neil Prenn collection
Sample size: 5.7 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
 

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John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

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Rock crystal     Smoky quartz     Citrine     Rose quartz     Milky quartz     Included quartz     Other quartz types     Agate     Chalcedony     Jasper

 

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