Amethyst

Origin: Adun-Tchilon, Siberia, Russia
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 
  
  
 
  
Amethyst ("starbursts", radiating darker lines of deep purple spread out from the crystal apex along the various edges of the crystal)
Origin: Shunia Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 10.5 x 9.5 x 4.5 cm (top/2nd row), 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
Amethyst with calcite
Origin: Eonyang, Kyeongsangnamdo, South Korea
Sample size: 5.5 x 5 x 3.6 cm
 
  
Origin: Artigas, Uruguay
Sample size: 12 x 12 x 8.5 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Park County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Mine Ayoreita, Ricon Del Tigre, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Sample size: 13.5 x 11.9 x 8.2 cm
 
 
Amethyst with hematite inclusions
Origin: Diamond Willow Mine, Pearl, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 5.8 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Back to Page 1     Page 2     Page 3     Page 4     Page 5     Page 6     Page 7     Page 8     Page 10     Page 11     Page 12     Page 13     Page 14

Page 15     Page 16     Page 17     Page 18     Page 19     Page 20     Page 21     Page 22     Page 23     Page 24     Page 25     Page 26

Page 27     Page 28     Page 29     Page 30     Page 31     Page 32     Page 33     Page 34     Page 35     Page 36     Page 37     Page 38

Page 39     Page 40     Page 41     Page 42     Page 43     Page 44     Page 45     Page 46     Page 47     Page 48     Page 49     Page 50

 

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

 

Back to Alphabetical list Physical, chemical and crystallographic description Optical properties/Thin sections SEM images TEM images vibrational spectra description IR spectra Raman spectra N-IR spectra F-IR spectra IES spectra