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Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

 
Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 64405
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst
Locality:Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent purple amethyst quartz crystals on an earlier generation of colorless quartz. The amethyst quartz crystals have deepest purple color in phantom-growth zones in the center of the crystals. Collected in 2014
Overall Size:9.5x5.5x5 cm
Crystals:10-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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