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Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

 
Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite from Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 73908
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst with Calcite
Locality:Veta Madre Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico
Description:Plate of transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals to 14 mm with partial overgrowth of lustrous transparent colorless flattened rhombohedral calcite crystals to 5 mm. The amethyst crystals have deeper purple phantom-growth zones internally. Collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:7.5x5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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