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Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz from Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 75535
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethystine Quartz
Locality:Orange River, Namakwa, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Double-sided cluster of lustrous transparent-to-translucent quartz crystals with color varying from purple (amethyst quartz) to nearly colorless with red brown hematite microcrystals on select faces. Several quartz crystals are doubly terminated. Collected in 2004
Overall Size:8x6x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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