AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75786 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz |
Locality: | Piedra Parada, near Las Vigas, Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico |
Description: | Lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals on an earlier generation of small colorless transparent quartz crystals. The amethyst quartz crystals have deepest purple color in the upper half |
Overall Size: | 4.5x3x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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