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Amethyst With Lepidocrocite Inclusions

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Amethyst With Lepidocrocite Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Description

What a beautiful amethyst specimen from Goboboseb Mountains.

Very clear crystals, partly interspersed with soft purple amethyst clouds - form a "quartz flower".
The tops of the largest crystals contain numerous flakes of red lepidocrocite or hemmatite.

The condition of the crystals is very good and have the best Goboboseb quality.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple

Lepidocrocite

Formula: 
γ-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FE.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel), Olomouc Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic

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