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Amethyst

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Description
Locality: 
Heißer Stein Mine, Stulln, Wölsendorf West, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.8 × 2 cm
Description

This is a very nice and old specimen of beautiful amethyst crystals  from the famous Heißer Stein Mine in Bavaria, Germany.

Heißer Stein Mine started in 1951 hoisting unusual fluorite specimen. The mine was closed in 1974 and nowadays it is very hard to get specimens from this famous locale.

This is a very typical specimen from this small mine in the Wölsendorf mining district.

Ex Otto Scheck collection.

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