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Quartz Var Amethyst

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Quartz Var Amethyst

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Description
Locality: 
Tafelkop, Goboboseb, Brandberg, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.3 × 2.9 cm
Weight: 
13.00gr
Description

A lovely example of an amethyst crystal on matrix from this famous Namibian locality. The colour of the crystal changes from colourless at its base to shades of deep purple at its point. It has 2 small parallel twinned crystals and it displays a very thin, almost tabular crystal habit.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

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