Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Amethyst With Goethite Inclusions & Quartz

Views:
Watches:
KRM153301

Amethyst With Goethite Inclusions & Quartz

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Zarkashan, Gula Khail, Tehsile Mukur, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 4.2 cm
Description

 A superb gemmy well doubly terminated lustrous amethyst with goethite inclusion incombination with well doubly terminated quartz.

No damage.

A very good nice amethyst specimen.

 

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

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Hollertszug Mine (Hollerter Zug Mine), Dermbach, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Quartz

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

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps