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Amethyst

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Amethyst

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Description
Locality: 
Saurüssel, Mayrhofen, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm
Description

The color is typical for Saurüssel - light amethyste color tones. The faces consist of uncountable, but razor sharp terminated and show the typical windows. Ziller Valley is one of the most important localities for rare alpine amethyste and this specimen represents the locality in the very best way. Luster and also dimension are exceptional, material in this quality is very hard to obtain - there was never much quantity and last relevant finds were decades ago. And prices for this material is usually on very high prices.

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