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Amethyst

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Amethyst

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Description
Locality: 
Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 7.6 × 5.3 cm
Description

Amethyste from Schemnitz is generally rare material and in this size, color and quality absolutely exceptional. The specimen is well-formed, the crystals are sharp and lustrous and the color reminds more to a south-american locality than to mid-europe. Most of this material shows significant demages but out of a view minor cleavages this one is in very good condition over all. The specimen also includes a historic label.

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