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Amethyst

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Amethyst

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Description
Locality: 
Avissalos, Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Description

This zepter shows a very interesting habit. It seems that it was a disturbance of growth. Please note that it isn´t broken at the top - it is flat! The end-points are flat faces with a concav center. The faces are lustrous, the color is light lavender.

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