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Amethyst

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Amethyst

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Description
Locality: 
Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6.3 × 5.2 cm
Description

What an awesome specimen! This amethyst is forming a completely hollow pipe in hexagonal shape. The outside is completely covered in hundrets of purple, lustrous amethyst tips. Definitely a unique and not commonly seen example from Brazil.

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