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Amethyst

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Description
Locality: 
Juchem Quarry, Niederwörresbach, Herrstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 6.9 × 4.9 cm
Weight: 
134.00gr
Description

Amethyst at its finest! This beautiful piece of druse does not come from Uruguay or Brazil, but from the Juchem quarry near Idar-Oberstein, which is no longer accessible.
Pieces of this type were and still are highly sought after by collectors and are estimated to make up around 1 % of finds.
I myself was an occasional collector there for about 40 years and only found a handful of druses with this fine color.
 

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