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Amethyst

Dr. Ing. H. Maucher, Munich
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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: 
7.4 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

Historic specimen from Banska Stiavnica hosting quartz with amethyst-sceptres and minor pyrite. Comes with an early 20th century label of Dr. Ing. H. Maucher, Munich.

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