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Amethyst

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Description
Locality: 
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm
Description

A doubly-terminated crystal of quartz, cut and polished as a cabouchon, with a net and strong purple coloured hourglass zoning, and dark red, curved elongated unknown inclusions (hematite?, goethite?), from Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi.

In September 2008 we were able to get some raw uncut specimens from that just discovered locality, which is now an active mine that is now completely inaccessible for collectors.

Ex. Iván Blanco specimen

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

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