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Amethyst With Siderite

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Amethyst With Siderite

Former collection Lehmann (CH) & Christian Mavris
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Description
Locality: 
Hüttenberger Erzberg, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 9.4 × 7 cm
Weight: 
455.00gr
Description

Sizeable specimen of rare Austrian amethyst from Huttenberger Erzberg. The specimen comes as a delicate pink-liliac drusy of lustroys crystals elegantly grown on top of a spatic siderite bearing matrix, with a smaller drusy at its bottom. Both amethyst and siderite display a great freshness and lustre in this specimen.
The color is very difficul to render in picture, even with different degrees of postprocessing. Very few peripheral contacts, only noticeable upon closer inspection.

Quite rich, large and representative for the locality. It comes from the former collection Lehmann (CH) and straight out of my collection - should it meet the (reasonable) reserve price, of course.

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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