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Quartz var. Amethyst from Balkhash Lake, near Preozersk, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan

 
Quartz var. Amethyst from Balkhash Lake, near Preozersk, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan

DESCRIPTION:No. 24205
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst
Locality:Balkhash Lake, near Preozersk, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Description:Translucent purple amethyst crystal, the purple variety of quartz, on a thin plate of matrix. The amethyst crystal has a milky center with deep purple color in the termination and a whitish subsurface inclusion near one edge.
Overall Size:2.5x2x1.5 cm
Crystals:17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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