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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 24216
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz
Locality:Balkhash Lake, near Preozersk, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Description:Several lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals on brown matrix. The amethyst crystals have dark-purple internal phantom-growth zones in the termination ends. Multi-crystal amethyst specimens are rare from this locality.
Overall Size:3x3x1.5 cm
Crystals:4-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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