| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from South Carolina > Quartz var. Amethyst |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 24662 |
| Mineral: | Quartz var. Amethyst |
| Locality: | Ellis-Jones Mine, Due West, Abbeville County, South Carolina |
| Description: | Pale purple crystals of amethyst intergrown and coated with sugary, limonite-stained colorless quartz. The amethyst crystals are doubly-terminated but their lower termination is buried in the sugary quartz matrix. Terminations have minute chipping. |
| Overall Size: | 4x4x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-40 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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