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Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

 
Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 64220
Mineral:Quartz var. Amethyst
Locality:Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico
Description:Lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals over an earlier generation of colorless quartz. The amethyst crystals have purple core zones surrounded by pale-purple outer zones. Collected in 2014
Overall Size:7x5x4 cm
Crystals:2-45 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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