Quartz var. Amethyst from Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 64404
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| Mineral: | Quartz var. Amethyst
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| Locality: | Tehuilotepec, 33 km WNW of Taxco, Mexico |
| Description: | Transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals over an earlier generation of colorless quartz. The amethyst quartz crystals have waxy luster on the prism faces and have deepest purple color in phantom-growth zones in the center of the crystals. Collected in 2014 |
| Overall Size: | 9x7.5x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 3-35 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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