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Amethyst

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Doubly terminated amethyst scepter with fluid inclusions, 10.5 cm, from the Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia. Erika and Rudolf Planitzer photo.

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SpeciesAmethyst
SizeCabinet
Dimensions10.5 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityNamibia, Erongo Region, Goboboseb Mountains
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In Austria page 57
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Amethyst
Mineral guide
Learn about Amethyst
violet quartz prized for vivid color and crystal forms; affordable Brazilian geodes and razor-sharp Georgia crystals, with collecting localities.
Amethyst
Regional guide
Amethyst from Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia
Goboboseb amethyst is the collector’s “Brandberg” amethyst in its most important market sense: glassy quartz from the basalt country west of the Brandberg massif, showing purple amethyst, smoky quartz, rock crystal, phantoms, hematite veils, and mobile fluid inclusions in combinations that are unusually expressive for quartz. The best crystals are not merely purple; they look internally built, with smoky stems, violet caps, ghost-crystal outlines, clay or hematite veils, and trapped liquid-vapor bubbles that animate the specimen when it is turned in the hand.
Locality guide
Goboboseb Mountains
Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia — premier quartz locality famed for phantom-growth and color-rich crystals, with rare basalt-pocket specimens prized by collectors.