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Quartz (variety Amethyst)

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Dori & Maurizio Casazza
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Quartz (variety amethyst), 19 cm (with crystals to 7 cm), from Las Vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Photo: Roberto Appiani.

Product details

Species
Amethyst, QuartzAbout Amethyst →
SizeMuseum
Dimensions1900.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Locality
Mexico, VeracruzRegional guide →
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Private Mineral Collections In Italy page 43

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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 Veracruz, Mexico
Veracruz amethyst is one of the few amethysts that serious collectors can often recognize at arm’s length. Its appeal is not based on the massive, dark geode architecture of Brazil or Uruguay, nor on the saturated, stout crystal groups of Guerrero. The classic Veracruz look is airy: slender, glassy quartz prisms, lilac to violet, often with the strongest purple gathered in the terminations, rising singly or in bouquets from a gray volcanic matrix dusted with smaller quartz and, in the best combinations, green epidote.