Amethyst from Banská Štiavnica, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Fine example of sceptered quartz crystals with the light amethystine colour from the Banská Štiavnica epithermal Ag-Au-Pb-Zn-Cu deposit, Slovakia. Size of crystals is up to 4 cm. This specimen was collected in the Terézia exploration adit in August 2003. My collection. Photographed by László Kupi/Fine mineral photography.