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Amethyst

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Source volume: 51, issue: 2, PDF page: 31. Label: Figure 16 (right). Pink amethyst crystals lining a geode, 4 cm, from the El Choique mine. Silvia Abad photo.

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SpeciesAmethyst
Added on10/22/2024
LocalityArgentina, Neuquén Province, El Choique mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Volume: 51, Issue: 2 page 301
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Amethyst
Mineral guide
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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 El Choique mine
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Locality guide
El Choique mine
El Choique, Argentina - Patagonian locality famed for pink amethyst geodes in late Cretaceous anhydrite, with quartz and calcite, sought by serious collectors.