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Sceptered Amethyst with Dolomite and Chalcedony

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This a very choice, dark purple amethyst scepter with phantoms sitting on matrix with nicely formed Dolomite crystals and some minor Chalcedony. The scepter is the color of the purest grape juice, has numerous phantoms, displays silky luster and is pristine! It is 5cm tall, razor sharp, gemmy, and is perched nicely in a shallow pocket on matrix lined with 4 to 5mm, tawny Dolomite crystals (which is very unusual for Brandberg!) and a little white Chalcedony for accent. An exceptional Brandberg piece with no repairs or damage! Matrix specimens of this quality are uncommon.

Product details

SpeciesAmethyst, Chalcedony, Dolomite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.2 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityNamibia, Erongo Region, Goboboseb Mountains

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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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 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.