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Quartz and Amethyst With Prehnite

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I love this piece! It is so unique...Two gemmy, water clear crystals sit side by side. One of the pair has a beautiful smoky amethyst phantom while the other is crystal clear. You couldn't make a sharper contrast if you carved the thing! On the back there are five small prehnite balls. The steep termination is unusually steep, with an extra face thrown in to accentuate the dramatic rise at the top of the crystals. This is a perfect 360 degree mineral specimen and aside from that the clarity and transparency are as high as could be wished for.

Product details

SpeciesAmethyst, Prehnite, Quartz
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.4 x 2.5 x 2.4 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
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.