Quartz Var. Amethyst

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This is an intensely colored, 3-dimensional cluster of converging, lustrous and gemmy, amethyst crystals. They reach to 9 cm in length. All are complete save two minor ones: the two broken crystals, one in the back and one in the lower right-front, are not detracting visually when one considers the whole specimen although the price is reduced accordingly because the two breaks are there, even if discreet. Unlike the Vera Cruz amethyst where the color tends towards more lavender hues, the Guerrero amethyst is more intense in the body of the crystal, truly purple; and this is a classic example. Aesthetic group, from old finds here! Comes with custom lucite base already made for the specimen. This specimen was on loaned exhibit in the University of Arizona Museum for over a decade until my purchase of this collection in 2008.