Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

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This monstrous scepter quartz is simply unprecedented in Africa...even Brandberg doesn't produce them as large and dramatic as this! It is an amazing piece, which is much more impressive in person as it is hard to convey the sheer size in pictures (12 INCHES!). There are all kinds of interesting inclusions inside, including hematite, amethyst and smoky zones, and lepidocrocite. This is by far the largest crystal we have so far. It is doubly-terminated, though the bottom termination is repaired (some damage is visible from the backside but from the front or side, honestly you'd never notice at all...it's a pretty clean repair job) .