Quartz Var. Amethyst

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This cluster of intensely colored amethyst crystals to 8.0 cm in length represents nearly the best color saturation from this deposit that you can get, in crystals which are still gemmy and transparent. Please note the characteristic colorless terminations that most fine Guerrero amethysts exhibit, dramatically showing off the amethyst cores as you see here. One of the lesser crystals to the rear of the cluster (as shown here) is damaged at the termination, however the 2 best display angles as shown in these photos clearly do not show that minor flaw (which if not there would also vault this to 4-5k in price anyhow). Otherwise, it is pristine and complete all around and one of the most overall symmetric clusters I have had. What I find most appealing here is the superb 3-dimensionality of the specimen, and yet it does not have jagged edges and contacts despite being a cluster. Such well-formed clusters, they just are hard to get. This is probably from the 1980s. Comes with custom lucite base for display.