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Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

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A SUPERB, very glassy, multiply-terminated, smoky/amethyst quartz scepter on water-clear, colorless quartz from Brandberg. This pristine beauty is simply gorgeous from any side and the tapered at the base scepter is really neat. A TRULY SPECIAL scepter, much better than the photos show, from the Dave Mansfield Collection, son-in-law of Sid Pieters.

Product details

SpeciesAmethyst, Quartz, Smoky quartz
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.2 x 2.5 x 1.9 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.