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Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Quartz

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4.3 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm (largest). An interesting and unusual looking pair of amethyst crystals from Brandberg and the Charlie Key Collection. Both crystals have vivid and variable shades of purple saturation, which adds to their attractiveness. The larger crystal is a sharp, gemmy, flattened scepter with interesting skeletal features in the termination faces and rare and unusual quartz rosettes aesthetically attached. The slender amethyst spike in the other piece is actually a doubly terminated scepter. The scepter is partially buried in smaller crystals. Both pieces are pristine. A very interesting pair of amethyst scepters.

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SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.3 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm
Added on10/23/2024

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.
    Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Quartz - Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia