Quartz var. Amethyst - image 1
Quartz var. Amethyst - image 2
Quartz var. Amethyst - image 4

Quartz var. Amethyst

Help improve this record

No owner is registered for this specimen yet. If it's yours or you know more about it, you can add the owner, provenance, publications and other details.

Sign in to contribute
A lustrous, deeply purple crystal of 9.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm in size, is perched dramatically in a natural bowl of matrix on this rare matrix Goboboseb specimen. No repairs, no damage, and great color and sharpness, combined with the super glassy luster on the surface, make this a display-worthy specimen. Such crystals of this size, unrepaired, on matrix, are rare. If you want it more freestanding and displayed vertically with the tip free, since it is complete alla round at the top, you could also simply clip off part of that matrix as an easy trim, exposing the tip fully. However, since this is a really rare "aesthetic" to see the crystal contrasted to the matrix, i liked it this way, more natural and showing context.

Product details

SpeciesAmethyst, Quartz
SizeCabinet
Dimensions12.7 x 7.4 x 3.6 cm
Added on10/23/2024
LocalityNamibia, Erongo Region, Goboboseb Mountains
Current owner
Unknown Owner
Acquired
Oct 2026
Price paid
$3,500.00
Previous owners
DateCollectorAcquisition price
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

Learn more

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.
Locality guide
Goboboseb Mountains
Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia — premier quartz locality famed for phantom-growth and color-rich crystals, with rare basalt-pocket specimens prized by collectors.