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Amethyst from Veracruz, Mexico

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Transparent, intact crystals standing on a thin sheet covered with small epidote crystals, with one of the amethyst crystals in the form of a scepter.

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SpeciesAmethyst
Added on11/10/2024
LocalityMexico, Veracruz
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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 Veracruz, Mexico
Veracruz amethyst is one of the few amethysts that serious collectors can often recognize at arm’s length. Its appeal is not based on the massive, dark geode architecture of Brazil or Uruguay, nor on the saturated, stout crystal groups of Guerrero. The classic Veracruz look is airy: slender, glassy quartz prisms, lilac to violet, often with the strongest purple gathered in the terminations, rising singly or in bouquets from a gray volcanic matrix dusted with smaller quartz and, in the best combinations, green epidote.
Locality guide
Veracruz
A collector's guide to Veracruz, Mexico: its geology, mining history and notable minerals, illustrated with the 192 specimens documented from this locality on EarthWonders.