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Amethyst Scepter

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Daniel Trinchillo (Fine Minerals International)
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Amethyst Scepter from Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia. 21st Century.


Brandberg is famed for amethyst, the best of which have brilliant luster, glasslike transparency, and decadent, deep purple color. Often, their color is concentrated within “phantom” color zones that are centered within the crystals. Scepters, like this eye-catching example, are a particular specialty of Brandberg. They tell the story of their growth through both color and shape. Keenly formed and rich in color, this is a prime example of the locale.


Owner - Fine Minerals International.


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Species
AmethystAbout Amethyst →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions9.5 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Added on04/30/2025
Locality
Namibia, Erongo Region, Goboboseb MountainsRegional guide →

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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.