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Amethyst, Calcite

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Source volume: 51, issue: 2, PDF page: 30. Label: Figure 14. An opened geode containing pink amethyst and white calcite shortly after extraction at the El Choique mine. Lucas Di Martino photo.

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SpeciesAmethyst, Calcite
Added on10/22/2024
LocalityArgentina, Neuquén Province, El Choique mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Volume: 51, Issue: 2 page 300
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Amethyst
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violet quartz prized for vivid color and crystal forms; affordable Brazilian geodes and razor-sharp Georgia crystals, with collecting localities.
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Amethyst from El Choique mine
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Locality guide
El Choique mine
El Choique, Argentina - Patagonian locality famed for pink amethyst geodes in late Cretaceous anhydrite, with quartz and calcite, sought by serious collectors.