Amethyst from Namibia, Erongo Region, Brandberg Area, Goboboseb Mountains - image 1
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Amethyst from Namibia, Erongo Region, Brandberg Area, Goboboseb Mountains

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Synapse Collection
Synapse Collection
San Antonio, Texas, United States
9 for sale·5 sold

Product details

SpeciesAmethyst
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 cm
Added on10/27/2025
LocalityNamibia, Erongo Region, Goboboseb Mountains

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
02/2018Synapse CollectionNot 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.