Quartz var. Amethyst
specimen number:
4481102
location:
Boekenhoutshoek, Mpumalanga, South Africa
description:
Very attractive example of what some call cactus quartz, these are glassy attractive crystals of amethyst to 6.0 cm in height coming off matrix. There is a second-generation of much smaller amethyst crystals growing up the prism faces of the first generation crystals. Minimal chipping to the crystal at far left as shown up close in the video, the rest of the crystals in great condition.
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