Light Amethyst Quartz Crystal – NBB 097

Light Amethyst Quartz Crystal Group with bubbles and epidote

Measurements:  59 x 21 x 19 mm

Description:  A group of milky to clear, light amethyst quartz crystals with three small moving bubbles. At the base it has pieces of pale green crystals, probably calcite, and at the bottom of the specimen, a small vein of minute, gemmy epidote crystals.  The main termination has a few minute nicks.

Chemical Composition:  SiO2  (quartz)
                                   CaCO3  (calcite)
 
                                   Ca2Fe3+2.25Al0.75(SiO4)3(OH) (epidote)

Hardness on Mohs Scale:  (quartz)  7
                                      (calcite)  3
 
                                    (epidote)  7

Location:  Brandberg, Namibia

Specimen Code:  NBB 097

US $ 55






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