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Quartz v. Amethyst from Namibia

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Rocks, Fossils & Minerals Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 450.00 USD
Quartz v. Amethyst from Namibia
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This handsome amethyst/smoky quartz specimen was recovered from the Brandberg complex, which is a circular granite pluton 25 km in diameter rising to 2573 m at its highest peak. The matrix rock for these fine Nambian amethyst specimens is a typical quartz, microcline, muscovite granite. The wonderful Brandberg amethyst specimen locale is less well known than the Goboboseb Mountain amethyst specimens which occur within gas vesicles in a reddish basalt flow. The specimen features several 2" tall, bright-purple quartz crystals rising up from a granite matrix. Dimensions (cm): 5 H x 6 W x 4 D. Location: Brandberg Complex, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia City: State: Namibia Date: HWAC# 53118