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15th Oct 2011 22:17 UTCAdam Berluti

I didnt know you could find amethyst geodes at Mt ida >:D<

http://www.mindat.org/photo-417174.html

25th Oct 2011 22:16 UTCRowan Lytle

or totem poles....

Rowan Lytle

15th Mar 2013 20:46 UTCFrank Festa

Adam,

Hahahahahahahaha................Next time I lose a needle in a haystack I'm going to call you. You have an eye on you.

Now that you have brought it up, I see what you are talking about. In all truthfulness, I never saw the amethyst geode in the photo or even when I was standing there next to it. I was so excited by the size of the two giant quartz crystals that's all I saw.

I have no idea if amethyst geodes are native to Arkansas or Mt. Ida.

In my defense however, the photo caption read "Notice the gigantic sized quartz crystals behind me". I made no mention of the geode on the floor, the geode on the upper shelf beside the two cut rock slabs or the or the larger quartz crystals jutting out on the lower shelf.

In the future I will be more precise when captioning a photo.

Your friend

Frank

15th Mar 2013 20:50 UTCAdam Kelly

I have a piece of amethyst from Arkansas that is very reminiscent of Brazilian material,

but I don't think it is from Mt Ida, I'll try and check when I get home.

16th Mar 2013 05:09 UTCAdam Kelly

My piece is from Crater of Diamonds, and has amethyst and calcite similar to Brazilian material.

If it weren't featured in Glen Worthington's book, and from a trusted source, I would label it from Brazil.

17th Mar 2013 03:22 UTCFrank Festa

I have revised the photo caption to indicate the quartz and geodes are not a locality photo. Please review.

Thanks

Frank

11th Apr 2014 21:09 UTCFrank Festa

DO NOT UNDERSTAND PROBLEM

26th May 2014 12:54 UTCJay I. G. Roland

The picture has disappeared, any chance of re-posting it?

27th May 2014 02:28 UTCFrank Festa

Jay,

Thank you for your interest. The photo in question clearly showed a huge, maybe six foot tall, semi-clear Quartz Crystal. The photo was taken with me standing beside the crystal for perspective, in a narrow aisle way in the store at location. Also in the photo were a few assorted rocks and minerals on shelves which I certainly could not move for the purpose of taking a photo.

I received several complaints over this photo...............it seems others could not identify a standing giant quartz crystal in relation to other rock.

The photo will not return

Thanks

Frank

27th May 2014 18:40 UTCHerman Du Plessis

Hi there

to me the complaints of the photo seem to be nitty gritty crap,

imo

Herman

21st Jun 2014 07:14 UTCErik With-a K

Amethyst is my fav stone i know about a bunch of spots at lantern hill lets xchange data i nee purple stone spots!!!!!!!!hahahaha

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