Debra Wilson's Photo Gallery
RW6-4LGQuartz (Var: Amethyst) SiO2
Collegeville Amethyst Locality, Collegeville, Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USADimensions: 2.8 cm x 12.5 cm
Field of View: 5.5 cm
Close-up view of a 12.5 cm tall sceptered crystal of quartz variety amethyst with phantom (scepter is 4.2 x 2.8 cm). Collected by Bryon Brookmyer in 1991. The spot where this crystal was collected is now covered in concrete. Carnegie Museum of Natural History specimen CM32139 (Brookmyer collection #3541). On display in Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems in the Pennsylvania Minerals and Gems alcove.