Pietersite

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Outjo, Damaraland District, Kunene Region, Namibia

A variety of Chalcedony

Chalcedony with embedded fibers of amphibole minerals with varying degrees of alteration. Blue-gray, brown and yellow colors. The fibers cause a chatoyancy similar to that seen in tiger's eye, but tiger's eye is not made of chalcedony, it is macrocrystalline quartz.

Classification of Pietersite
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Namibia

Kunene Region

Damaraland District

Outjo

Amir Akhavan Collection

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