Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Locality: Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy

Field of view ca. 12 mm. Cystal with irregular shaped liquid inclusion and a gas bubble. The bubble moves about 3-4 mm in the crystal. Selected from a large number of crystals collected ca. 1981. Almost all Amethyst crystals fom the location show liquid inclusions but only a small fraction (~1 %) bubbles.

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