Quartz, Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Specimen ID: WCH-84K

Mineral(s)
Quartz : SiO2
Quartz (Var: Amethyst) : SiO2
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
1.75inches x 1.4375inches x 1.625inches
Collections
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1.75" x 1.4375" x 1.625" This is a specimen of etched amethyst quartz from Anahi Mine in Bolivia. The feeder veins are 12 to 20 inches wide, but vugs can reach 30 x 60 feet! Some of the vugs collapsed, and solutions entered that etched the quartz into almost unrecognizable shapes, like the one above. In other vugs, the crystals are pristine.
Eric Diaz - 16th July 2009
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