1.5" Amethyst Crystal with Spotted Phantoms - China

Amethyst Crystal with Spotted Phantoms - China #221164

This is a beautiful, 1.5" wide amethyst crystal that features spotted phantoms within, likely a result of epidote or hematite inclusions. There are small green epidote crystal along one side of the crystal. It comes from the Hongxizhen unnamed mining area in the Sichuan Province of China.

It has been mounted to an acrylic display base with mineral tack.

Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz (SiO2) that owes its violet color to natural gamma irradiation, iron impurities, and the presence of trace elements, which result in complex crystal lattice substitutions. It is considered a semi-precious gemstone, and just two centuries ago was considered to have a value on par with diamonds, sapphires, and rubies. The largest and best known amethyst deposits occur in southern Brazil and Uruguay, where they are found in hydrothermally-formed geodes, but many localities around the world produce an amazing variety of amethyst crystals and formations. They are almost always formed in medium- to high-temperature geological settings.

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