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1.6" Pink Amethyst with Calcite (NEW FIND) - Argentina
This is a NEW FIND out of Argentina, true pink amethyst from the Choique Mine. It occurs in geodic formations or cavities lined with crystals, sometimes associated with calcite such as in this piece. This specimen is 1.6" wide and the crystals have an excellent dark, pink color and nice terminations.
This material has been analyzed at the California Institute of Technology and was described as "purplish pink amethystine quartz additionally coloured by microscopic hematite particles". They are not rose quartz or pink quartz as classically defined.
Pink amethyst is formed by the same processes that gives amethyst its purple color, but by definition amethyst is purple, not pink. Thus, we are left with a conundrum of what to call it! But since the majority of people seem to be calling it "pink amethyst", we will stick with that label.
Pink amethyst is formed by the same processes that gives amethyst its purple color, but by definition amethyst is purple, not pink. Thus, we are left with a conundrum of what to call it! But since the majority of people seem to be calling it "pink amethyst", we will stick with that label.
SPECIES
Quartz var. Pink Amethyst & Calcite
LOCATION
Choique Mine, Pehuenches, Neuquen, Argentina
SIZE
1.6" long, .9" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#84500
