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2.6" Pink Amethyst Geode Half With Calcite - Argentina
This is a beautiful find out of Argentina, featuring true pink amethyst crystals from the Choique Mine. It occurs in geodic formations or cavities lined with crystals. This piece is 2.6" wide and the crystals have an excellent dark, pink color and nice terminations. This specimen has a number of calcite crystals growing over or among the amethyst.
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
2.6 x 1.8", 1.4" deep
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#127308
