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MD-253903
Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite
Bombori, Chayanta Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Small Cabinet, 8.6 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm
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This specimen is a fine small cabinet size piece consisting of excellent, sharp, gemmy, lustrous, prismatic, lavender "reverse" scepter and simple prisms of Amethyst measuring up to 1.3 cm sitting atop white/colorless, modified rhombohedra of Calcite on matrix. This piece is remarkable for Bolivia as it features a type of crystallization that is virtually unheard of for this country.