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MD-142374
Quartz (Var: Amethyst)
Kaiiado District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya
Miniature, 3.9 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
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A UNIQUE amethyst quartz crystal from a most unusual and NEW African locality - the Kaiiado District of Kenya. This HIGHLY UNUSUAL, very glassy and transparent crystal looks like an elongated, cubic fluorite crystal with a stem. It looks like a tooth with a root. I have never seen anything like this except a few oddballs from Herkimer in New York (and those had no color) ! It has very sharp cubic faces, modified corners and even has a V-shaped phantom, visible when looking down onto the specimen. There are smoky quartz overtones in the cube. All in all, a really WEIRD and very SHOWY piece! The miners called these "fluorite-quartzes," they were so puzzled.