2.6" Red & Purple Amethyst Cluster - Alacam Mine, Turkey

This is a beautiful purple cluster of amethyst crystals that have been collected from Turkey. It contains many dark grape juice colored crystals with that contain a layer of red hematite across the superior surface of the cluster.

Turkish amethyst mines produce some of the world's most spectacular deep purple amethysts. The amethyst from these localities typically forms as a pseudomorph after barite, usually leaving some specimens with a wave-like or hill-and-valley appearance.


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DETAILS
SPECIES
Quartz var. Amethyst
LOCATION
Alacam Amethyst Mine, Balikesir Province, Turkey
SIZE
2.6" wide
ITEM
#89768