Amethyst (reverse scepters) with Calcite* (*Calcite is rare from Bolivia)

Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Cabinet, 12.7 x 8.7 x 6.7 cm
Start Time: 03/08/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/15/2018 6:48:46 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

This specimen is a great cabinet size piece consisting of good quality, sharp, gemmy, lustrous, prismatic, purple color "reverse" scepter habit crystals and simple prisms of Amethyst measuring up to 2.2 cm associated with lustrous modified rhombohedra of Calcite on matrix. Please note that Calcite is a rather rare species from Bolivia, and the Calcite crystals from Bombori are the best examples of Bolivian Calcite crystals that we've seen. The Amethyst crystals on the piece are remarkable for Bolivia as it features a type of crystallization that is virtually unheard of from this country. A showy and good quality specimen of this now hard to find material.

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