Amethyst (McBroom & Dillwith Coll.)

Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
Small Cabinet, 7.7 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm
Start Time: 12/20/2018 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/03/2019 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Some of the finest Italian amethyst specimens have come from this well-known Sardinian quarry and this is a aesthetic small cabinet from the Allen Dillwith Collection of Texas. Pretty blush-purple, glassy, water-clear prisms, to 2.0 cm, are very attractively scattered on the sculptural quartz and calcite-lined vug in volcanic tuff matrix. The crystals are large for the locality and look like classic Las Vigas amethysts. Previously in the H.R. McBroom Collection.

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