Amethyst (''Cactus'' / ''Spirit'' Quartz)

Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Thembisile Hani Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Ex. Jim Houran
Miniature, 4.7 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Start Time: 11/09/2023 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/16/2023 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Winning Bid: $329
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Item Description

A classic example these distinctive specimens, which carry the nicknames "Cactus Amethyst" or "Spirit Quartz" from South Africa. These beautiful Quartz specimens first hit the market in the mid 2000s, and really made a splash with collectors, especially Quartz enthusiasts. This piece features beautiful, lustrous, drusy, translucent, lovely purple color crystals of Amethyst sitting on an earlier generation of Amethyst. The earlier Amethyst crystal has a pronounced pyramidal isolated termination, while the body of the crystal has a prickly, "cactus" appearance with an overgrowth of smaller crystals along the prism. Boekenhoutshoek is the true source for the Amethystine Quartz, erroneously marketed at first as being from the Magaliesberg Range.
From the collection of Jim Houran.

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Bidding History

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$329 11/16/2023 6:41:22 pm (CST)
$319 11/16/2023 6:41:22 pm (CST)
$265 11/16/2023 6:36:59 pm (CST)
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