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

Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Small Cabinet, 6.5 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm
Start Time: 01/05/2017 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/12/2017 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

This specimen is a great small cabinet size piece consisting of good quality, sharp, translucent, lustrous, prismatic, purple color crystals of Amethyst measuring up to 1.8 cm. The piece is not only aesthetic and eye-catching, but the Amethyst crystals actually featurs "reverse" scepter habit crystals, which is not common for any locality in Bolivia. A few of the Amethysts are contacted, but good condition all around. Additionally the Amethyst are associated with modified scalenohedra 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. A good specimen of this now hard to find material. Valued at $400.

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