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Amethyst (Cactus Quartz)
- Boekenhoutshoek area (Boekenhouthoek), Mkobola district, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
- Small Cabinet, 6.1 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
- Start Time: 10/13/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/20/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A great display specimen of so-called "Cactus Quartz" or "Spirit Quartz" from South Africa. These pieces really made a splash on the market about 10 years ago. This piece features beautiful, lustrous, translucent to transparent, lilac crystals of Amethyst sitting on an earlier generation of Quartz. The terminations are isolated, while the body of the crystals have a prickly, "cactus" appearance with an overgrowth of smaller crystals. A TINY bit of light yellow iron oxide inclusions make for a nice accent. Virtually undamged, and very showy. Boekenhoutshoek is the true source for the Amethystine Quartz, erroneously marketed at first as being from the Magaliesberg Range.
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