Botyroidal Lavender Quartz

Item Description

Quartz is a highly varied species, with many colors, styles and varieties in the world. These attractive Quartz specimens from the N'Chwaning II Mine are unlike nearly everything you see on the market. This limited material never got a fancy nickname or tradename, so we simply refer to it as Lavender Quartz. It's not quite what I would call purple based upon the softness of the hue, so it's not Amethyst, but it's just as eye-catching as any Quartz you'll see out there. It should be noted that the color is presumably due to manganese. This fine miniature is a great quality specimen of this select material from the N'Chwaning II Mine featuring beautiful botryoidal Quartz spheres measuring up to 8 mm across intergrown with a bit of a white mineral that was originally said to be Calcite, but we've been told it is actually Oyelite. The Quartz spheres are translucent when backlit and show a lovely sparkling luster on the surface. No major damage on the display side of the piece, but it is contacted on the side where it was removed from the pocket wall.