Quartz var: Amethyst (''Fenster'' crystals)

Item Description

The world-renowned Amethyst specimens from Veracruz are among the most celebrated examples of crystallized Amethyst in the world. You will see these pieces (especially older ones) labeled as coming from "Las Vigas", but this is actually the name of a city called Las Vigas de Ramirez in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and it's the home of many of the miners who collected these specimens. To complicate things further, the city lies within a municipality called Las Vigas de Ramirez, so there have been all sorts of labeling issues over the years. The confirmed locality for these beautiful Amethyst specimens is in fact Piedra Parada, and they have been coming out for the better part of the last 50+ years. This specimen is an elegant and eye-catching small cabinet featuring a few fine quality, sharp, lustrous, gemmy, beautiful light purple color hexagonal prisms of Amethyst, measuring up to 4.7 cm, on a thin plate of matrix. There are many little accenting Amethyst crystals on the piece, but it's the three big ones that draw the eye. The best aspect of these crystals is that they show a classic "Fenster" or "window" habit, with slightly skeletal faces on the terminations. No major damage and very showy!