Quartz Var. Amethyst "Antenna Quartz"

This unusual example of "antenna Quartz," occurred as a brief layer in  a Quartz vein in the Goboboseb mountains in Namibia. The vein was frosty white quartz, and then they hit a layer where there were secondary growth of Amethyst on the white quartz crystals. This secondary growth may be considered "reverse sceptering," as the Quartz grows skinnier and more narrow, compared with scepters where they expand outward. Africans liked to call them "Antenna Quartz," for obvious reasons. There are ten different reverse scepters on this cluster. The two largest make a dramatic "V" for victory, and exhibit exceptional length for this rare form of Quartz. It comes mounted on an acrylic base.