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Adamite on Limonite
Adamite on Limonite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Diopside
Diopside
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mtns., Arusha Region, Tanzania
Olmiite
Olmiite
N Chwanning II Mine, Kuruman, Republic of South Africa
Opal var. Hyalite
Opal var. Hyalite
San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Quartz "Faden"
Quartz "Faden"
Dara Ismael Khan District, Waziristan, Pakistan
Zoisite Var. Tanzanite
Zoisite Var. Tanzanite
Arusha, Merelani, Tanzania
Quartz Var. Amethyst "Antenna Quartz"

Quartz Var. Amethyst "Antenna Quartz"

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Locality
Goboboseb Mtns. Brandberg Dist. Erongo Region, Namibia
Minerals
Quartz
Dimensions
6.0 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm
Size class
Small Cabinet
SID
AMETHYST6

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.

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