QUARTZ V. AMETHYST Mun. Las Vigas de Ramirez, Veracruz, Mexico

Dimensions: Length-7” Width- 6” Height- 2.5” Weight-1.2 lb Mineral collectors are drawn to Las Vigas specimens because they feature an appealing purple color, outstanding transparency, glassy luster, and typically form extremely aesthestic crystal clusters. The finest Las Vigas Amethyst specimens feature single crystals and divergent groups of rich-purple quartz that have crystallized on a grayish-brown rock matrix which is occasionally “dusted” with microcrystals of epidote.