FMF Minerals Gallery

Quartz on Calcite
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
94 x 65 mm (Author: Manuel Mesa)

Quartz on Calcite
Huanggang Mi

Quartz on Calcite
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
125 x 110 mm (Author: Manuel Mesa)

Quartz on Calcite
Huanggang Mi

Quartz on Calcite
Snowcaps Mine, Inyo Mountains (Inyo Range), Kearsarge, Kearsarge District, Inyo County, California, USA
9.7 x 8.5 x 5.2 cm (Author: Michael Shaw)

Quartz on Calcite
Snowcaps Min

Quartz on Chert, 5 x 4.5 cm’s from Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire (Author: nurbo)

Quartz on Chert, 5 x 4.5 cm’

Quartz on Chrysocolla
Arizona, USA
55mm x 50mm x 50mm (Author: Philippe Durand)

Quartz on Chrysocolla
Arizona,

Quartz on Chrysocolla
Old Dominion Mine, Old Dominion vein system, Buffalo Hill, Globe, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
6.0cm x 5.0cm (Author: rweaver)

Quartz on Chrysocolla
Old Domi

Quartz on Danburite 6.3 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm (Author: Michael Shaw)

Quartz on Danburite

Quartz on Danburite
San Bartolo Mine, Charcas, Municipio Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
6.3 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm (Author: Michael Shaw)

Quartz on Danburite
San Bartol

Quartz on Dolomite.
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
@15 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz on Dolomite.
Turtle Cla

Quartz on dolostone
Turtle Clan Ridge, Fonda, Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York, USA
Fingers for scale. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz on dolostone
Turtle Cla

Quartz on Epidote
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
61mm x 42mm x 23mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz on Epidote
Goboboseb Mo

Quartz on Epidote
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
61mm x 42mm x 23mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz on Epidote
Goboboseb Mo

Quartz on Fluorite
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
69 x 67 mm (Author: Manuel Mesa)

Quartz on Fluorite
Huanggang M

Quartz on Fluorite
Nanshanxia Mine, Shaowu, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
13 x 12 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)

Quartz on Fluorite
Nanshanxia

Quartz on Fluorite
Nanshanxia Mine, Shaowu, Nanping Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
13 x 12 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)

Quartz on Fluorite
Nanshanxia

Quartz on Fluorite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
4.5 cm edges for the fluorite (Author: Jean Suffert)

Quartz on Fluorite
Yaogangxian

Quartz on Fluorite
Yongping Mine, Yongping, Yanshan, Shangrao Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
4 x 2,5 cm (Author: Volkmar Stingl)

Quartz on Fluorite
Yongping Mi

Quartz on Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Crystal 12 x 07 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz on Goethite
Ceres, Warm

Quartz on Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Crystal 21 mm long. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz on Goethite
Ceres, Warm

Quartz on Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Longest crystal 30 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz on Goethite
Ceres, Warm

Quartz on Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz on Goethite
Ceres, Warm

Quartz on Goethite
Ceres, Warmbokkeveld Valley, Ceres, Valle Warmbokkeveld, Witzenberg, Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
117 x 55 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz on Goethite
Ceres, Warm

Quartz on Hematite Cleator Moor, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom 71 x 56 x 34 mm (Author: GneissWare)

Quartz on Hematite Cleator Moor, W

Quartz on Hematite Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK FOV 30 x 20 mm approx (Author: nurbo)

Quartz on Hematite Florence Mine,

Quartz on Hematite Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK 30 x 25 mm approx (Author: nurbo)

Quartz on Hematite Florence Mine,

Quartz on Hematite Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England, UK 75 x 60 mm (Author: nurbo)

Quartz on Hematite Florence Mine,

Quartz on hematite Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England 7.8 x 9.7 cm. Collected in Feb. 1957. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz on hematite Florence Mine,

Quartz on Hematite Frizington Parks Mine, Frizington, Cumbria, England, UK Quartz crystal 4 mm (Author: nurbo)

Quartz on Hematite Frizington Park

Quartz on hematite Jinlong hill, Guangdong Province, China FOV 60 mm (Author: Tobi)

Quartz on hematite Jinlong hill, G

Quartz on mimetite on quartz and with malachite Mas Dieu, Gard, France fov 5.5 mm (Author: ploum)

Quartz on mimetite on quartz and w

Quartz on Pryite Spruce Claim King Co., Washingtom 6.0cm x 5.6cm (Author: rweaver)

Quartz on Pryite
Spruce Claim

Quartz on Pyrite
Spruce claim, Goldmyer Hot Springs, King County, Washington, USA
6.6cm height (Author: dontgogreen)

Quartz on Pyrite
Spruce claim,

Quartz on Quartz (variety chalcedony)
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
geode cavity is about 10 cm with a thick rind (Author: Bob Harman)

Quartz on Quartz (variety chalcedony)
Monroe County, Indi

Quartz on Quartz
Fat Jack Mine, Lane Mountain, Crown King, Pine Grove District, Bradshaw Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.3cm c 6.6cm (Author: rweaver)

Quartz on Quartz
Fat Jack Mine

Quartz on rhodochrosite Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania Lenght of the quartz crystal 35 mm (Author: Tobi)

Quartz on rhodochrosite Cavnic (Ka

Quartz on Rhodochrosite
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
5.9 x 4.5 x 2.9 cm (Author: steven calamuci)

Quartz on Rhodochrosite
Cavnic

Quartz on siderite Pfannenberger Einigkeit Mine, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Specimen width 45 mm (Photo © previous owner Peter Bosse) (Author: Tobi)

Quartz on siderite Pfannenberger E

Quartz on siderite Pfannenberger Einigkeit Mine, Salchendorf, Neunkirchen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Specimen height 45 mm (Author: Tobi)

Quartz on siderite Pfannenberger E

Quartz on siderite Pfannenberger Einigkeit Mine, Salchendorf, Neunkirchen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Specimen width 45 mm (Author: Tobi)

Quartz on siderite Pfannenberger E

Quartz on siderite
Pfannenberger Einigkeit Mine, Salchendorf, Neunkirchen, Siegen-Wittgenstein District, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Specimen size 4,5 cm (Author: Tobi)

Quartz on siderite
Pfannenberg

QUARTZ on SPECULARITE
Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom
7.5x3.0x4.0 cm (Author: captaincaveman)

QUARTZ on SPECULARITE
Florence

Quartz on sphalerite Huaron mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco department, Peru 50 x 45 x 40 mm (Author: Tobi)

Quartz on sphaler
Huaron mining dis

Quartz on sphalerite Huaron mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco department, Peru 50 x 45 x 40 mm Closer look at the quartz crystals, longest one nearly 20 mm. (Author: Tobi)

Quartz on sphaler
Huaron mining dis

Quartz on Sphalerite Magma Mine, Pioneer District, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA 53 x 31 x 16 mm Quartz points to 7 x 2 mm cover lustrous black Sphalerite. (Author: GneissWare)

Quartz on Sphalerite Magma Mine, P

Quartz on Tennantite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
62mm x 39mm x 39mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz on Tennantite
Tsumeb Mi

Quartz on Tennantite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
62mm x 39mm x 39mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz on Tennantite
Tsumeb Mi

Quartz Origin, Rouge City Oregon, Souvenir shop find, I purchased it at a garage sale. 5.1cm x 4.3 x 7.3cm (Author: Screenname)

Quartz Origin, Ro
5.1cm x 4.3 x 7.3

Quartz over fluorite.jpg (Author: Tracy)

Quartz over fluorite.jpg

Quartz over Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
68mm x 56mm x 80mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz over Malachite
Tsumeb M

Quartz over Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
68mm x 56mm x 80mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz over Malachite
Tsumeb M

Quartz over Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
68mm x 56mm x 80mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz over Malachite
Tsumeb M

Quartz over Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
68mm x 56mm x 80mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz over Malachite
Tsumeb M

Quartz penetrating Chalcopyrites (Author: Samuel)

Quartz penetrating Chalcopyrites

Quartz perimorph after Calcite, 59 x 29 x 16 cm, Cavnic, Romania. (Author: Montanpark)

Quartz perimorph after Calcite, 59

Quartz perimorph after Calcite, 59 x 29 x 16 cm, Cavnic, Romania, Detail. (Author: Montanpark)

Quartz perimorph after Calcite, 59

Quartz pocket. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz pocket.

Quartz ps. afte gypsum Crawford, Dawes County, Nebraska, USA 7.2 x 9.2 cm. Rosette of flattened quartz blades replacing gypsum. At one time this piece was in the E. M. Gunnell and Ed Swoboda pseudomorph collection. Gunnell’s label indicates he received it as a gift in 1959. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz ps. afte gypsum Crawford, D

Quartz ps. anhydrite Irai, Alto Uruguai Region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 5.5 x 8.5 cm. Fan-shaped casts of anhydrite crystals completely replaced by cream-colored quartz. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz ps. anhydrite Irai, Alto Ur

Quartz ps. calcite Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India 7.5 x 9.9 cm. Colorless quartz epimorphing calcite associated with stalactitic chalcedony and peach-colored stilbite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz ps. calcite Jalgaon Distric

Quartz pseudo-cubic Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA 2.5 x 1.9 cm A very unusual form for quartz (Author: Philip Simmons)

Quartz pseudo-cubic Artesia, Eddy

Quartz pseudomorph after Anhydrite
Iraí, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
65 x 59 x 50 mm (Author: Rob Schnerr)

Quartz pseudomorph after Anhydrite
Iraí, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, B

Quartz pseudomorph after Calcite on pseudostalactitic Quartz with what I believe to be little white Mordenite balls, Aurangabad, Maharastra, India. 4.1 cm wide. (Author: nurbo)

Quartz pseudomorph after Calcite o

Quartz pseudomorph after Calcite
Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
7.5 cm x 9.0 cm (Author: Michael Shaw)

Quartz pseudomorph after Calcite
Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Roma

Quartz pseudomorph after Wulfenite
Finch Mine, Reagan claims, Keystone Gulch, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
130 mm x 120 mm x 60 mm (Author: Robert Seitz)

Quartz pseudomorph after Wulfenite
Finch Mine, Reagan claims, Keystone Gulch, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona

Quartz pseudomorph after Wulfenite
Finch Mine, Reagan claims, Keystone Gulch, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA
130 mm x 120 mm x 60 mm (Author: Robert Seitz)

Quartz pseudomorph after Wulfenite
Finch Mine, Reagan claims, Keystone Gulch, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona

Quartz ready for the acid bath. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz ready for the acid bath.

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
from 3 cm to about 7 cm (Author: Bob Harman)

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
about 5.0 cm and 6.5 cm (Author: Bob Harman)

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
these range from 2.5 cm to about 6 cm (Author: Bob Harman)

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
5.5 cm (Author: Bob Harman)

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
5 cm (Author: Bob Harman)

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
about 4 cm to 6 cm (Author: Bob Harman)

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
about 6 cm maximum dimension (Author: Bob Harman)

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
about 6 cm greatest dimension (Author: Bob Harman)

Quartz replacing fossil
Monroe

Quartz rose China 1.5 x 3.5 x 1 cm. rose quartz but little (Author: barbie90)

Quartz rose China 1.5 x 3.5 x 1 cm

Quartz rose China 1.5 x 3.5 x 1 cm. rose quartz but little (Author: barbie90)

Quartz rose
China

Quartz Rosia Montana Romania.jpg (Author: Tracy)

Quartz Rosia Montana Romania.jpg

Quartz Scepter Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province, Madagascar 8.0 x 6.0 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz Scepter Alaotra-Mangoro Reg

Quartz scepter Fonda, Mohawk County, New York, USA 7 cm. Our lab in the background. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz scepter Fonda, Mohawk Count

Quartz scepter Petersen Mts., Washoe Co. Nevada, USA 8 cm. (Author: vic rzonca)

Quartz scepter Petersen Mts., Wash

Quartz scepter - Mexico - 12-8-1.JPG (Author: John S. White)

Quartz scepter - Mexico - 12-8-1.J

Quartz scepter, sphalerite, siderite - TOP mineral Source: Trepča (Trepča), Republic of Kosovo Size: 7,5 x 4,5 x 5 cm Curiosity: A Scepter quartz is formed when another crystal has grown around a large central base crystal rod. (Author: Leon56)

Quartz scepter, s
Source: Trepč

Quartz scepters (Author: Fiebre Verde)

Quartz scepters

Quartz Scepters, Quartz (variety chalcedony)
Dugway Range, Tooele County, Utah, USA
86 mm x 56 mm x 57 mm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz Scepters, Quartz (variety chalcedony)
Dugway Range, Tooele Co

Quartz Scepters, Quartz (variety chalcedony)
Dugway Range, Tooele County, Utah, USA
86 mm x 56 mm x 57 mm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz Scepters, Quartz (variety chalcedony)
Dugway Range, Tooele Co

Quartz Scepters, Quartz (variety chalcedony)
Dugway Range, Tooele County, Utah, USA
86 mm x 56 mm x 57 mm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz Scepters, Quartz (variety chalcedony)
Dugway Range, Tooele Co

Quartz Sceptre
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
55 x 24 x 14 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz Sceptre
Goboboseb Mount

Quartz sceptre
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
55 x 24 x 14 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz sceptre
Goboboseb Mount

Quartz seams visible on the other side. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz seams visible on the other

Quartz Smoky Amethyst Scepter. 12x4,3 cm (Author: José Miguel)

Quartz Smoky Amethyst Scepter. 12x

Quartz Smoky Scepter. 10,4x6,2 cm. (Author: José Miguel)

Quartz Smoky Scepter. 10,4x6,2 cm.

Quartz Smoky, Schorl needle inclusions & attached Topaz Klein Spitzkoppe, Namibia. 4.2cm x 2.3cm (Author: Debbie Woolf)

Quartz Smoky, Sch
Klein Spitzkoppe,

Quartz Smoky, Schorl needle inclusions & attached Topaz Klein Spitzkoppe, Namibia. 4.2cm x 2.3cm (Author: Debbie Woolf)

Quartz Smoky, Sch
Klein Spitzkoppe,

Quartz Smoky, Schorl needle inclusions & attached Topaz Klein Spitzkoppe, Namibia. 4.2cm x 2.3cm (Author: Debbie Woolf)

Quartz Smoky, Sch
Klein Spitzkoppe,

Quartz Sphalerite Fluorite. Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 20 x 20 mm approx (Author: nurbo)

Quartz Sphalerite Fluorite. Bounda

Quartz Sphalerite Fluorite. Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 25 x 25 mm approx (Author: nurbo)

Quartz Sphalerite Fluorite. Bounda

Quartz Sphalerite Fluorite. Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK. FOV 30 x 30 mm approx (Author: nurbo)

Quartz Sphalerite Fluorite. Bounda

Quartz Sphalerite Fluorite. Boundary Cross Vein, Rampgill Mine, Alston, Cumbria, England, UK. 88 x 60 mm (Author: nurbo)

Quartz Sphalerite Fluorite. Bounda

Quartz var agate Paraiba, Brazil 12.5 x 8.3 cm Polyhedroid Agate (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var agate Paraiba, Brazil 1

Quartz var agate Paraiba, Brazil 10.2 x 5.3 cm Polyhedroid Agate (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var agate Paraiba, Brazil 1

Quartz var amethyst with quartz Statesville, N. Carolina (Author: Gail)

Quartz var amethy
Statesville, N. C

Quartz var amethyst Brandberg Mountains, Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia 14.5 x 4.9 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst Brandberg Moun

Quartz var amethyst Brandberg Mountains, Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia 14.5 x 4.9 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst Brandberg Moun

Quartz var Amethyst Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA 16.5 x 10 x 6.5 cm` (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var Amethyst Jacksons Cross

Quartz var amethyst Macon County, North Carolina, USA 6.8 x 4.5 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst Macon County,

Quartz var amethyst Macon County, North Carolina, USA 6.8 x 4.5 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst Macon County,

Quartz var amethyst Piedra Parada (Las Vigas Mine), Tatatila, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico 16.7 x 12.8 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst Piedra Parada

Quartz var amethyst Piedra Parada (Las Vigas Mine), Tatatila, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico 16.7 x 12.8 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst Piedra Parada

Quartz var amethyst Piedra Parada (Las Vigas Mine), Tatatila, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico 16.7 x 12.8 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst Piedra Parada

Quartz var amethyst Piedra Parada (Las Vigas Mine), Tatatila, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico 6.7 x 5.0 cm 1980’s (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst Piedra Parada

Quartz var amethyst Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln county, North Carolina, USA 7 x 6.8 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst Reel Mine, Iro

Quartz var amethyst Spruce Claim, King County, Washington, USA 3.4 x 1.5 cm Amethyst Scepter (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst Spruce Claim,

Quartz var amethyst (very faint)scepters with hematite inclusions, Mahaiza, Madagascar. 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm (Author: Tracy)

Quartz var amethyst (very faint)sc

Quartz var amethyst var smoky Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 5.8 x 1.7 cm Double terminated amethyst and smoky quartz scepter (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst var smoky Gobo

Quartz var amethyst var smoky Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 5.8 x 1.7 cm Double terminated amethyst and smoky quartz scepter (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst var smoky Gobo

Quartz var amethyst var smoky Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 5.8 x 1.9 cm Quartz var amethyst var smoky phantom (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst var smoky Gobo

Quartz var amethyst var smoky Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 5.8 x 1.9 cm Quartz var amethyst var smoky phantom (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst var smoky Gobo

Quartz var amethyst, sceptre. Sakangyi area, west of Mogok, Shan State, Burma. 23 mm. (Author: Ru Smith)

Quartz var amethyst, sceptre. Saka

Quartz var amethyst
Llocalla (Aki Salla), Bombori, Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
6.3 x 3.4 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var amethyst
Llocalla (

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
40mm x 32mm x 20mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
40mm x 32mm x 20mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
220mm 152mm x 93mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
220mm 152mm x 93mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
220mm 152mm x 93mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
220mm 152mm x 93mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
220mm x 152mm x 93mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
35mm x 72mm x 34mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
22mm x 46mm x 22mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
25mm x 55mm x 22mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
28mm x 59mm x 17mm (Author: Heimo Hellwig)

Quartz var Amethyst
Brandberg

Quartz var Herkimer Diamond Middleville, New York 7.0cm x 6.7cm (Author: rweaver)

Quartz var Herkim
Middleville, New

Quartz var Herkimer Diamond Treasure Mountain Diamond Mine, Herkimer Co., New York Specimen size 2.8 x 1 cm. (Author: am mizunaka)

Quartz var Herkim
Treasure Mountain

Quartz var Prase, Hematite Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Aegean Islands Department, Greece 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm (Author: xdxucn)

Quartz var Prase, Hematite Serifos

Quartz var Smoky Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA 14 x 10 x 5.4 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var Smoky Lincoln County, N

Quartz var Smoky Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA 14 x 10 x 5.4 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var Smoky Lincoln County, N

Quartz var Smoky Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA 14 x 10 x 5.4 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz var Smoky Lincoln County, N

Quartz var. Amethyst ( sceptered ) Kanur, Chennai ( Madrass ) India 6.5 x 10.2 x5.0 cm (Author: Gail)

Quartz var. Ameth
( sceptered )

Quartz var. amethyst Brandberg area, Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia 75 x 50 x 40 mm ... and one more. Please forgive me that the pictures don’t have Christian Rewitzer’s quality ;-) (Author: Tobi)

Quartz var. ameth
Brandberg area, B

Quartz var. amethyst Brandberg area, Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia 75 x 50 x 40 mm (Author: Tobi)

Quartz var. ameth
Brandberg area, B

Quartz var. amethyst Brandberg area, Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia 75 x 50 x 40 mm I suppose most of you love quartz sceptres, so here’s a closer shot of them (each one measures ~ 25 mm) ... (Author: Tobi)

Quartz var. ameth
Brandberg area, B

Quartz var. Amethyst Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island Specimen size 7.5 x 8.9 cm. (Author: am mizunaka)

Quartz var. Ameth
Hopkinton, Washin

Quartz var. Amethyst Kidder Lane locality, Southborough, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA Specimen size 6.3 x 5.7 x 4 cm. (Author: am mizunaka)

Quartz var. Ameth
Kidder Lane local

Quartz var. Amethyst Valenciana Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico 37.7 x 26.0 x 12.2 cm (Author: Gail)

Quartz var. Ameth
Valenciana Mine,

Quartz var. amethyst Ametista do Sul, Alto Uruguai Region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 14.1 x 24.5 cm. FOV=5.0 cm. Part of a large plate of amethyst crystals, some of which are included with sprays of gold-colored goethite. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst Ametista do S

Quartz var. amethyst Boekenhoutshoek, Mkobola Dist., Mpummalanga Prov., South Africa 5.5 x 6.5 cm A small group of lilac-colored amethyst crystals with prism faces overgrown by small amethyst crystals, locally known as “cactus quartz” (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst Boekenhoutsho

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Namibia 39 x 10 x 10 mm The same as above with white light from behind. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Na

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Namibia 39 x 10 x 10 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Na

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Namibia 45 x 27 x 22 mm Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Namibia 39 x 10 x 10 mm The same as above with some white light from behind. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Na

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Namibia 52 x 20 x 18 mm The same as above with some white light from behind. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Na

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Namibia 52 x 20 x 18 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Na

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Namibia 82 x 53 x 47 mm The same specimen from above at another angle (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Na

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Namibia 82 x 53 x 47 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz Var. Amethyst Brandberg, Na

Quartz var. amethyst Brandberg, Namibia 31 x 19 x 17 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. amethyst Brandberg, Na

Quartz var. amethyst Brandberg, Namibia 31 x 19 x 17 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. amethyst Brandberg, Na

Quartz var. amethyst Brandberg, Namibia 31 x 19 x 17 mm Amethyst quartz crystal. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. amethyst Brandberg, Na

Quartz Var. Amethyst Cava Capurru, Osilo Sassari, Sardegna, Italia 1cm x .5cm x .5cm (Author: Mark Ost)

Quartz Var. Amethyst Cava Capurru,

Quartz Var. Amethyst Cava Capurru, Osilo Sassari, Sardegna, Italia 1cm x .5cm x .5cm (Author: Mark Ost)

Quartz Var. Amethyst Cava Capurru,

Quartz Var. Amethyst Cava Capurru, Osilo Sassari, Sardegna, Italia 1cm x .5cm x .5cm (Author: Mark Ost)

Quartz Var. Amethyst Cava Capurru,

Quartz var. Amethyst Crystal Park, Elkhorn Hot Springs area, Pioneer Mts, Beaverhead Co., Montana, USA 3.4 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm (Author: xdxucn)

Quartz var. Amethyst Crystal Park,

Quartz var. amethyst Diamond Willow Mine, Pearl Station, Ontario, Canada 6.5 x 7.2 cm. A mounded plate of amethyst crystals included with reddish brown hematite. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst Diamond Willo

Quartz var. amethyst Djurkovo Mine, Laki District, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria 5.4 x 7.8 cm In June 2005 a large pocket was breached which produced some wonder amethyst specimens. Some of the individual plates were nearly a meter across. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst Djurkovo Mine

Quartz var. amethyst Gheturi Mine, Turt, Satu Mare, Romania 9.0 x 9.0 cm. Pale lilac amethyst crystals to 4.5 cm on a matrix of colorless quartz and pyrite. Mined in 2000. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst Gheturi Mine,

Quartz var. amethyst Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu, Liangshan Pref., Sichuan Prov., China 6.5 x 7.0 cm Glassy amethyst crystals with groups of small, dark-green epidote crystals included within and on the surface of the quartz. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst Hongquizhen Q

Quartz var. amethyst Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 5.8 x 9.3 cm. Pale amethyst crystals sprinkled with dark green to black blebs of goethite and colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst Irai, Rio Gra

Quartz var. amethyst Piedra Parada, Mun. de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico 2.2 x 2.7 cm. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst Piedra Parada

Quartz var. amethyst Tonglushan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Pref., Hubei Prov., China 3.3 x 4.8 cm A single amethyst crystal with a partial jacket of small scalenohedral calcite crystals with reddish-brown tinged terminations. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst Tonglushan Mi

Quartz var. amethyst Valenciana Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico 3.3 x 6.7 cm. Amethyst crystals in parallel growth with grape-purple zones at the base grading to colorless at the terminations. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst Valenciana Mi

Quartz var. Amethyst Valenciana mine, Amatitlán, Mun. de E. Neri, Guerrero, Mexico 58x72x45mm (Author: Carlos M.)

Quartz var. Amethyst Valenciana mi

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite Brandberg, Namibia 50 x 41 x 30 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite Brandberg, Namibia 50 x 41 x 30 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite Brandberg, Namibia 50 x 41 x 30 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite Brandberg, Namibia 50 x 41 x 30 mm Amethyst quartz and calcite on basalt (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite Brandberg, Namibia 50 x 41 x 30 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite Brandberg, Namibia 50 x 41 x 30 mm Amethyst quartz and calcite on basalt (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. amethyst with calcite

Quartz var. amethyst, 7.5 cm (Author: Turbo)

Quartz var. amethyst, 7.5 cm

Quartz var. amethyst
Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
6.5 x 7.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst
Boekenhou

Quartz Var. Amethyst
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia
17 mm (Author: Gerhard Brandstetter)

Quartz Var. Amethyst
Goboboseb

Quartz var. amethyst
Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
2.0 x 3.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. amethyst
Jacksons

Quartz var. blue Ossa river, Sillaro Valley, San Clemente, Bologna province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy 51.74 mm group of blue-clear Quartz crystals (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)

Quartz var. blue Ossa river, Silla

Quartz var. citrine
Madagascar
0.7 x 0.8 x 8.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. citrine
Madagascar

Quartz var. faden Coleman Mine, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA Specimen size 7.5 x 6.7 cm. (Author: am mizunaka)

Quartz var. faden Coleman Mine, Ga

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York, USA 8.2 x 15.4 cm Two Herkimer Diamond crystals with calcite in a dolostone matrix. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond Middl

Quartz var. Herkimer diamond
Ace of Diamonds Mine, Middleville, Town of Newport, Herkimer County, New York, USA
Largest crystal is 2.3 cm in length (Author: Michael Shaw)

Quartz var. Herkimer diamond
A

Quartz var. Petrified wood Medora, North Dakota, USA 16 x 9 cm Conifer from the Taxodiaceae family, Fort Union formation. From a ranch in the badlands. It doesn’t look like it, but this is a cross-sectional slice through a tree limb. (Author: Tracy)

Quartz var. Petrified wood Medora,

Quartz var. petrified wood Stinking Water Mountain, Oregon, USA 18 x 13 cm This silicified slab was once an oak tree. (Author: Tracy)

Quartz var. petrified wood Stinkin

Quartz var. prase Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China Specimen height 5,5 cm (Author: Tobi)

Quartz var. prase Huanggang Fe-Sn

Quartz var. Prase Torre di Rio - Santa Filomena area (Monte della Torre), Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy 33.8 mm single Prase crystal (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)

Quartz var. Prase Torre di Rio - S

Quartz var. red Alpe di Campogrosso, Recoaro Terme, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy Rarest 10.99 mm red-orange group of Quartz crystals (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)

Quartz var. red
Alpe di Campogros

Quartz var. red Alpe di Campogrosso, Recoaro Terme, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy Rarest 9.64 mm red-orange group of Quartz crystals (Author: Matteo_Chinellato)

Quartz var. red
Alpe di Campogros

Quartz var. rock crystal Altenberg tin mine, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 2 cm in diameter. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Quartz var. rock crystal Altenberg

Quartz var. Rose on Quartz Sapucaia Mine Sapucaia Do Norte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 11.4 x 7.5 x 7.0 cm (Author: Gail)

Quartz var. Rose
Sapucaia Mine

Quartz var. rose quartz Alto da Pittora, Laranjeiras, Galiléa , Minas Gerais, Brazil 6.0 x 6.8 cm. Gemmy pink crystals set upon a matrix of blocky white orthoclase crystals with muscovite. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. rose quartz Alto da Pi

Quartz var. rose Quartz Galilea. Doce Valley. Minas Gerais. Brazil 4.3 cm (Author: Jon Mommers)

Quartz var. rose Quartz Galilea. D

Quartz var. rose quartz Pitorra Claim, Lananjeiras, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.5 x 5.7 cm A floater cluster of intergrown rose quartz crystals obtained from M. Phantom Minerals 21 years ago. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. rose quartz Pitorra Cl

Quartz var. smoky Brandberg, Erongo, Namibia 23 x 15 x 15 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky Brandberg, Erong

Quartz var. smoky Brandberg, Erongo, Namibia 23 x 15 x 15 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky Brandberg, Erong

Quartz var. smoky Brandberg, Erongo, Namibia 23 x 15 x 15 mm A neat light smoky crystal with inverted crystals and water. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky Brandberg, Erong

Quartz var. smoky Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland 4.1 x 4.6 cm. A smoky quartz with nice transparency and a gwindel habit. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. smoky Cavradi Gorge, C

Quartz var. smoky Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 178 x 74 x 45 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky Erongo Mountain,

Quartz var. smoky Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 178 x 74 x 45 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky Erongo Mountain,

Quartz var. smoky Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 178 x 74 x 45 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky Erongo Mountain,

Quartz var. smoky Mooralla, Victoria, Australia 3.5 x 4.0 cm A cluster of transparent, smoky quartz crystals on a small piece of matrix. (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. smoky Mooralla, Victor

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi. 57 x 40 x 36 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mou

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi. 57 x 40 x 36 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mou

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi. 57 x 40 x 36 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mou

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi. 39 x 27 x 21 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mou

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi. 39 x 27 x 21 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mou

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi. 39 x 27 x 21 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky and Aegirine Mou

Quartz var. smoky quartz
Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
3.6 x 4.7 cm (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. smoky quartz
Reel

Quartz var. smoky quartz
Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
3.0 x 5.6 cm (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz var. smoky quartz
Moat

Quartz var. smoky, Aegirine and feldspar. Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi. 65 x 38 x 33 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky, Aegirine and fe

Quartz var. smoky, Aegirine and feldspar. Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi. 65 x 38 x 33 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky, Aegirine and fe

Quartz var. smoky, Aegirine and feldspar. Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi. 65 x 38 x 33 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky, Aegirine and fe

Quartz var. smoky, feldspar, dolomite and rutile Van Rhynsdorp, Western Cape, South Africa. 195 x 160 x 130 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky, feldspar, dolom

Quartz var. smoky, feldspar, dolomite and rutile Van Rhynsdorp, Western Cape, South Africa. 195 x 160 x 130 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky, feldspar, dolom

Quartz var. smoky, feldspar, dolomite and rutile Van Rhynsdorp, Western Cape, South Africa. 195 x 160 x 130 mm Rutile in and on Quartz. Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky, feldspar, dolom

Quartz var. smoky, feldspar, dolomite and rutile Van Rhynsdorp, Western Cape, South Africa. 195 x 160 x 130 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky, feldspar, dolom

Quartz var. smoky, feldspar, dolomite and rutile Van Rhynsdorp, Western Cape South Africa. 195 x 160 x 130 mm One of the larger specimens of quartz that I collected. It weighs just more than 3 kg. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky, feldspar, dolom

Quartz var. smoky/citrine Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 71 x 16 x 12 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky/citrine Erongo M

Quartz var. smoky/citrine Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 71 x 16 x 12 mm ’Chisel’ quartz (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz var. smoky/citrine Erongo M

Quartz var.citrine Collier Creek Mine, Mt. Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA Specimen size 16 x 8.5 x 7 cm. Citrine quartz cluster (Author: am mizunaka)

Quartz var.citrine Collier Creek M

Quartz variety agate Paraiba, Brazil 9.3 x 6.5 cm Polyhedroid agate (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz variety agate Paraiba, Braz

Quartz variety agate Paraiba, Brazil 10 .2 x 9.3 cm Polyhedroid agate (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz variety agate Paraiba, Braz

Quartz variety agate Paraiba, Brazil 16.7 x 5.7 cm Polyhedroid agate (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz variety agate Paraiba, Braz

Quartz variety agate, Quartz variety chalcedony, Fluorite
Johnsbach, Glashütte, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
~ 25 cm (Author: Tobi)

Quartz variety agate, Quartz variety chalcedony, Fluorite
Johnsbach, Glashütte, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Erzgebirgskr

Quartz variety amethyst scepter Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island, USA 5.3 cm high Steve Maslansky collection Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz variety am
Hopkinton, Washin

Quartz variety amethyst Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia 14 x 8.9 cm (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz variety amethyst Anahi Mine

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 40 x 26 x 15 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 31 x 10 x 08 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 31 x 10 x 08 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 28 x 16 x 15 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 28 x 16 x 15 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 28 x 16 x 15 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA 7 x 6.8 cm Quartz variety amethyst (with scepters) (Author: Don Lum)

Quartz variety amethyst Reel Mine,

Quartz variety amethyst and goethite Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 40 x 26 x 15 mm Goethite crystal appox. 1.5 mm; a rarity from this area. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst and goethi

Quartz variety amethyst scepter Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island, USA 6.1 cm high Steve Smale collection Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz variety amethyst scepter Ho

Quartz variety amethyst scepter Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island, USA 5.3 cm high Steve Maslansky collection Photo: Jeff Scovil (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz variety amethyst scepter Ho

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 53 x 29 x 20 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 53 x 29 x 20 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 53 x 29 x 20 mm A batch of these ’mysterious’ quartz crystals with a yellow coating that can not be removed with the usual acids and small unknown crystals, surfaced in the first few years of this century and apparently not again. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 57 x 49 x 41 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 57 x 49 x 41 mm Same as above. (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 57 x 49 x 41 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 31 x 10 x 08 mm (Author: Pierre Joubert)

Quartz variety amethyst. Brandberg

Quartz variety amethyst
Purple Heart Mine, Kingston Range, Kingston Range District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
4.1 x 5.5 cm (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz variety amethyst
Purple

Quartz variety amethyst
Purple Hope No. 4 claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington, USA
3.2 x 3.9 x 5.3 cm (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz variety amethyst
Purple

Quartz variety amethyst
Mogilata Deposit, September Mine (9th of September Mine) , Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
2.2 x 3.0 cm (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz variety amethyst
Mogila

Quartz variety Amethyst
Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Sassari Province, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy
fov 29 mm (Author: ploum)

Quartz variety Amethyst
Capurr

Quartz variety chalcedony and petrified wood Blue Forest, Eden Valley, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, EEUU. 10 x 4 x 4,5 cm. Photo & specimen: Jose Luis Zamora (Author: Jordi Fabre)

Quartz variety chalcedony and petr

Quartz variety Herkimer diamond
Benchmark Quarry, St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York, USA
1.5 x 2.2 cm (Author: crosstimber)

Quartz variety Herkimer diamond
Benchmark Quarry, St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York, U