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Amethyst — specimen 0406, photo © NMNHS
Amethyst
—
specimen 0406
Origin
no locality data
Data
Weight:
0.48 ct;
size:
5.08 | 4.37 | 3.83 mm;
shape:
hexagon;
colour:
light bluish violet; very slightly greyish;
clarity:
eye clean;
cut:
excellent;
treatment:
none.
Notes
Very clean specimen; design ‘Hexamixtum S 42-43’, excellent cut by Tan Pen.
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Amethyst
A violet variety of quartz. The colour is caused by iron impurities in the 10s to 100s parts per million range.
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