Brandberg Amethyst Natural Specimen - 59mm, 96g

Brandberg Amethyst Natural Specimen - 59mm, 96g

Regular price £94.99 Sale

Locality - Brandberg Area, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size – 59 x 40 x 23mm
Weight – 96g

This natural specimen features an exceptional, deeply saturated, rich violet amethyst crystal embedded into a sturdy matrix with a few smaller termination points around it. Quartz specimens from the Brandberg Area in Namibia are regarded as some of the finest in the world and are highly sought after by discerning mineral collectors.


About Quartz

Quartz is the most common mineral found on the surface of the Earth, occurring in virtually every locality. Pure crystals are colourless, transparent and hard, though many are coloured by natural processes such as irradiation or by the presence of certain elements within them. These coloured varieties include the popular gemstones amethyst, purple quartz, and citrine, yellow quartz. Some quartz crystals have unique inclusions of minerals that have grown within them, such as golden rutile, tourmaline or chlorite, and others may show silvery reflective internal veils and bright rainbows. Whilst the majority of quartz is created from molten magma that has cooled and crystallized, much quartz also chemically precipitates from hot hydrothermal veins.