Brandberg Amethyst & Quartz Cluster Natural Specimen - 79mm, 175g

Locality - Brandberg Area, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size – 79 x 66 x 45mm
Weight – 175g

This natural quartz cluster boasts an impressive main crystal with a large sharply terminated main point with glassy optic clarity, violet amethyst phantoms, bright silvery internal reflective veils and an enhydro (moving water bubble). The tip of the main point also features crimson red hematite flecks. The matrix is a large snowy quartz. Both the main point and the matrix are highly lustrous. Overall, an exceptional specimen for a collectors cabinet. 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.

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.