Quartz variety Amethyst with Hematite
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Diamond Willow Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
- Minerals
- Hematite, Quartz
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 6.0 x 4.4 cm
- Size class
- Small Cabinet
- SID
- SM238
Beautiful, dark purple amethyst crystals make up this classic from Thunder Bay. Bright, glassy crystals of amethyst
with attractive bright rust-colored tint from inclusions of hematite. The locality is known to have produced some of the
finest high quality examples of amethyst. Contact on one crystal, difficult to see. Ex. Roberts Minerals from the 1970's.