Mineral: Quartz (variety amethystine)
Locality: Gavorrano Mine area, Gavorrano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Dimensions: 38 x 20 cm

Description: A sculpture of nature, with intact and double-terminated crystals up to 23 cm with no attachment points. This is the most superb specimen from Gavorrano mines and I purchased it, fifty years ago, directly from the miner who extracted it. For sure, the pride of my Tuscan collection.

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