Mineral: Quartz (variety amethyst)
Locality: Monzonite quarries, Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
Dimensions: 70 x 60 x 35 mm

Description: Amethyst with black zones of smoky quartz and dark red inclusions of hematite near the top. From a large, baryte-lined pocket discovered in 1921. ex Kay Robertson (USA)

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