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[Carles Millan]

Fluorite, quartz

Three more shots of the specimen posted above. Please see full description there.

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[Philippe Durand]

ouch !
nice green beauty !

[Carles Millan]

Aegirine, orthoclase, zircon

Group of black color aegirine crystals with acute edges, displaying very lustrous almost mirror-like faces and unusual (in this locality) pyramidal terminations with a sharp pointed habit. Several crystals of colorless orthoclase accompany them on the base and a small zircon crystal can be seen on the back side. Overall size: 108mm x 51mm. Main aegirine crystal: 12mm wide, 92mm tall. Weight: 124g.

Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi.

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[Carles Millan]

Quartz, epidote

Group of purple to colorless transparent quartz crystals on a matrix covered by contrasting small acicular green epidote. Overall size: 111mm x 91mm. Widest crystal: 14mm. Tallest crystal: 53mm. Weight: 297g.

Since I stand against the use of varieties I much prefer not to name it amethyst. Simply quartz.

Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico.

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[Philippe Durand]

the aegirine reminds me a block of skyscrapers

the amethyst is really beautiful, with a great quality of the crystals;
I like it very much

[Enrique Llorens]

Carles, very aesthetic and very good shine and color.

Best regards.

[Manuel Mesa]

Aesthetic amethyst. Congratulations!!!

[Carles Millan]

To Philippe Durand, Enrique Llorens, and Manuel Mesa:

Thank you very much for your kind words!

[Tobi]

[Nunzio]

Nice specimen!

[Don Lum]

Very nice amethyst, Carles. Smartphones are pretty smart indeed.

[Carles Millan]

To Tobi, Nunzio and Don:

I'm very glad you like it. Thanks for your comments! It looks like the long hours spent on taking and processing such a large number of photographs were worth it. And it was even a little fun.

[Carles Millan]

Quartz, siderite

Aggregation of colorless and transparent quartz crystals with some small inclusions of siderite. Overall size: 65mm x 63mm x 37mm. Main crystal: 49mm tall, 9mm wide. Weight: 106g. From the collection of Alain Martaud.

La Gardette Area, Giraud, Villard-Nôtre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France.

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[Roger Warin]

I prefer the first position.
Excellent specimen.
Congratulations.
Roger.

[Carles Millan]