CACTUS QUARTZ (AMETHYST) - South Africa

‘CACTUS QUARTZ’
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variety: amethyst

Magaliesberg Mountains, South Africa

The so-called ‘cactus quartz’ from South Africa is highly regarded by collectors due to its distinctive habit.

Single, elongated crystals occur encrusted with a second generation of smaller crystals along their axes producing a cactus appearance in some specimens. Curiously, the smaller crystals have not grown on the terminations of the larger crystals.

This is a tiny, but very attractive group of amethyst crystals.

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