Guerrero, Mexico

This is a very aesthetic radiating spray of lustrous translucent amethyst. Several of the crystals have phantoms and transition into clear quartz. Size: 50mm x 42mm x 52mm Collection: Peter Megaw Collection, ex-Martin Zinn Collection

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Quartz, var. Amethyst (transparent crystals) 4 cm by 8cm. Joseph Polityka collection.

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This spectacular large crystal is DOUBLY-TERMINATED! Amethyst from this deposit has certain unique characters and this piece shows them all: Color zoning, rich purple to colorless gradient of color with a deep internal phantom, along with the pinching in the middle or a “bowtie” effect, make these specimens a must for collectors. This ...

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9.9 x 5.7 x 5.6 cm. This cluster of intensely colored amethyst crystals to 8.0 cm in length represents fine color saturation from this deposit, in crystals which are still gemmy and transparent. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.

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Superb formation of translucent purple amethyst quartz crystals up to 4 cm long. The specimen is exceptionally well crystallized on all sides. No missing crystals, no damage. Overall size of mineral specimen: 9x7x5 cm. Size of individual crystals: 5-40 mm.

© 2001 John H. Betts

Matrixless divergent cluster of reddich purple singly terminated amethyst crystals to 5.5x1.8x1.5 cm. The color is quite rich except at the terminations where it grades to colorless. There is an area at back coated by manganese oxides. Specimen size: 7x3.5x2.5 cm.

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A superb, perfectly-balanced spray of amethyst crystals from the famous Guerrero locality. This specimen is MUCH better in person. In various indoor fluorescent lighting it can be either a really dark purple or, as shown, a more brilliant dual-toned piece in "normal lighting" of sun-equivalent. The crystals on this specimen show the classic purple ...

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4.9 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm. A cluster of amethyst crystals from Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico. The central crystal has rich purple color and beautiful color zoning. Ex. Dave Stoudt Collection.

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Photo and collection Tiziano Luzi.

A cluster of glassy amethyst crystals on matrix. Specimen size 7.8 x 5.3 x 7.5 cm.

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Coarsecrystalline aggregate of earlier generation of metallic-grey Livingstonite in Calcite matrix. Livingstonite readily decomposed with formation of red powder of secondary Cinnabar (visible at top of the sample). Fissures of the sample (visible for example along the basement of the sample) are filled with fine fibrous crystals of later ...

© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo

A cluster of lustrous glassy amethyst crystals. Specimen size 5.4 x 6.5 cm.

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An exceptional cluster of lustrous translucent amethyst crystals. Dark to light purple zoning from base to tips. Overall size 9 x 5 cm.

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8.4 x 7.9 x 3.5 cm. A striking, sculptural Guerrero amethyst specimen. Ex. Richardm Hauck, Eugene Sensel, and Bob Jones Collections.

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Amethyst with quartz on matrix. Single brilliant amethyst crystals (up to 4.5 cm tall) sitting nicely on a matrix with small quartz crystals. Ex Hubert de Monmonier collection, Ex University of Arizona. Specimen purchased 2012. Reinhard Dallinger collection Anton Watzl Sen. photo

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Light pink sprays of kutnohorite on quartz. Field of view 6 cm.

© Leon Hupperichs

© Brian Greenstone

Pure, lustrous, metallic, bladed mass of livingstonite. Purchased from Richard Barstow in 1976.

© Andrew Hodgson

Livingstonite from Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Guerero, Mexico.

© Knut Eldjarn

A matrix-free group of translucent, cream coloured calcite crystals to 30 mm. There is a small cluster of pyrite crystals at the base of the calcites.

© P. Nicholson

5.7 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm. Guerrero is famous for its amethyst clusters, and this one does not disappoint. This cluster is wonderful from several different angles, and the wispy purple coloration and luster are both excellent. The longest of the crystals is 4.4 cm.

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6.4 x 6.3 x 5.5 cm. A stunning, gemmy, intense purple cluster of the most lustrous amethyst from Mexico you can ask for, from a famous find here. These crystals are so gemmy, they look pale in photo because the light runs through and does not capture the grape-juice color they have in person. This piece is particularly good because most are ...

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This specimen is a contemporary Mexican mineral classic it features richly colored pink spheres of Rhodochrosite crystals on a matrix of massive Ilvaite from a location that is renowned for the prodigious amount of Silver that it has produced. The Remedios Mine's other claim to fame is the stunning Rhodochrosites, such as this one, that it has ...

© Russ Rizzo & Cal Neva Mineral Company

Gorgeous gemmy lustrous prismatic purple terminated amethyst crystals to 5.0 cm in length are set aesthetically upon a flattish crystallized quartz matrix. Measures 10.5 x 7.8 x 5.9 cm in size overall. This shows well all around 360 degrees as seen in the photos. Very tiny and minimal microscopic level chipping is present on some of the ...

© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Amethyst. The purple-blush phantoms are sharp and distinct inside the gemmy clear quartz. 4.7 x 3.8 x 3 cm

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Matrixless divergent cluster of glassy, gemmy AND purple singly terminated amethyst crystals to 7 x 7 x 4 cm. #Q1

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Amethyst resembling a wrapped "bundle" of crystals. 70 x 20 mm. RFC C1525.

© 2006 Michael C. Roarke

6.4 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm. Bright ball-like clusters of sparkly, pastel-pink rhodochrosite microcrystals are stunningly perched atop glassy quartz crystal matrix on this fine combination piece from the Remedios Mine at Taxco, Mexico. Classic combination material from the ancient silver mines at Taxco. Ex. Wesley Stark Collection.

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Cleavelandite epitaxially grown on microcline, there is also smoky quartz and reddish black Spessartine

10.5 x 6.0 x 4.9 cm. This is an intensely colored, 3-dimensional cluster of converging, lustrous and gemmy, amethyst crystals. They reach to 9 cm in length. All are complete save two minor ones. Unlike the Veracruz amethyst where the color tends towards more lavender hues, the Guerrero amethyst is more intense in the body of the crystal , truly ...

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Intense purple tones inside of clear quartz, characteristic of fine amethysts from Guerrero, characterize this beautiful specimen. The strange "ingrown" tip of the large crystal is a natural anomaly, not contact or damage. There are a couple of unterminated crystals at the periphery that do not detract , and a few slight contacts on very close ...

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8.1 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm. This is a superb amethyst, different from anything ever seen from the mine before. These are glassier and gemmier than any other Guerrero find I know of. This amethyst specimen is very similar to the specimen preceding it. The large, intensely bi-colored, transparent crystal, is 7 cm in length. It too is surrounded by smaller ...

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Soft pink Rhodochrosite cluster of crystals on Ilvaite. Specimen is around 85mm wide. Specimen and Photograph A. Tuma, N-D60.105m.

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11x 10 cm specimen

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A cluster of amethyst with rhodochrosite. Specimen size 3.5 x 3 cm.

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102x76x35mm overall size.

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Dimensions: 16.9 cm hDate: 20-12-09Notes: P-400Image Method: digitalJeff Scovil Photo Reference: 2009-12-0151Recorded locality: Amatitlan, Guerero, Mexico

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102 x 83 x 69mm. Lustrouse Amethyste featuring intense colour. Material and foto Martin Gruell.

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Choice 2.3 cm group of six large, intergrown, terminated Pyrargyrite crystals without matrix. The prism faces are sharp, and each crystal has a multi-faced termination. Formerly in the collection of Senator/Dr. Miguel Romero, recovered from the Veta Chiccharones (Chiccharones Vein) at Taxco circa 1990, now in the personal collection of Sharon ...

© Eugene & Sharon Cisneros

11.4 x 5.3 x 3.0 cm. Amatitlan amethyst specimens from the late 1970s to mid-1980s are a Mexico classic and are far less common than those from Las Vigas (Piedra Parada). This sculptural large specimen features an impressive large crystal aesthetically accented with side cars. Highly lustrous and glassy, the crystals have rich purple shading and ...

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10.0 x 7.4 x 6.4 cm. Classic rich royal-purple amethyst crystals with colorless tips, to 9 cm in length, makes this a very fine cabinet sized amethyst cluster from one of the two famous Mexican locales. Color like this, and size like this, has not been seen in over a decade from this mining district. Old classic material.

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Quartz var. Amethyst A cluster of pale purple Amethyst crystals on matrix, with an earlier generation of white needle Quartz. The main crystal measures 9 cm., and is doubly terminated. The Amethyst color is more pronounced near the center of the crystals, grading to colorless at the terminations.

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Beautiful group of amethyst crystals on matrix. My collection.

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Single crystal, ex matrix, showing the diffuse colouring typical of Amatitlan amethysts.

Classic Amethyst Quartz from Guerrero, Mexico with crystals in matrix. Ex Paolo Rodighiero Collection. Simone Citon Collection and photo.

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From the collection of Jim and Gail Spann Photo by Jeff Scovil. Quartz var. Amethyst A pair of thick (7.5cm), long (33cm) gem quality dark plum and grape purple transparent prismatic amethyst crystals dominate this huge 40cm xl cluster that resembles a "Vulcan Greetings" hand sign; originally mined for gem rough, but kept from the cutters by ...

The image is of the tips of upright ilvaite crystals, rising from a small plate. I was informed by the seller that the round blebs on the ilvaite are sphalerite, but I have not attempted to confirm this.

© Tony Peterson

size:2,5x4cm. Paul Bongaerts specimen and photograph

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A mass of opal 2cm tall with flashes of green, red and blue fire, in rhyolite matrix. Photographed by Karl Volkman. In the collection of Donald Volkman.

© Karl Volkman 12/07

6.2 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm, 69.6 g This specimen consists of an attractive spray of translucent white calcite on a matrix composed of milky-white quartz crystals and golden pyrite crystals.

© 2010 Eric C. Graff

Bright steel metallic cleavages to over 1 cm of Livingstonite associated to Stibnite and minor red Cinnabar (overall 4.0 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm). JFC collection (#00023) and photo.

© 2006 JF Carpentier

This is one of the best Guerrero amethysts I have seen in any size. A single, large, intensely bi-colored, transparent amethyst crystal, to 4.5 cm in length, is girdled by a cluster of smaller amethyst crystals. From Colorado dealer, Dennis Beals, who handled this small pocket several years ago. 5.2 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm

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Group of quartz crystals on microline crystals. The large quartz crystal is 1.4cm long. Photographed by, and in the collection of Karl Volkman

© Karl Volkman

Mass of pink crystals, with quartz crystals, The speciman is 1.7cm across. Photographed by, and in the collection of, Karl Volkman

© Karl Volkman

Beautiful bright pink tufts of rhodochrosite on amethyst-tinged quartz crystals with secondary growth. About 5.5 cm wide. In the personal collection of J. Wingard. One of the many beautiful specimens I have purchased from Roger Hoek.

© Jennifer N. Wingard

Harvard Mineralogical Museum specimen no. 92353. Label is about 7 cm long. P. Cristofono photo.

© 2007 Peter Cristofono

Top view of a forest of terminated ilvaite prisms dusted with sphalerite.

© Tony Peterson

Size 7 cm X 2 cm X 1 cm Quartz v, Amethyst. Purchased from DENNIS MITCHELL, THAT LITTLE SHOP Montrose Colorado September 1999. Collection of Danny Jones.

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Deep royal purple glassy transparent prismatic terminated crystals of amethyst to 4.0 cm in length are coming nicely off a flattish matrix. Shows well all around 360 degrees. On the back side of the piece one crystal is broken off near the matrix; this crystal is on the edge of the back matrix. One crystal at the back of the piece is just very ...

© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Pink crystals of Kutnahorite on a 10 cm crystal of Quartz from Mina los Remedios, Taxco, Mexico. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.

© Knut Eldjarn

Pyrite on calcite from the Los Remedios Mine, Level 4, Taxco, Guerrero Mexico. Ex. Frank Valenzuela collection (2011). Miniature 5 cm x 5 cm.

18.3 x 6.5 x 4.7 cm. This is an outstanding, glassy and gemmy cluster of amethyst from this famous and very sparsely producing locale. It has deep purple, grape-juice colored amethyst cores, grading to a clear zone at the very tips. The display face you can look right down into, as the glassy, transparent surfaces facing front let you look deep ...

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A STRIKING and DRAMATIC CABINET plate of two generations of lustrous, water-clear quartz crystals growing on black, sphalerite crystals from the Taxco, Mexico. The longest quartz crystal is 3.0 cm and the 2nd generation porcupine quartz needle clusters are really attractive. Very minor damage, overall, for such a large specimen. A cloth label is ...

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Very cute, rare, combo piece! 2.3 x 2 x 1.8 cm

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Pretty pink crystalline rhodochrosite with gemmy transparent quartz crystals. Field of view is 3.5 cm wide.

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3.8 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm. Livingstonite is a very rare mercury, antimony sulfosalt and this rich and showy specimen hails from the Type Locality - Huitzuco, Guerrero, Mexico. Bright, steel-metallic livingstonite lathes to 1.2 cm are scattered on the rich antimony (stibnite) ore. Older material very seldom available on the market. Ex. Mullane Collection. ...

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A gorgeous large classic Mexican amethyst specimen! A large single deep purple crystal, grading to nearly colorless and transparent at the termination, showing phantom crystals. Measures 13.4 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm in size overall and complete all around. Very minor chipping is present on the back of the piece at the termination, this not seen when the ...

© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Width of field is 2.5 mm. Collection of Jesse Crawford. The depth of field has been enhanced using Helicon Focus (19 exposures). Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope.

© 2008 by Jesse Crawford

Cluster of amethyst crystals, obtained in 1998. Alan Goldstein specimen (#1744) and collection.

© Alan Goldstein

7.1 x 5.1 x 3.9 cm. An unusual and pretty combo specimen from Mexico. The quartz crystals themselves are bizarre scepters that have the appearance of piled-up towers of small beta-style quartz crystals - extremely unusual form for quartz! But what makes this specimen really special is the association with microcrystals of pastel-pink ...

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Quartz points in divergent sprays on a pyrite matrix nestled against a plate of calcite and with partial calcite coating several quartz points. 7cm X 6.5cm X 5cm

© Geoffrey Krasnov

A 4.2 by 4.2 cms group of small crystals on the massive material. JSS specimen and photograph.

© 2008 John Sobolewski

Thousands of tiny yellow scalenohedrons forming larger scalenohedrons. A few galena crystals at the base. 8cm X 3.5cm X 6.5cm

© Geoffrey Krasnov