Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Groups of Amethyst crystals, with an extraordinary color and brilliance, which have grown over Calcite crystals, thus preserving their scalenohedral habit, The Calcite crystals are now almost completely gone.Santa Ana Mine, Artigas, Uruguay.Found in 02/2007Specimen size: 10.1 x 5.1 x 5 cm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

15.9 x 15.6 x 10.6 cm. An incredibly striking amethyst specimen, actually a lot better in person, since the deep, gemmy purple that you see only in these Uruguayan (and perhaps Russian) amethysts did not come through completely in the photos. This is a complete, perfectly rounded knob, covered all around with these glassy, gemmy crystals. The ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

10x8 cm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

This is a large cluster of wonderful deep purple amethyst crystals, with the superb intensity and flash characteristic of Uruguay (as opposed to the lighter and more mundane and common Brazilian specimens). It is a complete mound of crystals wrapped around a central chunk of matrix rock, so it has a really pleasing overall form. A very flashy and ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Plate of lustrous amethyst crystal with 3 cm elliptical stalactite of amethyst, fully crystallized on all sides. No damage. Overall size of mineral specimen: 9x4x4 cm. Size of individual crystals: 3-4 mm.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

65 x 70 x 65 mm.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

95 x 85 x 95 mm. Ex: Robert J. Nowakowski Collection

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

7.1 x 6.6 x 0.5 cm. A gorgeous, sliced and polished, flower-like, amethyst stalactite from Uruguay. The color banding with the iron oxides and purple amethyst is spectacular.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

A cabinet-sized pocket of INTENSELY deep purple amethyst, easily distinguishable from Brazilian material, in a half-vug. The edge has been polished to add to the attractiveness. 14.5 x 10.3 x 7.4cm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

An unusually bright, gemmy, sparkling specimen comprised of beautiful gem amethyst crystals. The piece is complete all around and 3-dimensional! 13.5 x 6.6 x 4 cm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

10.9 x 10.4 x 0.8 cm. A large, spectacular slice through three large quartz/amethyst stalactites that grew together - each of them originating as a pair of smaller stalactites that had themselves grown together, as you can see from the double "cores" inside each of the three amethyst-lined large stalactites. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

4.4 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm. A complete "knob" of amethyst of fantastic quality from Artigas, which turns out these intensely-colored, glossy crystals, sometimes in these pretty knobs with crystals all the way around. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

A nicely banded stalactite slice surrounded by a rind of gemmy amethyst. Size: 63mm x 50mm x 6mm Collection: Ex- Norman & Roslyn Pellman Collection

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Andre Jachetti Mine, Artigas Department, Uruguay

"Skunk" Quartz (amethyst), Calcite; 35 cm across. Andre Jachetti Mine, Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay. Rock H. Currier collection (5920); Mark Mauthner photo. John S. White (2013) Mineral Mysteries: "Skunks" and Related Phenomena, Rocks & Minerals, 88:4, 368-372. (2003) Chips from the Quarry, Rocks & Minerals, 78:4, 213-215. (1997), ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Plate of lustrous purple amethyst quartz crystals. Excellent color and luster. No damage. Overall size of mineral specimen: 9x7x3 cm. Size of individual crystals: 5-12 mm.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

8.1 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm. A superb, large, complete all-around amethyst cast after calcite from Artigas, Uruguay. The amethyst has top, dark purple color and lustre and is essentially pristine. The bottom shot reveal the sharp, pseudohexagonal form of the dissolved calcite crystal. Ex. Ken Roberts pseudomorph collection.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

An amazing matched pair of amethyst geodes from Artigas Uruguay. For scale see 6 foot tall Ricardo Fabrin standing to the right. When I asked if we could publish the images on Mindat he said "The pair was sold to a Rock Shop located north of Porto Alegre (glad to beat the Chinese once…).I barely know the guy but he is a nice person and will not ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

18.0 x 13.4 x 8.0 cm. A museum piece out of the Richard Hauck Collection. This is a large, spectacular landscape of glittering amethyst crystal stalactites. The crystals have the wonderful purple glow and clarity Artigas is known for.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Beautiful sparkling gemmy purple glassy crystals of amethyst to 1.7 cm in size are covering a 10.0 x 8.2 x 3.9 cm matrix. The base of the piece is sawn flat and polished to show the agate matrix. Very pretty and colorful! Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

A cut and polished amethyst stalactite section with agate in the center. Many thousands of these have been cut and polished from broken amethyst stalactites over the years for manufacture into jewelry items. The scale under the specimen is an inch with a rule at one cm.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Very deep purple amethyst crystals from Artigas.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

specimen size is 9 x 8 x 4 cm LG foto and collection

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

A cluster of glassy amethyst with "skunk" calcites.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst crystals. Specimen size 9x5cm. Photo and Collection; Jorge M. Alves.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

The quality of its color is extraordinary. Crystals are small but form globular groups, very esthetic and different from the most common habits. On the Amethyst there are some small rhombohedral crystals of white Calcite. We note the precision of the quarry’s name, until now very difficult to determine with Uruguayan specimens.Cantera La Bolsa, ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

The quality of its color is extraordinary. Crystals have different intensities of color on the prism and the rhombohedron, it is more intense on the terminations. The group is a stalagmite which once covered a hexagonal crystal of Calcite, now gone, but it left a mold in the center of the specimen. We note the precision of the quarry’s name, ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

21.4 x 15.2 x 11.9 cm. If this were "just" a large cluster of amethyst crystals, it would still be remarkable - because the top quality crystals from Uruguay can beat just about any for gemminess, intense purple color, and glassy luster. But the reason Ed David had it probably did not have to do with these qualities - it is these amazing ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst stalagtite from Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay. Photograph and collection of Bill Besse.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

11.4 x 6.2 x 6.2 cm. This is a beautiful, complete-all-around stalactite of rich royal purple amethyst from the mines in Artigas, Uruguay. This locality produces the best amethyst stalactites in the world, with a more vibrant purple color than material from Brazil. Admittedly, it is not pristine (most are not), having a few minor dings and one ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

17.5 x 15.0 x 9.4 cm. A very large, unique-looking, beautiful amethyst specimen from Uruguay, out of the Hauck Collection. This is essentially the side of a pocket, completely lined with amethyst-covered quartz stalactites. The crystals are very lustrous.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

17.3 x 11.0 x 7.0 cm. A dramatic, large cabinet amethyst plate from Artigas, Uruguay. This striking specimen has gemmy, glassy crystals with intense purple color and fabulously highlighted by tan spherules of devitrified quartz glass. The spherules look like eyes peering out from the amethyst. Very nearly pristine.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

10.2 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm. This is not what you might expect in a Uruguay piece by quickly looking at it (an amethyst stalactite with solid quartz center). It is not a stalactite at all, in fact. It is hexagonal. The reason why...This is much more rare: it is hollow in the center - a crust that wrapped itself around a very sharply hexagonal crystal of ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

These are amethyst stalactite sections. They are cut from stalactites of amethyst crystals that are nearly unique to the area around Artigas Uruguay. They don't cut them from fine specimen grade amethyst stalactites, but rather from the ones that are damaged and or broken. Most of the stalactites that are cut up and polished into little flat ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

13.9 x 12.2 x 8.1 cm. Uruguayan amethyst has a very distinctive, intense color to it. Here, the interior of a large geode is lined is lined with these beautiful crystals. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

15.0 x 6.9 x 5.9 cm. A dramatic, large cabinet amethyst plate from recent finds at Artigas, Uraguay. Mounded, spherical clusters of gemmy and rich, intensely grape-purple amethyst crystals cover this gorgeous piece. The four major balls are pristine and this most impressive piece is very nearly pristine. Superb material with top color from this ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

24.0 x 12.0 x 6.4 cm. This undamaged, pristine stalactite leaps up from matrix, and is just plain dramatic. It is 7.5 inches tall. The stalactite is complete 360 degrees.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst Size: 2.5x3.2x2.2cm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

A small amethyst "geode" that has three small stalactites growing up out of it. It is really not a geode but a carved out amygdaloidal cavity with the basalt trimmed close to the geode. The amygdaloidal cavities in Uruguay do not have celadonite, liners like the cavities in Rio Grande do Sul, so the "geodes" have to be carved out of the basalt ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Quartz (Var: Citrine)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Pictures and collection: Philippe Michelin nice amethyst stalagmite twinning from Artigas really nice color variant, the sample shows two color ranging from purple and yellow-orange (color similarity Ametrine)

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst after a large calcite crystal

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Completed all around, nice quality pseudo stalactite of amethyst crystals.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Quartz

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

A 13cm stalactite of drusy white quartz that has a ring of brown stained almost drusy quartz growing around it neat the top of the stalactite and another partial ring further down. It is growing on a mound of small amethyst crystals that are in turn growing on a thin layer of banded agate and basalt. Got the specimens from a group of amethyst ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst from Artigas in Uruguay is world famous for the intense color of the crystals, and this is a classic example of these famous, grape juice-colored purple crystals. It is unusual and pretty for the interesting translucent calcite crystals sprinkled upon it. The piece is a 3-dimensional knob that was at one time, the top of three intergrown ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

This is a complete stalactite of amethyst featuring the classic grape-juice purple color that made this mining district so famous. It is imposing, impactful, and 3-dimensional. Despite its exposure, it has only minimal damage (a few broken crystals are visible on close inspection, but lost in the size and color). From the quartz suite of the Gene ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Santiño Quarry, Tres Cerros de Santiño, Artigas Department, Uruguay

The specimen is very esthetic due to the aerial form of the stalactitic growths. Crystals are small, but their color and luster are extraordinary. It is from the classic zone of Artigas, actually worked by knowledgeable mineralogists, so the samples found are especially interesting.Cantera Santiño, Tres Cerros de Santiño, Artigas, Uruguay.Found ...

Chalcedony (Var: Agate)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

10 x 4.5 cm.

Calcite, Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Hematite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Scalenohedral Calcite crystals with a very well marked and sharp interpenetration twin of two rhombohedrons streamlined by oriented micro-crystals of Hematite. The Calcite is implanted on a cavity of Quartz (amethyst) crystal Cantera La Bolsa, Paraje La Bolsa, Artigas Uruguay - 50 mm × 31 mm

Chalcedony (Var: Agate)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Blue-lace Agate with 8x4x2cm - March of 2006

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Plate of purple amethyst quartz crystals with small pseudomorphs after an unknown mineral coated with micro colorless quartz crystals. Very attractive specimen. Originally acquired in 1983. Overall size of mineral specimen: 7x3x3.5 cm. Size of individual crystals: micro to 15 mm.

Native Gold

San Gregorio Mine, Rivera Department, Uruguay

Crystalized gold on limonite and quartz. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.

Calcite, Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Hematite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Scalenohedral Calcite crystals with a very well marked and sharp interpenetration twin of two rhombohedrons streamlined by oriented micro-crystals of Hematite. The Calcite is implanted on a cavity of Quartz (amethyst) crystals with an intense luster and a deep color.Cantera La Bolsa, Paraje La Bolsa, Artigas, Uruguay.Found in 06/2009. Minor ...

Chalcedony (Var: Agate), Quartz

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Blue-Lace-Agate with Quartz crystals.Specimen size 7x5x4cm. Photo and collection Jorge M. Alves

Calcite, Quartz

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Size: 7.2 x 5.5 x 3.4 cm. Crystals of Calcite on Amethyst.

Quartz

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

12 x 7 cm aproximatelly

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Portion of an amethyst stalactite with one face sliced and polished to show the layered growth patterns. The outer surface is covered with many purple amethyst quartz crystals. Ex. P. Santillo. Overall size of mineral specimen: 10x6x5 cm. Size of individual crystals: 3-8 mm.

Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Technically speaking, this specimen was not a part of Marty’s stalactite collection but was instead in his general collection. But it could have been, by appearance, even though it is not actually a stalactite! It actually features a 9 cm, light golden, transparent, and lustrous, calcite crystal that has been mostly enveloped by a druse of light ...

Native Gold

San Gregorio Mine, Rivera Department, Uruguay

Sample size: 3,5 x 2,5 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Santa Ana Quarry, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst specimen, from Santa Ana Quarry, Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay Size 63 x 55 x 28 mm

Quartz, Quartz (Var: Chalcedony), Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Limonite

Catalán Grande Quarry, Catalán Grande, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Status: extremely COMMON minerals. Quartz (quartz plate), "chalcedony", "hyaline quartz", goethite, "citrine", and "amethyst". Crystal system: Trigonal. Former Pércio de Moraes Branco Mineral's Collection. Photography: Luciano Valério.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Santiño Quarry, Tres Cerros de Santiño, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Druse of short crystals with zonation of color, very intense on the terminal faces. On the underside is clearly seen a mold left by a Calcite crystal dissolved after the Amethyst crystallized.Cantera Santiño, Paraje Santiño, Artigas, Uruguay.Found in 2006Specimen size: 9.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 cmMain crystal size: 1.9 x 1.8 cm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

10.7 x 6.9 x 0.7 cm. An exceptionally fine and beautiful example of a slice through an amethyst crystal-covered quartz stalactite, in this case two stalactites that have grown together. You can see their "cores" and the radial crystal growth outwards from them, culminating in the purple amethyst crystals that wrapped the double-stalactite as it ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Catalán Grande Quarry, Catalán Grande, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Stalactitic growth of crystals of very well defined faces and edges, very bright and a very deep color. On the Quartz there is a small white crystal of Calcite.Cantera Santiño, Tres Cerros de Santiño, Artigas, Uruguay.Found in 2006Specimen size: 7.5 x 6.3 x 4.9 cmMain crystal size: 0.7 x 0.7 cmCalcite minor fluorescence long & short UV

Quartz

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

10 x 8 cm stalactite with green jasper centers

Chalcedony (Var: Agate)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Blue-Lace-Agate. Specimen size 8x6x3cm. Photo and Collection; Jorge M. Alves.

Calcite, Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Hematite

Norte Quarry, Catalán Grande, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Scalenohedral crystal of Calcite in a geode of Quartz (Amethyst). The crystal has three channels that coincide with the acute edges and these contain thin growths of Hematite microcrystals. Within the crystal there is a very well defined inclusion of red Hematite. The sample is from a new quarry in the well known region of Artigas.Cantera Norte, ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Santa Ana Quarry, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst, Santa Ana Quarry, Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay Size 80 x 60 x 70 mm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Purple amethyst crystal from Uruguay. Overall size:24*23*64mm

Native Gold

Valentines Prospect, Uruguay

5.4 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm. Microcrystals of rich, yellow gold are concentrated on one side of the Precambrian hematite matrix on this rare specimen from a very uncommon locality in Uruguay (we obtained this from a friend who got these from an exploration geologist - I am sure of the validity of the source, just he won't divulge exact details yet). There ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Santiño Quarry, Tres Cerros de Santiño, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Druse of extraordinary color and luster. While one of its sides is totally covered by crystals, the opposite has very well marked polygonal holes due to former crystals of Calcite now gone and replaced by small Quartz crystals. It is from the classic zone of Artigas, actually worked by experienced mineralogists, so the samples found are especially ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Catalán Grande Quarry, Catalán Grande, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Esthetic druse of short Amethyst crystals with excellent color. On the underside is clearly seen a mold left by a Calcite crystal dissolved after the Amethyst crystallized, leaving some silicified scoriaceous structures.Catalán Grande Quarry, Paraje Catalán Grande, Artigas, Uruguay.Found in 02/2006Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.8 × 5.7 cmMain crystal ...

Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Size: 7 x 5 cm aproximately.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst group. Overall size:65*44*71mm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Catalán Grande Quarry, Catalán Grande, Artigas Department, Uruguay

An extraordinary formation of Amethyst crystals that covers completely a scalenohedral crystal of Calcite, preserving its original form. Color and luster are magnificent. It is from the classic zone of Artigas, actually worked by experienced mineralogists, so the samples found are especially interesting.Cantera Catalán grande, Artigas, ...

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

10x8 cm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

65 x 70 x 65 mm.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

7.1 x 6.6 x 0.5 cm. A gorgeous, sliced and polished, flower-like, amethyst stalactite from Uruguay. The color banding with the iron oxides and purple amethyst is spectacular.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

95 x 85 x 95 mm. Ex: Robert J. Nowakowski Collection

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

A cabinet-sized pocket of INTENSELY deep purple amethyst, easily distinguishable from Brazilian material, in a half-vug. The edge has been polished to add to the attractiveness. 14.5 x 10.3 x 7.4cm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

An unusually bright, gemmy, sparkling specimen comprised of beautiful gem amethyst crystals. The piece is complete all around and 3-dimensional! 13.5 x 6.6 x 4 cm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

A nicely banded stalactite slice surrounded by a rind of gemmy amethyst. Size: 63mm x 50mm x 6mm Collection: Ex- Norman & Roslyn Pellman Collection

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Andre Jachetti Mine, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Plate of lustrous purple amethyst quartz crystals. Excellent color and luster. No damage. Overall size of mineral specimen: 9x7x3 cm. Size of individual crystals: 5-12 mm.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Very deep purple amethyst crystals from Artigas.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst crystals. Specimen size 9x5cm. Photo and Collection; Jorge M. Alves.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

specimen size is 9 x 8 x 4 cm LG foto and collection

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

A cluster of glassy amethyst with "skunk" calcites.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst stalagtite from Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay. Photograph and collection of Bill Besse.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

24.0 x 12.0 x 6.4 cm. This undamaged, pristine stalactite leaps up from matrix, and is just plain dramatic. It is 7.5 inches tall. The stalactite is complete 360 degrees.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst Size: 2.5x3.2x2.2cm

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Quartz (Var: Citrine)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Amethyst after a large calcite crystal

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Completed all around, nice quality pseudo stalactite of amethyst crystals.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Quartz

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Calcite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Chalcedony (Var: Agate)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

10 x 4.5 cm.

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Santiño Quarry, Tres Cerros de Santiño, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Calcite, Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Hematite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Chalcedony (Var: Agate)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Blue-lace Agate with 8x4x2cm - March of 2006

Quartz (Var: Amethyst)

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Calcite, Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Hematite

Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay

Scalenohedral Calcite crystals with a very well marked and sharp interpenetration twin of two rhombohedrons streamlined by oriented micro-crystals of Hematite. The Calcite is implanted on a cavity of Quartz (amethyst) crystals with an intense luster and a deep color.Cantera La Bolsa, Paraje La Bolsa, Artigas, Uruguay.Found in 06/2009. Minor ...