Woodland Road "Ridge Road" construction site, Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Several translucent purple amethyst crystals with no matrix attached. The crystals are very lustrous with only minimal damage. From a one-time find during construction at the site. Overall size of mineral specimen: 32x27x20 mm. Size of individual crystals: 12-25 mm.

© 2001 John H. Betts

Several translucent purple amethyst crystals with no matrix attached. The crystals are very lustrous with only minimal damage. From a one-time find during construction at the site. Overall size of mineral specimen: 35x28x20 mm. Size of individual crystals: 12-20 mm.

© 2001 John H. Betts

Several translucent purple amethyst crystals with no matrix attached. The crystals are very lustrous with only minimal damage. From a one-time find during construction at the site. Overall size of mineral specimen: 28x27x20 mm. Size of individual crystals: 15-22 mm.

© 2001 John H. Betts

An amethyst crystal from the Woodland Road "Ridge Road" construction site. 3 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm. Henry Minot photo & collection.

© Henry Minot

A very nice piece from the Southborough construction site. Beautiful deep purple amethyst crystals over a bed of quartz. Measures 9 x 5.6 x 4.2 cm. Ex. Larry Bull. Cory Cavello Collection. Photo taken 12/12/2020.

© Cory Cavello

For reference, I've only seen a few loose single crystals from this locality in the past. There are multiple, razor-sharp, highly lustrous, sharp, well-formed, gemmy, fine purple colored hexagonal crystals of amethyst measuring up to 1.5 cm, sitting atop a layer of gemmy, colorless quartz prisms on host rock matrix. The amount of color seen in a ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com

A very nice piece from the Southborough construction site. Beautiful deep purple amethyst crystals over a bed of lustrous quartz. Measures 9 x 5.6 x 4.2 cm. Ex. Larry Bull. Photo taken 12/12/2020.

© Cory Cavello

For reference, I've only seen a few loose single crystals from this locality in the past. There are multiple, razor-sharp, highly lustrous, sharp, well-formed, gemmy, fine purple colored hexagonal crystals of amethyst measuring up to 1.5 cm, sitting atop a layer of gemmy, colorless quartz prisms on host rock matrix. The amount of color seen in a ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com

For reference, I've only seen a few loose single crystals from this locality in the past. There are multiple, razor-sharp, highly lustrous, sharp, well-formed, gemmy, fine purple colored hexagonal crystals of amethyst measuring up to 1.5 cm, sitting atop a layer of gemmy, colorless quartz prisms on host rock matrix. The amount of color seen in a ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com