Sparkling Purple Amethyst Geode in Two Halves – Natural Mineral Specimen from Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India # B 5327

Features:

Primary Mineral: Amethyst
Size: 6 x 5 inches (15.2 x 12.7 cm)
Size Class: Large Cabinet
Weight: 3,459 g (7.6 lb)
Locality: Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), Maharashtra, India
Year of Discovery: 2021

An amethyst geode in two halves from Aurangabad. Closed, it looks plain; split open, both halves reveal a chamber fully lined with sparkling purple amethyst.

The edges show a layer of white, translucent quartz beneath the purple crystals, which frames the color. Amethyst geodes form when silica-rich fluids fill gas cavities in the Deccan basalt lava flows, and the purple color comes from traces of iron combined with natural irradiation. Aurangabad district is one of India's steadier sources of well-colored geodes.

Heavy for its size at 7.6 lb, the pair displays well side by side.