February’s Birthstone

People love Amethyst from Uruguay because most pieces tend to have a darker and richer purple than those pieces from Brazil. The main drawback is that most pieces from Uruguay tend to have small crystals whereas Brazil pieces can have fairly large crystals.

This specimen is in the highly prized geode form and has had on side cut and polished. There do appear to be cracks in the right side of the piece but as far as I can tell those were healed up before the geode was dug up.

4 x 3.5 x 2 inches