Treasure Hunting

I was talking to a friend about my amethyst geode from Brazil today and she asked if I had a photo. I said I was pretty sure that there was one on the Treasure Hunting blog, but when I went to look, I couldn’t find one. So I had to fix that!

This is one of my favorite mineral specimens. I keep it sitting on my desk right above my computer screen so I can see it while I’m working. It was given to me by friends who traded some of their Hallelujah Junction quartz crystals for a whole bunch of pieces from Brazil.

It’s a good-sized geode, about the size of a standard dinner plate. The amethyst crystals in the center are a pale lavender color and they sparkle beautifully in the light. The agate bands around the amethyst are several varying shades of purple, and some have a bit of a citrine tint.  I’ll need to remember to take a photograph of this geode out in the sun so the sparkling of the internal amethyst can be seen better.