Detailed Description A sharp, lustrous, transparent amethyst sceptre with some smoky hues. This crystal is full of tiny bright red and silver-black hematite inclusions – they look wonderful under magnification, and they give the crystal internal sparkle when displayed under light. There is a phantom, and there is also a two-phase inclusion with a small […]

Detailed Description This is quite the specimen. It is a deep smoky purple amethyst sceptre with a very light lilac stem – it is sharp and has good lustre. Using a loupe, I count four two-phase inclusions with moving bubbles – two in the stem and two up in the dark amethyst head. There are […]

Detailed Description This crystal has top lustre, water-clear transparency, wonderful form and killer inclusions. Examining the form of the piece from the stem upwards, there is the beginning of a small sceptre that started to terminate and then the large amethyst sceptre formed on top. The piece contains a myriad of brilliant red hematite inclusions […]

Detailed Description A beautiful razor-sharp smoky quartz sceptre with a pale amethystine stem. There are small zones of amethyst in the main sceptre head but the overall colour hue is more smoky so I’ve labeled it smoky quartz. This sceptre is full of red and silvery-black hematite crystal inclusions – they look amazing under magnification, […]

Detailed Description A gorgeous amethyst sceptre – top clarity, top lustre, top quality.  Inside, there are many fine colour zone layers, and one such zone has a coating/layer of tiny hematite crystals on it, giving the impression of a phantom. There are a few small bright red hematite crystal inclusions. In excellent condition. Absolutely superb! […]

Detailed Description This is a great pairing – an amethyst sceptre, and a doubly terminated amethyst (which is not sceptred). The crystals are sharp and lustrous, with exquisite colour zoning. They are transparent and the light plays nicely through the purple when you rotate the specimen around under lighting. There are many tiny red hematite […]

Detailed Description A pair of striking deep amethyst sceptres, these have great colour and zoning, with great lustre and transparency. The purple colour is zoned close to the terminations and more intensely along the pyramidal face edges – the effect is to give the crystals intense dark colour but also the central internal features in […]

Detailed Description This is an incredible amethyst sceptre from the Chibuku Mine. It is the best intense purple I have seen from the locality, it is completely transparent like glass, and it has the best lustre quartz gets – it looks wet. With close examination, one can see gorgeous fine amethyst zoning in this crystal, […]

Detailed Description This is a wonderful amethyst-smoky quartz sceptre – it is so sharp, lustrous and transparent it’s almost hard to believe it’s natural (of course it is!). Near the termination, beautiful red hematite inclusions line up in a row, and there are many others throughout the crystal. There are two two-phase inclusions with moving […]

Detailed Description This Chibuku Mine sceptre has a deep, intense purple termination, great form and lustre. The crystal is full of red and black metallic hematite inclusions – they look great under magnification, and also give the crystal internal sparkle. In excellent condition, with a pristine termination – so sharp! (a parallel crystal around the […]

Detailed Description A fantastic vibrant purple amethyst sceptre with great form, top sharpness, lustre and transparency. The colour is distributed in fine zones and reflects throughout the crystal. Near the termination are a few needle-like red hematite inclusions, and with the loupe I can also see two two-phase inclusions with small moving bubbles. The outside […]

Detailed Description A rare matrix specimen from the Chibuku Mine, this is a wonderful piece with two main crystals. The larger amethyst is a sceptre and the smaller one is parallel growth – the sceptre starts to terminate at the bottom as it joins the matrix, while the parallel growth is completely doubly-terminated. The sceptre […]