1600415btdwins ((AMETHYST FLOWER with CELADONITE)), $150 MINIMUM BID, Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 22 x 16 x 3 cm, Large Cabinet, | |
Here is a undamaged fine large Amethyst Flower with a small 6 cm second Flower on the side. Green Celadonite on the backside shows through giving an unusual green shade to the center of the large flower. There grow, crystallize in the basalt gas bubble voids like the famous Amethyst cathedrals. Only these grow along the inside of the gas bubbles in the lava instead of the crystals growing perpendicular to the walls. The larger the flowers, the harder it is to remove them without breaking them. |