Collection Philippe Michelin Amethyst's

Amethyst Scepter with Goethite
Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite (Mt Ibity), Madagascar

Améthyst Quartz inclusion hématoïde

Chaméane (Uranium Deposit),Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France

Old works on amethyst vein in the forest (Uranium Chaméane 63)
Around the area of Chaméane, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
the vein pockets host rock is observed more layers of quartz amethyst, quartz smoky, milky quartz and quartz Hematoïde

Amethyst

Ashio, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan (rare)

An unusual sample behind a very eventful history due to heavy metal pollution from the Ashio Copper Mine

The Ashio mine has been in operation since at least the early 16th century. It was one of the most important copper mines in the world from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. Heavy metal pollution caused a disaster in the streams and rice fields. Despite the construction of a settling pond at Sunokobashi in 1976, it proved too small to contain the sudden rainfall, causing the death of all vegetation on the surrounding mountains. Lawsuits were filed and the Ashio mine was abandoned in 1973. Mine closed.

Amethyst

Castanet, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France

The Prospecting Area the Castanet.
Of the small geode modules (3, 5, 8 cm in diameter, or larger)
The geodes are made of yellow barytes in the smallest size.
Others the geodes are sometimes lined with rose milky quartz inside,
or sometimes smoky quartz crystals, also milky quartz. But it is uncommon to find small amethyst geodes. Thank you very much Evelyne

Améthyst Hématoïde

Chaméane (Uranium Deposit),Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France

Old works on amethyst vein in the forest (Uranium Chaméane 63)
Around the area of Chaméane, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
the host rock is observed more layers of quartz amethyst, quartz smoky, milky quartz and quartz black

Améthyst Quartz morion (hématoïde)

Chaméane (Uranium Deposit),Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France

Old works on amethyst vein in the forest (Uranium Chaméane 63)
Around the area of Chaméane, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
the host rock is observed more layers of quartz amethyst, quartz smoky, milky quartz and quartz black

Fluorite on Amethyst with Hematite.

Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

A rare combination of Amethyst and Fluorite.
Amethyst is rare in the clara mine and is therefore very valuable with fluorite .
The Clara (Terril) mine is best known to collectors for Micromounter samples.
Collecting is now only allowed in a fenced-in area of the dumps, in a new spot next to the processing plant.

Amethyst, scepter quartz, window quartz

Saurüssel, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria

Windowed scepter amethyst of the highest quality. The clarity, strong shine and delicate color characterize this crystal. The strongly windowed amethyst shows deep negative forms, which give this collector's item a wonderful graphic appearance.

Aesthetic alpine amethyst scepter from the valley famous for scepter amethysts.

An amethyst “scepter” with a long prism and delicate purple color and some transparence. On a white quartz crystal tip perfectly finished. Really curious.! Uncommon

Nazca District, Nazca Povince, Ica, Peru

Amethyst - Améthyste

Baobab Mine, Kitui County, Kenya