Uruguay Amethyst Heart AM1260 Amethyst Geode earning itself the tradename of

earning itself the tradename of Quartz Flower Clusters

Fluorite from this find is recognised by the intensely dark blue daylight fluorescence of the large interpenetrant twinned crystals which sit on a bed of smaller single intergrown Fluorites

Weight: 143g

Weight: 114g

Uruguay Amethyst Heart AM1260 Amethyst Geode earning itself the tradename ofLocality: Cataln Grande, Artigas Department, Uruguay Dimension: Weight: About 160 million years ago, when tectonic plates were rifting Africa and South America apart as the Atlantic Ocean opened, one of the worlds great flood basalt events was occurring. Basalts flowed from the rift, producing stratified lava flows thousands of feet thick in Brazil and nearby Uruguay. Within these flows, gas bubbles and lava tubes created cavities that were first