Uruguay Amethyst Mixed Shapes AM1139 - Calcite Plate on Amethyst Swiss often colourless or exhibiting a

often colourless or exhibiting a very light shade of pink

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and forms a distinct contrast with the Fluorites

Weight: 42g

Uruguay Amethyst Mixed Shapes AM1139 - Calcite Plate on Amethyst Swiss often colourless or exhibiting aLocality: Cataln Grande, Artigas Department, Uruguay Dimension: 15. 7x13. 4x11. 2 cm Weight: 2490g 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