Giant amethyst geodes formed within a steady groundwater flow and at unexpectedly low crystallization temperatures, new study ...

New research from the University of Göttingen reveals that amethyst geodes in Uruguay formed at low temperatures from ...

Amethyst Mine Panorama is one of my absolute favourite ... They even have gorgeous “points” of amethysts - nicer quality ...

A research team at the University of Göttingen, Germany, reported on its investigation into just exactly how amethyst forms ...

The three-meter tall amethyst geode - a hollow rock filled with amethyst crystals - is the main attraction ... constructed tightly around her, at the mine in Uruguay, and this was then secured ...

"What makes it so unique is the striking growth patterns along the sides of it," the crystal expert explained. "Then to be tipped with a perfect amethyst crystal on top is just so unique." ...

Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz that has been used as a gemstone for many centuries and is a key economic resource in ...

Veteran outback truckie Steve Grahame, 72, was recently called upon to help unearth a 22.5-tonne amethyst cluster in the WA’s ...

Göttingen University researcher Fiorella Arduin Rode working in open pit mine of the study area ... Geodes are hollow rock ...

Gundersen, who travels the country mining rare crystals, said the discovery was part of a three-week dig in the region. He ...

Pink, green and blue tourmaline, aquamarine beryl and deep red garnet, purple amethyst and sparkling lepidolite ... as field collecting or recreational mining — is an outdoor activity ...

In the harsh WA desert, Patrick Gundersen and Kirsty McMullan make the discovery of a lifetime – unearthing Australia’s largest Amethyst cluster.