High Quality, Purple & Green Grape Agate / Botryoidal Amethyst Cluster
Beautiful, high quality botryoidal amethyst, aka grape agate / grape chalcedony cluster. Some green (due to celadonite) along with purple.
Size: 220 x 110 x 70 mm. 624 grams
From West Sulawesi, Indonesia
Grape agate is a is a popular marketing name for aggregates of purple quartz in a spherical, or botryoidal, formation. Technically, these clusters are not agate, but a botryoidal amethyst / purple quartz. Clusters of these tiny purple spheres look similar to a bunch of grapes. These clusters, and individual spheres, can vary in size, shape and coloration.
This material is a relatively new find, discovered in 2016, and is found in the Mamuju area near the western coast of Sulawesi, an island of Indonesia.
Beautiful, high quality botryoidal amethyst, aka grape agate / grape chalcedony cluster. Some green (due to celadonite) along with purple.
Size: 220 x 110 x 70 mm. 624 grams
From West Sulawesi, Indonesia
Grape agate is a is a popular marketing name for aggregates of purple quartz in a spherical, or botryoidal, formation. Technically, these clusters are not agate, but a botryoidal amethyst / purple quartz. Clusters of these tiny purple spheres look similar to a bunch of grapes. These clusters, and individual spheres, can vary in size, shape and coloration.
This material is a relatively new find, discovered in 2016, and is found in the Mamuju area near the western coast of Sulawesi, an island of Indonesia.
Beautiful, high quality botryoidal amethyst, aka grape agate / grape chalcedony cluster. Some green (due to celadonite) along with purple.
Size: 220 x 110 x 70 mm. 624 grams
From West Sulawesi, Indonesia
Grape agate is a is a popular marketing name for aggregates of purple quartz in a spherical, or botryoidal, formation. Technically, these clusters are not agate, but a botryoidal amethyst / purple quartz. Clusters of these tiny purple spheres look similar to a bunch of grapes. These clusters, and individual spheres, can vary in size, shape and coloration.
This material is a relatively new find, discovered in 2016, and is found in the Mamuju area near the western coast of Sulawesi, an island of Indonesia.
