MULTI GENERATIONAL CALCITE AND QUARTZ FORMATION
Place of origin: Artigas – Uruguay
Geological period: Cretaceous
Age: 120-140 million years old
Height (Including Stand): 26 cm
Dimensions: H 19 cm x W 12 cm x D 11 cm
This lilac amethyst piece preserves a small section of geode containing a rare interior formation of several calcites of different generations. One of the calcites is overlaid in amethystine quartz and goethite, whilst the other is pristine and icy in appearance.
