amethyst

[smbore]

not the best stuff. there are better peices but buried under other rocks somewhere...more of a cluster type..

[Cecilia]

Again, gosh!

I have box fulla crystals dug up over years. Know lotsa my rocks probly have crystalized interiors, but cannot bring self crack them open!

[smbore]

lol...i here ya I've done that with geode's i even have a rock saw n can't bring myself to cut some.

[Cskelton]

We find crystals on one of our logging roads. Some are clear, some white, a lot are purple. Some get as big as a fist. I don't know much about it, but I've been told the purple ones are amethysts. They don't look anything like what you posted, so I'm thinking I've been misled.

I picked this one up the other day after it rained.. gave it to the 5 year old as she thinks they are amazing.

[smbore]

it look's to be amethyst thats the good stuff you got.mines just clusters little stuff. that's a nice one

[Cecilia]

Amethyst!

[Cecilia]

You need pick up all you can! Foresee 5 yr old pockets fulla rocks!

[Cecilia]

These accumulated years digging:

[smbore]

sweet!!!

[Rio Del Norte]

Beautiful...!

[CMD]

A close friend of mine, the late Sal Avella, of Apple Valley Minerals, discovered a deposit of amethyst crystals on quartz in 1981, at a secret location in southern Rhode Island. The specimens that emerged are regarded as some of the finest amethyst scepters ever found in the Eastern United States….

http://www.cas.miamioh.edu/~rakovajf/RIqtz.html

[smbore]

did he divulge the location to you?

[CMD]

No, Sal never divulged the location to me. Had I asked, he would have taken me there, though. I’m just surprised I did not purchase a specimen from him, since I love all things Rhode Island, and this became a famous discovery. The Smithsonian ended up with one of his more spectacular specimens. The RI Gem and Mineral Society collected there on a field trip very recently, so it’s not such a secret these days.

[smbore]

cool.

[SDhunter]

Beautiful stuff