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Sir.Catfish

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Can anyone please ID what this is?
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rodoconnor

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The color looks like amethyst. It's probably a piece of quartz. Need more info. It sure would be nice to be an immense sapphire.
 

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MartyRocks

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It looks like quartz that has manganese (gives it the violet color) in it.... which then makes it Amethyst.
 

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Eu_citzen

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Amethyst indeed. Gets the colour from iron, though.
 

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