Diggin' It Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 I have had this for many years, not even sure where I found it, I think the point was sticking up in my driveway in Georgia. The pics don't do it justice, it looks kind of like quartz, but is a beautiful deep purple, at one time I thought it might be Amethyst, but I have never seen any this dark. If you shine a light on it, there are bright red speckles inside.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSC Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Diggin' It, the bottom picture makes me think it is amethyst as you thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 12 hours ago, Diggin' It said: The pics don't do it justice, Is there any way to take a picture as you shine a flashlight through it from the back side of it. That would help a lot to identify it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenhornet_au Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Card board box, hole in top, piece of glass or clear plastic sheet on top, rock on top of that over the hole, light source inside box. Keep the hole in the top of the box about the size of the rock. Snap pic's. You are welcome ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenhornet_au Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Think "Candling eggs", link below. I forgot to say you need to take the picture in a darkened room, so the light comes from the item (rock), you dont need glass if the hole in the box is just tight on the rock's base. Maybe a cardboard roll tube (toilet roll tube) could be used at the end of a torch to hold the rock and use a box to sit the torch through the top to hold the torch, dark room and take the picture. The idea is to confine the light source to only the base of the rock. I'm sure you will work it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggin' It Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 This is about as good as I could get it...it has a lot of fracture, and the bottom almost looks like quartz, so the light didn't shine through it so much. I used the flash and you can see the red specks in it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 After seeing this new picture of your item I would have to say for sure that it is amethyst. You have the typical color change which is common with such samples, and the darker more pronounced purple is the higher quality of the stone. Congratulations on your find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenhornet_au Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 YES, great find, pics helped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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