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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1430909, member: 5833"]You are using the word 'amethyst' in an idiosyncratic way. Amethyst is purple macrocrystalline quartz. Citrine is the same thing in yellow - yellow/brown. These days mostly literally the same thing, as nearly all citrine we see started life as amethyst. The color is changed by a heat process. Whatever 'green amethyst' is, it's not a naturally occurring stone either, not in that color anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dangles are really interesting. At first glance my mind ran through tiger's eye (too translucent) & rutilated quartz (not bright & needle-y enough) so have to settle for an unusual banded quartz formation, possibly of the microcrystalline/chalcedony type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1430909, member: 5833"]You are using the word 'amethyst' in an idiosyncratic way. Amethyst is purple macrocrystalline quartz. Citrine is the same thing in yellow - yellow/brown. These days mostly literally the same thing, as nearly all citrine we see started life as amethyst. The color is changed by a heat process. Whatever 'green amethyst' is, it's not a naturally occurring stone either, not in that color anyway. The dangles are really interesting. At first glance my mind ran through tiger's eye (too translucent) & rutilated quartz (not bright & needle-y enough) so have to settle for an unusual banded quartz formation, possibly of the microcrystalline/chalcedony type.[/QUOTE]
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