Entry № 117
Crazy Lace Amethyst
Banded Patagonian Amethyst
A Patagonian amethyst laced with quartz and calcite.
Chakra
Third Eye · Crown
Element
Air · Earth
Zodiac
Pisces
I. The Metaphysical Reading
How the stone has been held.
Crazy Lace Amethyst is worked with as a stone of patterned reflection, kept nearby during journalling, therapy and any practice that asks for the tracing of long-repeated life themes. Practitioners hold it as a reminder that a pattern seen clearly loses much of its power.
- Chakra
- Third Eye · Crown
- Element
- Air · Earth
- Zodiac
- Pisces
- Keynote
- A Patagonian amethyst laced with quartz and calcite.
II. The Scientific Reading
What the lattice actually does.
Crazy Lace Amethyst is a banded amethyst-quartz-calcite material from the Choique Mahuida deposit in Argentine Patagonia. Silica-rich hydrothermal fluids filled fractures in Jurassic volcanic rock, precipitating alternating bands of iron-coloured amethyst, white quartz and calcite that produce its characteristic lace-like patterns when cut.
- Formula
- SiO₂ with Fe³⁺, banded with quartz and calcite
- System
- Trigonal
- Hardness
- 7 (Mohs)
- Provenance
- Argentina (Patagonia – Choique Mahuida)
References & Sources
Independent mineralogical references used to verify the scientific details above.
Mineral Profile
Fact Sheet
- Chemical Formula
- SiO₂ with Fe³⁺, banded with quartz and calcite
- Crystal System
- Trigonal
- Mohs Hardness
- 7 (Mohs)
- Density
- 2.65 g/cm³
- Refractive Index
- 1.544 – 1.553
- Provenance
- Argentina (Patagonia – Choique Mahuida)
- Color Origin
- Purple and lavender bands with white quartz and drusy pockets
Related Crystals
Stones that share this lattice
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