What a wordy definition! but its all those things and more

On a 17 inch computer monitor this picture is to scale

7" tall by 4" across it weights over 5 lbs 

A quality the pictures can't show is that

It resonates powerfully when cradled in two hands

 It's balances is amazing and stands easily in the palm of your hand

and for such a large mass   it warms quickly to the touch

Indoor lighting ...

Orange?

Green

Purple

The crystal was born in a fault system running along side of the canadian shield

well over a billion years ago, at just about the time life on the planet was beginning to flourish 

When you examine the crystal, there are two general areas to consider,

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the tip or termination

and the root shaft of the crystal body..   

I will try to explain the crystalline structural classification

  When I figure out just exactly whats going on with it!

These crystals do not fit easily within the the normal habits for crystal termination

Here you can see a thin coating of transparent quartz as it  glosses over the rich orange hematite coating of the minor faces in the back of the crystal

The etched encoded surfaces of this transparent coating 

show evidence of the most recent hydrothermal event 

the two major peaks of terminations are amazingly undamaged by physical contact.  They do show evidence of chemical activity from a hydrothermal event that eroded some of the surfaces while depositing a thin druzy sugar-like frosting...

this is the tip on the left 

 enlarged  x 20

 At  6O -X

you can see the exposed underlying dark amethyst

showing through the red coating

Near the tip the coating was dissolved by the acids

and heat of a high pressure water solution 

(thus the term hydrothermal event) 

the vivid triangle record keepers are concentrated

where ever the orange coating is thick 

this is the tip on the right side

I was calling the dominate color in this picture orange

but under the frequencies of the LED-lighting used by the microscope camera

the coating appears to favor red..

yet retains a hint of orange in the foreground  

If you look deeply

the subtle interplay of the shallow orange

and deeper red give the impression of a dimensional depth

and form interesting shadow patterns

look at the interplay of colors

 with attention but no expectation

and as they react with the quantum nature of light

you may get the impression that this image you are viewing

is more of a window ...

because it is

 but i will tell you 

The information window potential is there in many places on these ancient stones

 and once you find one present  

and accept the knowing of that recognition of the reality   you are seeing... 

that key acceptance  will open the window

Lets have a look at the information in  parting plains of the crystals root

The striated surface is not really a C-axis nor is it a cleavage surface

I will go into more detail on exactly what it is later

try looking at the qualities of light and dark in the green zones

the green zones in the amethyst matrix are powerful encoders of information

To help unlock the vision ...

try looking for the shadows of the noses of these 'heads' ..

Or the lips

It' s helpful to see the

Dark as depth and the lighter values as foreground

                      So what is the sandy grey colored stuff?  ^^ 

 lets have a look at 180 x  

 fascinating black and red zoned crystals in variety of forms  

the color comes mostly from the 'orange' cement

that binds red crystals to the surface 

 

Dauphiné Law - is a penetration twin that results from transformation.

Another look at the orange surface on the termination

The depth of the structure of the interacting triangles is remarkable

 The glowing  iron rich hematite coating is vibrant indeed

but removing the color might help see into the surface a bit

 The triangle is the basic code underlying this entire picture

and light can do a lot with that!

90 x

The red/orange is the oldest,  the clear quartz in the vein formed next  and the last was the druzy yellow

This picture shows the intersections of all these three

types of the various surfaces

of the crystal's termination 

view of the transition zone from the crystal termination

to the pseudo C-axis

Now it gets tricky explaining the body or root of the crystal

 One can see that It is made up of  layers of phantom terminations

The term Chevron amethyst is commonly use to describe this feature

The phantons reflect and image of the tip  ....all the way down the crystal

 Each layer representing a span of time...like the thickness of  tree rings .

In just such a way the entire crystal  records ...  about 1.5 billions years of  time 

(some different crystals here might better illustrate the occurrence)

The process of phantom-ization begins  when the crystal stops growing.

This occurs when there is a change in conditions on the planet

that subsequently change the nature or flow of hydrothermal fluids which feed it Quartz.

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you can see it almost!

 a fresh surge of amethyst beginning to flow... adding new growth to the crystal 

while capturing inside a record of the past shape of crystal.

Much the same way... a photograph captures sun light

 Some feel they are ghostly look to it ... perhaps explaining why the term 

 phantom is so popular  

But put aside the phantoms for a second and look at the striations on the surface of the purple sides

as I stated before!

The striated surface is not really a C-axis nor is it a cleavage surface..

Its only near definition is

that it is a 'parting" surface

formed from an intentional  "field" property within  the crystal

in a process that is yet not well understood

What ever it is ..

it's very interesting to look at and to touch!

 Ok...Lets have a look at the inclusions in the Amethyst body

The microscopic view of the pseudo C-axis amethyst body

Wild inclusions 

The inclusions in the amethyst body are present in both in patterns on phantom layers

and scattered throughout the amethyst matrix

  They include a host of minerals, most common are the sulfide metallic minerals who's presence throughout the crystal resulted from a magmatic fluids injected during and after regional volcanic events formed the veins of  amethyst. Inclusions formed as fluids cooled, depressurized, and reacted with wall rocks...

This photo is cut and pastes directly from assay of a similar crystal from the mine

 and as you can read it contains this amazing combination of elements

         Ag,Al,Ba,Be,Bi,Ca,Cd, Co,Cr,Cu,Fe,Hg,K,La,Mg,Mn,Mo,Na,N, P,Pb, S, Sb, Sc, Sr, Th,Ti, Tl, U, V, W, Zn, Zr

The minerals identified as inclusions in the crystals from this locality so far are:

Lepidocrocite,Cocoxenite, Goethite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite,

 Sphalerite, Copper, Limonite, Pyrolusite, Hematite, Epodote, Magnetite and Rutile..

to just name a few... the list is growing and is not close to complete 

 This Crystal does contain all of the requirements to me labeled as a

Melody's Super Seven

And as such it may be one of the largest Super Seven crystals discovered to date

The only significant damage to the crystal appears to be where

a layer of the orange coating has flaked off

I hope you enjoyed the pictures...

of the crystal i call

The Ancient Master

Doug