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  2. Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals

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    The Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals are a series of exhibition halls at the American Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, New York City. The halls opened on June 12, 2021, as a complete redesign of their predecessors, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Gems and Minerals and Morgan Memorial Hall ...

  3. Amethyst - Wikipedia

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    An amethyst geode that formed when large crystals grew in open spaces inside the rock. The largest amethyst geode found as of 2007 was the Empress of Uruguay, found in Artigas, Uruguay in 2007. It stands at a height of 3.27 meters, lies open along its length, and weighs 2.5 tons. Amethyst is also found and mined in South Korea. [19]

  4. Empress of Uruguay - Wikipedia

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    The Empress of Uruguay is the world's largest amethyst geode, standing at a height of 3.27 meters. It is open along its length and weighs 2.5 tons in its current state. It was discovered in 2007 in the Artigas department, Uruguay by the Uruguayan mining company Le Stage Minerals. Its estimated value is US $190,000, although it is not for sale.

  5. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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    Some minerals made into gemstones may display a chatoyancy or cat's eye effect, ... Amethyst (var.) Ametrine (var.) Aventurine (var.) Chalcedony (var.) Agate. Iris agate;

  6. Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania Minerals and Gems - specimens representing some of the finest minerals and gems from Pennsylvania. Systematic Collection - exhibiting minerals in systematic groupings by chemical classification according to Dana's System of Mineralogy. Masterpiece Gallery - an esthetic collection of notable mineral specimens from around the world.

  7. List of minerals - Wikipedia

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    Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz Apophyllite crystals sitting right beside a cluster of peachy bowtie stilbite Aquamarine variety of beryl with tourmaline on orthoclase Arsenopyrite from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed calcite crystals Austinite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Ametrine ...

  8. Prasiolite - Wikipedia

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    Prasiolite (also known as green quartz, green amethyst or vermarine) is a green variety of quartz. Since 1950, almost all natural prasiolite has come from a small Brazilian mine, [citation needed] but it has also been mined in the Lower Silesia region of Poland. Naturally occurring prasiolite has also been found in the Thunder Bay area of ...

  9. Ametrine - Wikipedia

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    It is a mixture of amethyst and citrine with zones of purple and yellow or orange. Almost all commercially available ametrine is mined in Bolivia. The colour of the zones visible within ametrine are due to differing oxidation states of iron within the crystal. The citrine segments have oxidized iron while the amethyst segments are unoxidized.

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