Uruguay Amethyst Mixed Shapes AM1142 - Black Stalactite Bridge Cut Base Matrix Adularescence: A chatoyant effect akin

Adularescence: A chatoyant effect akin to common Moonstones

and brings you more in tune with your feelings

reminiscent of Morandi Fluorites

and is often viewed as a stone of peace

Uruguay Amethyst Mixed Shapes AM1142 - Black Stalactite Bridge Cut Base Matrix Adularescence: A chatoyant effect akinLocality: Cataln Grande, Artigas Department, Uruguay Dimension: 13. 3x8. 2 cm Weight: 958g About 160 million years ago, when tectonic plates were rifting Africa and South America apart as the Atlantic Ocean opened, one of the worlds great flood basalt events was occurring. Basalts flowed from the rift, producing stratified lava flows thousands of feet thick in Brazil and nearby Uruguay. Within these flows, gas bubbles and lava tubes created cavities