Amethyst Flat Bottom Geode Size:3.6"L x 2.7"W x 4.4"H the striations run parallel to

the striations run parallel to the length

Roman officers and soldiers wore garnet-inlaid signet rings and sword hilts

South Africa

Alexander the Great reportedly wore one on his belt in battle

The stone's transparency and color intensity vary with manganese concentration

Amethyst Flat Bottom Geode Size:3.6"L x 2.7"W x 4.4"H the striations run parallel toA geode with a flat baseno stand required, no tipping, just violet crystal standing on its own. This amethyst geode has been cut flat at the base so it stands independently without a mount. The interior shows the druzy quartz growth characteristic of geodes from the Paran volcanic province of southern Brazil and Uruguayquartz deposited in layers inside an ancient basaltic vesicle over millions of years. Iron impurities and natural irradiation during