Amethyst

... Do Sul. Massive mountains of basalt store Amethyst and Citrine geodes in its interior. Other treasures you will see are agates, amethyst flower, selenites and calcites. Geo Tour will take you to see and touch those amazing amethyst and citrine geodes in ...

Day 5 ( May 06 - Wednesday) : Ametista do Sul: visit to the Amethyst Museum & Mine and to an active amethyst geode mine. Drive back to Soledade Amethyst flower mine in Getúlio Vargas optional. Overnight in ...

Xmas Eve was a lovely evening spent with new friends ! Gary the Amethyst Residence owner, Nat and Hero (the amazing and friendlier than friendly staff/family of the establishment) and Stacey (a guy who had arrived that day from Melbourne) who was sitting ...

... was a bit challenging but we found it after about 30 minutes.     We are staying at the Hotel Amethyst which is considered a boutique hotel.  Its not a Philip Starke but very cute and homey.  Our room is large ...

... of Africa, mining is a viable and often lucrative business in Zambia. But unlike some countries, Zambia's minerals are modest; copper, amethyst and other semi-precious stones, instead of the oil, gold or diamond wealth of other nations. So much the ...

... produces 40% useable amethyst by volume. The north shore of Lake Superior is among the largest deposits of Ontario's official gemstone. Amethyst is a coloured crystalline variety of the silica mineral quartz ( Si02) and can often be found in a purple or ...

... required to start operations. However, the property right beside JACE's, owned by the company Kariba Minerals Ltd., has been mining amethyst continuously for the last forty years. Funnily enough, my dad is a trustee board member for Kariba Minerals; but, ...

... that point---- they have no idea....   We continued on to Q’s most anticipate stop on our whole trip: an amethyst mine.  Q’s thoughts: Today after the Fort we drove up to an amethyst mine. There were amethyst rocks everywhere and ...

... lying down. Everyone asks if you have seen the Sleeping Giant. Well, we didn't see it. Another road sign points us towards the amethyst mines in Panorama, which sounds curious, so we give in and take a little side trip. We are given a tour by a funny ...

... the bus 26 kilometers out to Amethyst Do Sul again, to photograph the church of St Gabrielle, which is completely lined with amethyst inside. The font is a solid amethyst as are the candle holders and alter. From the outside it's quite a plain church, ...

Our visit to the Amethist mine - Ametista Parque Amethyst Heaven Des and I booked a trip to Ametista Parque with the local bus company at 10am on Saturday the 14th November for a 1 hour trip. All ticketing is done by hand…with a pen and ...

... displayed what kind of thrifty shopper she can be. After I had walked through the rock fields and selected a fine example of amethyst to purchase (1.5 pound rock for $3) she went out into the parking lot and found a great chunk of almost pure crystal ...

... , so it was like having a personal guide. We were greeted with hot berry juice at the mine as the history & legends of the Amethyst were explained. This mine is the only one in Europe & they are keeping it sustainable. All the stones are used in ...

... are numerous campgrounds in the area, but we decided to stop at Maccarib, 19 km up the valley and about one kilometre before Amethyst Lake. This worked out pretty well for us, as when we emerged the following morning from our tent, our only company in ...