Outback Miners Unearth Purple Treasure! Let’s Go Mining!
September 03, 2024 –
by Samuel Ord –
Jeweller Magazine –
As first reported in Jeweller Magazine, Kirsty McMullan of Outback Crystal Hunters shared a video of the moment the remarkable amethyst specimen was discovered. McMullan and her partner Patrick travel from Cairns to Western Australia yearly to search for gemstones.
And the video pretty much tells it all.
But is it amethyst? It certainly looks like quartz!
Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz, occurring in primary hues from light lavender and pale violet to deep purple.
While what we normally see in jewellery stores is transparent, this material, while very big, appears to be more of an ornamental (non-transparent) variety.
“It’s not every day that you will come across a single amethyst point this large as the pocket zones need to be rather big to be able to grow into larger specimens,” she told Yahoo News Australia. And that certainly is important, especially if the point is undamaged!
“At this mine, we are looking to find amethyst mainly, but the mine also has pockets of smoky quartz and crystals that are both smoky or amethyst.”
And of course, there’s a video of the couple unearthing this gigantic four-kilogram gemstone in the Australian outback!
Tap here to read about this pretty big find.
from SkyNews.com
A woman has made a stunning discovery in the Australian outback, unearthing an absolutely enormous amethyst gemstone which weighs four kilograms.
Kirsty McMullan, a crystal prospector who also runs jewellery brand Wildling Heart, shared a video of the find to her Instagram account two weeks ago.
The post has since attracted a torrent of comments, with fans left stunned by the sheer size and beauty of the purple semi-precious stone.
Tap here to read more and see more of this amazing find!
