{"product_id":"amethyst-flower-c-natural-brazil","title":"Amethyst flower (C) — natural, Brazil","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA druzy plate, mostly purple with green running through it. No flower formations on this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDruzy is what you get when a surface is covered in crystals too small to pick out individually. It happens when a great many growth points start at once and every one of them competes for the same supply of silica, so none gets far. On a plate where fewer points started, the same amount of material would have built a handful of large crystals instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhich is the trade-off. Druzy gives up size and gains surface, and a densely covered plate throws back far more light than a few big crystals ever would.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eKeep it out of direct sunlight. Sustained UV breaks down the iron centres that produce the purple, and amethyst that fades does not come back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMineral:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAmethyst, the purple variety of quartz (SiO₂), with celadonite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrystal system:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTrigonal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin: \u003c\/strong\u003eRio Grande do Sul, Brazil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardness: \u003c\/strong\u003e7 on the Mohs scale; hard, though fine druzy points chip easily\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTreatment: \u003c\/strong\u003eNone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.33 x 8 x 27 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 520 g                                                                                                                                            \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSupplied on a bespoke gold stand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou will receive the exact piece photographed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Crystal Showroom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58546391875928,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/4880\/5720\/files\/afb-c-1.jpg?v=1790155323","url":"https:\/\/thecrystalshowroom.com\/products\/amethyst-flower-c-natural-brazil","provider":"The Crystal Showroom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}