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An Eclectic Whims Specialty Collection
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Eclectic Crystals & Lapidary offers high quality crystals, carvings, and jewelry. Every crystal is personally hand selected by our staff. Browse carvings and jewelry created by our own in house lapidaries and jewelers. You are most welcome, and we hope you enjoy our on-line store.
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February Pre-Order Specials Its spring restock time and new items are on the way along with more of our most popular items. We are offering discounts for pre-orders of some of our best sellers! |
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Spotlight: Amethyst spirit quartz from South Africa |
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| These lovely clusters are a combination of a
quartz point over which has formed a druzy of amethyst crystals. Found in
every color from a striking lavender to deep purple, they enhance any
collection.
You will find many of these points on offered by merchants - particularly on on-line auction sites - advertising that these are clusters of amethyst, citrine and ametrine. Unfortunately, they are NOT. The yellowish coloring is caused by various hydrates that form between the base crystal and the druzy providing the coloring. Ametrine is a naturally occurring quartz found in the area of Bolivia in South America. Special geological conditions allowed the crystal to form both citrine and amethyst in the same crystal. Because of aggressive mining, many cut ametrine gemstones are now lab created. |
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Shipping estimate: 3/10-3/14/2008 |
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