Description

The item pictured is what you will receive.  The Chevron Amethyst Butterfly comes with the stand and measures 5 inches long X 6.5 inches high.

Chevron amethyst is found in large veins that started out as cracks in the rock deep inside the Earth. These cracks likely would have formed as a result of earthquakes or volcanic activity. Silica-rich fluids flowed through these cracks and, as they cooled, the silica formed quartz crystals on the walls of these cracks.

Chevron or banded amethyst represents several layers of crystals growing on top of each other under periodically changing growth conditions until the cracks become totally filled in.

The purple color in amethyst comes from the presence of irradiated iron inclusions within the quartz. The amethyst portions represent growth intervals when the silica-rich fluids also contained iron molecules, while the white quartz grew at times when iron was not present in those fluids.

Chevron or dream amethyst is found at many locations where amethyst crystals or geodes are found. Some of the main sources include Brazil, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, India, Russia, Uruguay, and Morocco.