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Geodes from Patagonia
Ana L.
Rainoldi1, George R.
Rossman2,
Lucas
Di Martino3, AndrÉs
Oteiza3
Specimens
of Patagonian geodes debuted in the international market of gems in the
FIPP
2017 of Teofilo Otoni (Minas Gerais, Brasil) and since then their
popularity in
the mineralogist community hasnīt stopped growing. Patagonian geodes
are lined with translucent and brilliant mineral species but are unique
because
of the presence of pink amethyst. The El Choique mine has yielded the
first pink
amethyst geodes, which now form part of several mineralogist
collections all
over the word. The important reserves of the deposit, the discovery of
new
exotic specimens and colorful mineral associations seem to hold a great
future
for the marvelous pink amethyst.