What is this?

Tarotphelia

Might be amethyst or a dark purple fluorite , but it's very hard to tell.
 

willowfox

Hard to see the colour as your picture has come out small.
 

Master_Margarita

Pretty, whatever it is.

M~
 

Wonderwoman

i vote

for Amethyst..and a very intense one too...do not put it underneath your pillow tonight...

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.traveller.

The picture/scan is life sized. I'll try to get a better picture tonight. It's opaque, really opaque, I've never seen an amethyst that wasn't at least partially translucent.
 

tarot4fun

Traveller~ that is a really pretty crystal. :)

Do you think maybe it has been manipulated or enhanced, maybe dyed?

Suz :heart:
 

Elnor

It does look like the sugilite in the pictures that Bodran posted... it's a lovely colour, whatever it is.

elnor
 

.traveller.

Here's the better picture:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j88/traveller_photos/purplething002.jpg

tarot4fun said:
Traveller~ that is a really pretty crystal. :)

Do you think maybe it has been manipulated or enhanced, maybe dyed?

Suz :heart:
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Thank you :)
I don't think it is dyed because the color isn't uniform throughout, but I don't know for sure. The colors range from almost black to maroon to purple to lavendar. There are a couple of specks of translucent lavendar through the point... barely detectable.

bodhran said:
My guess would be sugilite or charoite.
Some various shades of sugilite cabs:
http://www.metaphysicalrealm1.com/sugilite1.html

Bodhran
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I wondered about the sugilite but it is supposed to be rare? What's the difference between the light lavendar pieces and the dark purple/magenta ones? Is the lavendar the gem quality? Mine looks more like the sugilite than the charoite, it's not so swirly or blue.
 
Is it glass or clear quartz... How does your garden grow '07!