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      Open Pit (04) at Amethyst Mine Panorama

      A photo of an amethyst sample

      A photo of the sorting area at Amethyst Mine Panorama

      Close-up of an amethyst sample.

      Stripping the main zone of the mine site to expose mineralization. Mine as it appeared in the late 1960's.

      Big amethyst crytals O5.

      A black and white photo of open pit mining at the Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine in the 1970's

      A photo of the open pit mine at Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine.

      A colour photo of the Thunder Bay Amethyst open pit mine (01)

      Variety of: Quartz, SiO2 Uses: Gemstones and ornamental stones Birthstone for: February Color: various shades of purple Index of refraction: 1.544-1.553 Birefringence: 0.009 Hardness: 7 Cleavage: none Crystal system: trigonal Pleochroic: no Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz and is a popular gemstone. If it were not for its ...

      A vug showing large clay covered amethyst crystals., A vug is another name for geode - a nodular stone having a cavity lined with crystals.

      Photo showing large X1's amethyst crystals.

      Photo of blasting (O2) in 1972 at the Amethyst Mine Panorama.

      A photo of an open pit mine at Amethyst Mine Panorama

      Photo of a sample of malachite. August 1985.

      Large amethyst crystals

      Large clay-covered amethyst crystals, August 3,1992.

      Photo showing the site of the main office of the Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine, 1970.

      Shown here is a 1977 photo of an open mining pit at the Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine.

      Shown here is rock being hosed down to clear off the overburden, in preparation for rock sampling.