wonderful candy red amethyst specimen story- WOW! Great find!

Gary,

Here is a story of how we came across this wonderful candy red amethyst specimen. I have attached pictures of the specimen and have many more excellent finds if you like this one.

To explain the rarity of this form of amethyst I have to elaborate on the locality of where this specimen comes from. I can sum it
all up by saying that removing amethyst from this locality is an Indiana Jones type adventure, but I wont spare the details, as I know one of my
favorite things about collecting minerals is learning about where they come from. The mine where this form of amethyst comes from is located
about 200 or so miles north of Thunder Bay, Ontario (Canada’s most famous amethyst district). After following an old logging road (similar to
heading straight through a national park trail) for about 30 miles, the road ends in thick, really thick forest where the 5 mile hike to the mine
begins.

Severe storms over the years have caused a lot of blow down so there is no easy trail.Bear droppings all over the place add a certain
necessary element of danger to the journey. At the three mile point, the area becomes a 2ft deep swamp, which we trudge through
for a mile or so until we reach the base of a cliff, after climbing to the top of the cliff, not steep enough to necessitate gear but enough to
seriously kill the calfs, we walk to the other side exposing a marvellous view, of thousands of acres of deep forest divided by a 70 ft valley.
The mine is actually a small cave no more than 6 feet cubed, sunken into the edge of the valley. Now all that is left is the voyage back, which
was difficult on the way there and near torture, when carrying a 60lb sharp amethyst specimen, this easily explains why there are so few of
these specimens, aside from us keeping the locality top secret