Surprises inside a candle holder

[SureJuJu]

Hi Experts,

I bought this Amethyst candle holder (made in Brazil) for $16.99 at HomeGoods because I noticed there were some white and yellow "stuff" inside a vug. After I got home, I tried to look at it more closely and took some pictures of the vug (kind of hard). I think the white "stuff" from the top are druzy quartz, right? How about those small red/black/yellow "stuff"? Do you think they are some kind of minerals or just dirt/mud got into the vug during the manufacturing process? Thank you for your help.

 

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[IAMZIM]

Could be hematite inclusions......tough to say...

 

[Hawks88]

Nice candle holder and welcome to tnet from Niagara Falls.

 

[SureJuJu]

Nice candle holder and welcome to tnet from Niagara Falls.

Thanks!

 

[DDancer]

Its likely that your crystals started off as Citrine quartz and were heat treated to become Amethyst. Its a common practice however its a nice cluster for decoration like that.

EDIT: My bad, as pointed out in the following posts my mind flipped the heat treatment~ as noted its Amethyst to Citrine so no the cluster is Amethyst. Even I make dumb mistakes hehh..... still a nice cluster

 

[SureJuJu]

Its likely that your crystals started off as Citrine quartz and were heat treated to become Amethyst. Its a common practice however its a nice cluster for decoration like that.

I thought it's the other way around - heat treating Amethyst to form Citrine?

 

[stdenis_jd]

pretty sure what you have is calcite and hematite/magnetite. DD: you got it backward

 

[DDancer]

I stand corrected Thanks. Dyslexia strikes again