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Quartz var. Smoky from Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado

 
Quartz var. Smoky from Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado

Quartz var. Smoky from Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado

Quartz var. Smoky from Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 20042
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky
Locality:Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado
Description:An amazing cluster fully crystallized on all sides and surfaces - a floater with no point of attachment - of dark smoky quartz with limonite staining. It is difficult to decide how to display this specimen, it is beautiful from every point of view.
Overall Size:9x6x4 cm
Crystals:5-50 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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