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Quartz var. Smoky with Microcline var. Amazonite from White Cap Pocket, Smoky Hawk Mine, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado

 
Quartz var. Smoky with Microcline var. Amazonite from White Cap Pocket, Smoky Hawk Mine, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado

Quartz var. Smoky with Microcline var. Amazonite from White Cap Pocket, Smoky Hawk Mine, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 32695
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky with Microcline var. Amazonite
Locality:White Cap Pocket, Smoky Hawk Mine, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado
Description:Single transparent smoky quartz crystals 40 mm long growing from a blue-green microcline, variety amazonite, crystal 30 mm across. Specimens with both smoky quartz and amazonite are hard to obtain because the pockets ruptured post formation.
Overall Size:4x3x3 cm
Crystals:30-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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