AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Microcline var. Amazonite with Smoky Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 44044 |
Mineral: | Microcline var. Amazonite with Smoky Quartz |
Locality: | Blue Smoky Mine, Bubble Pocket, Florrisant, Teller County, Colorado |
Description: | Blue-green amazonite crystals, the lead-rich variety of the mineral species microcline, up to 65 mm long with transparent light-smoky quartz crystals up to 55 mm long. The cluster is complete all around, though one amazonite crystal was repaired. |
Overall Size: | 8.5x7.5x5 cm |
Crystals: | 30-65 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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