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Microcline var. Amazonite with Smoky Quartz from Smoky Hawk Claim, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado

 
Microcline var. Amazonite with Smoky Quartz from Smoky Hawk Claim, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado

Microcline var. Amazonite with Smoky Quartz from Smoky Hawk Claim, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 70213
Mineral:Microcline var. Amazonite with Smoky Quartz
Locality:Smoky Hawk Claim, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado
Description:Elongated plate of blocky blue-green amazonite crystals, the green variety of microcline feldspar caused by trace amounts of lead impurities, to 18 mm with transparent smoky quartz crystals to 28 mm standing upright off the amazonite. Mined by Joe Dorris (from Prospectors television show)
Overall Size:11x6x3.5 cm
Crystals:5-28 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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