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Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Goethite from Crystal Creek, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado

 
Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Goethite from Crystal Creek, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado

Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Goethite from Crystal Creek, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 15785
Mineral:Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Goethite
Locality:Crystal Creek, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado
Description:Large cluster of reddish (limonite stained) microcline crystals up to 2 cm with smoky quartz crystals up to 3 cm. Scattered about are rhombic goethite pseudomorphs after siderite crystals up to 6 mm, one is perched on the end of a smoky quartz crystal.
Overall Size:11x9x6 cm
Crystals:5-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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