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Microcline, Quartz, Goethite from Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado

 
Microcline, Quartz, Goethite from Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado

Microcline, Quartz, Goethite from Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 35081
Mineral:Microcline, Quartz, Goethite
Locality:Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado
Description:Limonite-stained white microcline crystal22 mm long trapped in a smoky quartz crystal with red-brown goethite. The quartz and microcline formed over a thin, bladed mineral (calcite?) that dissolved away leaving thin cavities.
Overall Size:4.5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:22-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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