AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Microcline var. Amazonite with Smoky Quartz |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 54248 |
Mineral: | Microcline var. Amazonite with Smoky Quartz |
Locality: | Smoky Hawk Mine, Jewel Pocket, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado |
Description: | Two transparent smoky quartz crystals to 30 mm long standing upright off blue-green amazonite crystals, the variety of microcline feldspar colored by trace lead impurities to 10 mm. The tip of the largest smoky quartz crystals is chipped. |
Overall Size: | 5x4.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 4-30 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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