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Microcline var. Amazonite with Hematite from Bear Creek, Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado

 
Microcline var. Amazonite with Hematite from Bear Creek, Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado

Microcline var. Amazonite with Hematite from Bear Creek, Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado

Microcline var. Amazonite with Hematite from Bear Creek, Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado

Microcline var. Amazonite with Hematite from Bear Creek, Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 72115
Mineral:Microcline var. Amazonite with Hematite
Locality:Bear Creek, Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado
Description:Cluster of many small lustrous of translucent blue-green amazonite crystals, the colored variety of microcline caused by trace lead impurities, to 12 mm with platy black-metallic hematite crystals to 1.5 mm that have brown limonite coating on some areas. Collected in 1980
Overall Size:4.5x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-12 mm
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