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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 72117
Mineral:Microcline var. Amazonite with Muscovite
Locality:Bear Creek, Pike's Peak Batholith, El Paso County, Colorado
Description:Small lustrous translucent blue-green amazonite crystals, the colored variety of microcline caused by trace lead impurities, with a muscovite mica crystal on one corner. Collected in 1980
Overall Size:3.4x2.5x2.0 cm
Crystals:4-10 mm
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