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Microcline var. Amazonite and Smoky Quartz with Hematite from Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado

 
Microcline var. Amazonite and Smoky Quartz with Hematite from Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado

Microcline var. Amazonite and Smoky Quartz with Hematite from Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado

Microcline var. Amazonite and Smoky Quartz with Hematite from Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado

Microcline var. Amazonite and Smoky Quartz with Hematite from Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado

Microcline var. Amazonite and Smoky Quartz with Hematite from Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 72785
Mineral:Microcline var. Amazonite and Smoky Quartz with Hematite
Locality:Crystal Peak area, 6.5 km northeast of Lake George, Park-Teller Counties, Colorado
Description:Translucent green-gray amazonite crystals, the blue-green variety of microcline colored by trace lead impurities, to 15 mm with lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals to 14 mm with gray-metallic hematite microcrystals on one face of brown granite. Ex. W. B. Thompson collection
Overall Size:7x4.5x4 cm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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