AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Microcline var. Amazonite with Smoky Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 76333 |
Mineral: | Microcline var. Amazonite with Smoky Quartz |
Locality: | Lake George District, Park County, Colorado |
Description: | Cluster of lustrous translucent-to-transparent smoky quartz crystals to 64 mm intermixed with blocky pale-green amazonite crystals, the blue-green variety of microcline feldspar caused by trace lead impurities, to 22 mm. The terminations are chipped. |
Overall Size: | 6.5x5.5x4 cm |
Crystals: | 10-64 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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