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Amazonite, Smoky Quartz

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Amazonite and smoky quartz, 11.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Teller County, Colorado. Photo by Jeff Scovil.

Product details

SpeciesAmazonite, Quartz, Smoky quartz
SizeCabinet
Dimensions11.5 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityUSA, Colorado, Smoky Hawk claim
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Midwest page 171
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Steve Neely

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Amazonite
Mineral guide
Learn about Amazonite
vivid blue-green microcline with checkerboard twinning and color; prized in smoky quartz and albite matrices, with Colorado and Urals localities.
Amazonite
Regional guide
Amazonite from Smoky Hawk Claim, Colorado, USA
Smoky Hawk Claim amazonite — saturated blue-green microcline crystals with smoky quartz in pegmatite pockets; a prized Colorado locality for striking specimens.
Locality guide
Smoky Hawk claim
A collector's guide to Smoky Hawk claim, USA: its geology, mining history and notable minerals, illustrated with the 200 specimens documented from this locality on EarthWonders.