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Amazonite with cleavelandite and smoky quartz, 9.5 cm, from the Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado. Collected in October 1987. The pocket was found by digging to the side of an exposed pegmatite in hopes of encountering a new cavity; crystals quickly appeared at grassroots level. The pocket contained nearly 500 pounds of crystals, requiring almost two days to collect.
vivid blue-green microcline with checkerboard twinning and color; prized in smoky quartz and albite matrices, with Colorado and Urals localities.
Regional guide
Amazonite from Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA
Crystal Peak amazonite, Colorado — renowned for large, well-formed blue-green crystals with smoky quartz, prized for color, luster, and collecting pedigree.
Locality guide
Crystal Peak
Crystal Peak, Colorado pegmatite locality famed for blue-green amazonite with smoky quartz, a historic collecting ground with benchmark pockets and key specime…
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