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Amazonite, Cleavelandite, Smoky Quartz

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Dan & Dianne Kile
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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.

Product details

Species
Amazonite, Quartz, Cleavelandite, Smoky quartzAbout Amazonite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions9.5 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Locality
USA, Colorado, Crystal PeakRegional guide →
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Self Collected Minerals page 201

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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 Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA
Crystal Peak amazonite is one of the great American mineral classics: blue-green microcline, often in blocky triclinic crystals, set against smoky quartz so dark it can read nearly black. The finest pieces have a visual language that is instantly recognizable—turquoise-to-teal feldspar, white cleavelandite or pale microcline accents, and sharply prismatic quartz rising through the feldspar like smoke through ice. For serious collectors, the locality’s strongest specimens are not merely “amazonite from Colorado”; they are sculptural combinations whose color contrast, crystal scale, and historical pedigree place them among the most desirable feldspar specimens in the world.