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Quartz with Microcline

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A fine and choice combination piece from this area, brilliant lustrous very slightly translucent crystals of dark smoky quartz measuring to 4.0 cm in height are coming off of a matrix of colorless large blocky microcline crystals. In great condition. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark.Crystal Park, located on the eastern slope of Cameron Cone near Manitou Springs in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado, is underlain primarily by coarse-grained Pikes Peak Granite formed over a billion years ago. The area features numerous small, irregular pegmatite dikes and miarolitic cavities that formed as residual magmatic fluids cooled and crystallized within the surrounding plutonic rocks. Historically, these pegmatites have served as a popular and long-standing mineral-collecting locality since the late 19th century, drawing prospectors and hobbyists who dig through weathered granitic soil and small prospect pits to extract prized gemstone specimens like smoky quartz, microcline feldspar variety amazonite, and notably higher amounts of topaz compared to other regional districts.