Microcline v. Amazonite, Quartz v. Smoky - image 1
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Microcline v. Amazonite, Quartz v. Smoky

Unknown Owner
A gorgeous REPAIR FREE cabinet sized plate of amazonite and smoky quartz from Teller County. These combos are world-class and Colorado icons. To find a piece of this size in this condition, quality, and aesthetic is extremely rare. Very nice.

Product details

Species
Amazonite, Quartz, MicroclineAbout Amazonite →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions4.5 x 7.0 x 12.5 cm
Added on10/28/2025
Locality
USA, Colorado, Crystal PeakRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
11/2025Unknown Owner$5,500.00
—Collector’s EdgeNot disclosed

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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.