Description: Microcline ( var. Amazonite ) with Quartz (v. Smoky) and Hematite
Blue Marble Pocket, Smoky Hawk Mine, Buckner Pegmatite, Florissant, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
87 x 82 x 82 mm overall
A pair of dark smoky Quartz crystals to 53 x 25 mm are perched on blocky blue-green Amazonite to 35 x 27 mm with sharp, white stripes. Hematite pseudomorphs are perched on the Quartz points. From Joe Dorris' claim.
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