Description: Pegmatite Ben Loyal, Sutherland, Scotland 30cm across Higher up the very steep ground near the top of the spur I was climbing, I came across a section of pegmatite I had seen before, seventeen years ago. This chunk of quartz with microcline var. amazonite was lying on the surface. I had a little dig in what was obviously a swelling in an otherwise narrow pegmatite vein, but did not find much worth collecting. Most of the microcline was pink.

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