Microcline

Amazonite with smoky quartz

Origin: Take 5 Claim, Teller Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.0 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm (top/2nd row), 6.8 x 5.8 x 2.5 cm (bottom)

Amazonite (with white cap)

Origin: Pikes Peak Pluton Area, Park Co, Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 9 x 6 x 6 cm (top/2nd row), 3.3 x 3 x 2 cm (bottom)

Origin: Papchacra, Catamarca Prov., Argentina

Sample size: 10.8 x 9.0 x 4.3 cm

Baveno twin microcline with aquamarine and schorl

Origin: Haramosh, Gilgit, Pakistan

Sample size: 12.3 x 9.7 x 7.4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Origin: Crystal Peak area, Colorado, U.S.A.

Ex. Don Belsher collection

Sample size: 30 x 15 x 16 mm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

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