Quartz (var: Smoky) (doubly terminated)This is a good quality, gemmy, doubly terminated Smoky Quartz crystal from one of the most storied and well known districts in Colorado. The pegmatites near the Lake George area of Colorado have produced what most collectors and dealers consider to be the finest Amazonite specimens from the standpoint of superb color, top quality, wonderful display specimens and excellent associations. This particular specimen does not have any Amazonite, but it is a

very lustrous

showing the same tooth-like habit

medium blue-green colored prismatic Amazonite crystals are intergrown to create this nice thumbnail specimen

This piece features a sharp

Unlike some of the other major mines of the San Juan Triangle (e

Brookite crystals measuring up to 1

This mine is best known for its attractive Manganoan Calcite specimens

Specimen # BOL711B256

which is a type of pseudomorphism whereby preexisting crystals of Anhydrite were coated and later dissolved by the more stable Prehnite

This piece is from a find in July of 2007 at the type locality for the species which was originally discovered along the Contacto and San Jose veins in this mine and first described by Sam Gordon and Mark Bandy

Specimen # PAKAFG61331

A pair of sharp