MINERAL OF THE QUARTER By Ronald L. Parker Senior Geologist, Senior Geologist, Borehole Image Specialists, 5650 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Suite 103, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 | ron@bhigeo.com
AMAZONITE The Blue Flash of the Rockies
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BELOW: Large group of intense, robin’s egg blue amazonite euhedra with elongate, slightly tapered, jet-black smoky quartz crystals. Smoky Hawk claim, Crystal Peak area, Teller Co., Colorado, USA. Used with permission from Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc. collectorsedge.com
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