SOLD Microcline - Amazonite crystal
stock #SOLD 23.1-643
Lake George area, Teller County
Colorado,
United States
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.3 CM (miniature)
price: $0
Pre Tucson
A sharp textbook-form crystal with deep color. Ex Les Hitchings collection, his label notes this was found by Frank Kraus in October of 1982. The color is quite a bit more deep and vivid than is typical. A nice US classic single crystal that is well-terminated and has an incomplete lower termination which is quite uncommon.
Amazonite (Microcline)
stock #15.1-615
Bear Creek Canyon, Colorado Springs area
Colorado,
United States
4.3 x 3.2 x 3.1 CM (miniature)
price: $180
New Year 22
A nice, colorful Amazonite crystal collected by the late Dr. Warren Johansson in 1945 just prior to his induction in the US Army. He had treated himself to a solo mineral collecting tour of the US Western regions while awaiting being shipped out overseas. He wrote a nice memoir about that adventure some 65 years later. The color is a little richer than most seen from this locality, the condition is quite good, there are several clean contacts but there is no damage or bruising. A classic US specie from Colorado, with some extra provenance.