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Superb amazonite and smoky specimen found by Bryan Lees, Collector's Edge, summer 1997. Original photo by Bernie Kowalski. |
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Amazonite from our digs at Crystal Peak, with amethyst. Spomer Collection. |
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Typical digs at the Blue Heaven claim, Crystal Peak, showing from where the above crystal was removed. |
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More nice dark amazonites from there, some with side stripes. |
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This light colored multiple crystal came from the same digs. |
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Don Belsher extracting amazonites from a pocket at Crystal Park, 1996. |
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A couple of the bright blue ones found that day. |
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View to the NW from Devil's Head Mt. Campbell Mt. is in the distance. |
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A cute smoky and amazonite cluster I found at Harris Park in 1996. |
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"Señor Smoke", A huge smoky quartz crystal found at Harris Park (Black and Blue Claim). Collected by Ken Gochenour. Spomer collection. |
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Attractive "whitecap" smoky quartz xl from Crystal Peak. Found by Carl Holzer. Spomer collection. |
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Some great specimens from Crystal Peak on display at the Colo. Springs gem show. |
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More great displays from the show. |
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An outstanding cluster on display at Colo. Springs. Everyone wants one of these, but few find them. |
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An interesting complex growth in medium color found at our claim, '98. |
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One of the larger, darker singles found at the white cap smoky dig, 1998. Approx. 2.5" long. |
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A nice striped cluster from the Blue Heaven, '98. |
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One of the nicest dark groups with clevelandite, Blue Heaven Claim. |
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My best crystal dug from Carl Holzer's big find in Douglas Co. Crystal is about 4" long. |
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A nice twin crystal from the same find above. Approx. 2". |
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The best octahedral fluorite cluster from the Blue Heaven, approx. 4". I found this on a dump the week after we dug there! It had obviously come out all covered with clay and washed off in the rain! |
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Some of the bizarre cubo-octahedral fluorites I have found at the Blue Heaven. |
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Another of the cubo-octahedral fluorites. |
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Typical smoky from the Blue Heaven. 2+ inches. |
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Amazonite on smoky quartz, approx. 2". Found on the RAMS gem and
mineral club claim during an exhange field trip. |
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A topaz crystal emplanted on a pale smoky quartz xl. Tarryall Mts., Park
Co., CO. Topaz xls are usually found detached or "loose" in the
pockets. |
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Colorado light blue topaz, Tarryall Range, Colorado. Over 1" across. |
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Fine zoned champagne topaz, Wigwam "Devil's Spire" claim. Collected by Bruce Kinney. |
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A really strange intergrowth of amazonite and clevelandite, Harris Park. Self-collected. |
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Base camp at Harris Park. Ken Gochenour (l.) and Carl Holzer discuss strategy for the day. |
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A group of collectors at the Black and Blue, summer 1996. |
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Looking into a huge pocket of crystals at the Black and Blue. |
| Proud miner Ken posing by the big pocket before extraction begins. |
