A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Amazonite (microcline) |
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| Description | Amazonite is a term used to describe green to blue microcline that is sometimes used as a gemstone. More typically, microcline (a K-feldspar) is white to tan in color. In this photo, the “pseudo-hexagonal” nature of the feldspar crystals can be seen. This specimen is 7 cm across. It comes from a well-known collecting site at the Rocket Mining Claim, near Pikes Peak, Colorado. |
| Location | USA ▹ Colorado. Near Colorado Springs. Rocket Mining Claim. |
| Photographer | Neil Kadrmas. 2001-04-26. |
| Collection | Dexter Perkins Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | amazonite, K-feldspar |
| Tech details | 398 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 439 |
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