Provenite

Crystal Peak (Teller County)

Natural outcropDraft data

38.9958° N, 105.2892° W · ± 10 km

Microcline from Colorado, United States, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Microcline

On the same specimen

Same specimen Quartz with Microcline

1 specimen photo(s) from this locality show microcline with quartz together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Microcline at Crystal Peak (Teller County)

Deep blue-green amazonite crystal from the Take 5 claim, Crystal Peak area.
Deep blue-green amazonite crystal from the Take 5 claim, Crystal Peak area.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Plate of robin's-egg blue amazonite with smoky quartz, Take 5 claim.
Plate of robin's-egg blue amazonite with smoky quartz, Take 5 claim.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Tan microcline cluster with a large Manebach twin, Dreamtime claim.
Tan microcline cluster with a large Manebach twin, Dreamtime claim.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Turquoise blue-green amazonite cluster from the Rocket claim.
Turquoise blue-green amazonite cluster from the Rocket claim.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Two intergrown robin's-egg blue amazonite crystals, Crystal Peak area.
Two intergrown robin's-egg blue amazonite crystals, Crystal Peak area.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
KAlSi₃O₈
Morphology
Sharp prismatic crystals and plates of crystals, some Manebach twins
Typical size
Crystals to about 8 cm
Color / luster
Amazonite: robin's-egg blue to deep blue-green; also tan to grey-green microcline
Associated minerals
Smoky quartz
Twins
Manebach twins
Availability
Unknown
History
Rocket claim cluster found in 1994 by the claim owner; new finds reported from the Dreamtime claim

Sources: SRC-560 SRC-576

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Collecting district in the roughly 1,100 square-mile Pikes Peak Batholith, Teller County, with about 200 unpatented claims.
Host rock
Pikes Peak granite
Region
Colorado
Country
United States

Coordinates of the Crystal Peak summit (GeoNames). Photos come from several amazonite claims of the Crystal Peak area (Take 5, Dreamtime, Rocket) whose own positions were not found.

Sources: SRC-567

Sources

  1. SRC-567 · Database
    GeoNames search: Crystal Peak, ColoradoGeoNames · GeoNames
  2. SRC-560 · Book
    Handbook of Mineralogy - MicroclineAnthony, J.W.; Bideaux, R.A.; Bladh, K.W.; Nichols, M.C. · 2001 · Mineral Data Publishing / Mineralogical Society of America
  3. SRC-576 · Website
    File:Microcline-20436.jpgRobert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.