Quartz (GEM doubly terminated “floater”)This piece was collected by Patrick and Carl Auclair in the 1990s. It is a superb quality, razor sharp, rather lustrous, doubly terminated, GEM quality WATER CLEAR floater crystal of colorless Quartz from an area that RARELY produces Quartz of this quality. Quartz of this quality is not usually seen from any locality in Colorado. Its much more reminiscent of Alpine Quartz from the standpoint of luster and gemminess. For reference, the piece simply

because it’s so different from what I’m used to seeing from this area

brownish color spherical aggregates (comprised of dozens of triangular bladed crystals) of Childrenite sitting on contrasting

alters to a secondary mineral in an oxidized zone of said metal

crystallized specimens from anywhere in the San Juans

that’s right

There's even an interesting orange zoned fluorescence under SW UV light

A decent thumbnail sized specimen of Amazonite with a handful of fairly sharp

This piece may have been mined in the 1960s or 1970s

A classic association specimen from one of the most well-known mines in Bolivia

The piece comes from my father’s collection

1 cm are aesthetically set atop the underlying host rock matrix

9 cm aesthetically flaring off the underlying matrix