Smoky Quartz, Albite, Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Size: 8.9x7.1x6.6 cm
Species: Smoky Quartz, Albite
Locality: Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Description: A very nice lustrous dark smoky quartz on contrasting white albite. The specimen is very high quality compared to many pieces I have seen from this locality. There is some minor chipping on the edges but there is a good reason these specimens are not commonly seen for sale. Mt. Antero may be the highest elevation mineral-collecting locality in the contiguous 48 states, at over 13,000 feet (over 3,962m). It is generally accessible only in late summer and then is difficult due to summer storms and low oxygen levels in the air. It is located within the San Isabel National Forest, about 15 miles northwest of Salida, in a chain of 14,000-foot (4,267m) peaks in the Collegiate Range. Mineral specimens have been collected at Mt. Antero from pegmatites and miarolitic cavities in granite since 1885. (Jacobson, 1979).
ID: 26377
Size: 8.9x7.1x6.6 cm
Species: Smoky Quartz, Albite
Locality: Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Description: A very nice lustrous dark smoky quartz on contrasting white albite. The specimen is very high quality compared to many pieces I have seen from this locality. There is some minor chipping on the edges but there is a good reason these specimens are not commonly seen for sale. Mt. Antero may be the highest elevation mineral-collecting locality in the contiguous 48 states, at over 13,000 feet (over 3,962m). It is generally accessible only in late summer and then is difficult due to summer storms and low oxygen levels in the air. It is located within the San Isabel National Forest, about 15 miles northwest of Salida, in a chain of 14,000-foot (4,267m) peaks in the Collegiate Range. Mineral specimens have been collected at Mt. Antero from pegmatites and miarolitic cavities in granite since 1885. (Jacobson, 1979).
ID: 26377
Size: 8.9x7.1x6.6 cm
Species: Smoky Quartz, Albite
Locality: Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Description: A very nice lustrous dark smoky quartz on contrasting white albite. The specimen is very high quality compared to many pieces I have seen from this locality. There is some minor chipping on the edges but there is a good reason these specimens are not commonly seen for sale. Mt. Antero may be the highest elevation mineral-collecting locality in the contiguous 48 states, at over 13,000 feet (over 3,962m). It is generally accessible only in late summer and then is difficult due to summer storms and low oxygen levels in the air. It is located within the San Isabel National Forest, about 15 miles northwest of Salida, in a chain of 14,000-foot (4,267m) peaks in the Collegiate Range. Mineral specimens have been collected at Mt. Antero from pegmatites and miarolitic cavities in granite since 1885. (Jacobson, 1979).
ID: 26377
