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Crusty
post Mar 21 2014, 11:35 AM
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QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Mar 21 2014, 08:32 AM) *
Here is a 20x20 mm Amazonite heart I made for Woody's stepdaughter for her birthday a few years back. Dan set it for a pendant and gave it to her at the crystal dig.


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post May 2 2014, 06:46 AM
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happy.gif Thanks Crusty! Here is a pair of diamond shaped Amazonite earrings Dan made. He set them in sterling silver with rose accents at the top. This pair was added to the Miners Market.


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post May 5 2014, 02:53 PM
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QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ May 2 2014, 07:46 AM) *
happy.gif Thanks Crusty! Here is a pair of diamond shaped Amazonite earrings Dan made. He set them in sterling silver with rose accents at the top. This pair was added to the Miners Market.


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Very nice! If the misses wore dangly bits I'd pick them up for her, but those are a bit big for anything she'd wear.


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post Mar 11 2015, 07:19 PM
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Here is a few of our Amazonite finds from last season. Finally took some pictures.

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post Mar 11 2015, 09:29 PM
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Very beautiful! Cant wait to explore with you guys!
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post Mar 11 2015, 10:58 PM
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Fancy... oh, I'm not allowed to swear, hopefully you get where I was going... That's nice, wish I could find some...


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post Jun 25 2015, 05:56 PM
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Adding my own Amazonite pics to the mix.
The first two pics show a crystal that is maybe a "Manebach twin".
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A sharp crystal. (not sure of the twin form)

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3 crystals that I am pretty sure are "UN-TWINNED" (rare for the Feldspar mineral family)
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The single, un-twinned crystal from above has another rarity for feldspar(amazonite), it has some pretty good translucency (light can pass through the crystal). Here it is with 2 different headlamps.

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This is 4 crystals (2 sets of "Carlsbad" twin crystals)

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A Large well formed "Carlsbad twin" crystal. It broke off from an even taller amazonite crystal (unable to find the base).

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Here is the same crystal next to another Microcline feldspar "Carlsbad twin". In this pic you can see how the crystals twin, to form a psudo-hexagonal crystal.

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Last but not least a Smokey quartz / amazonite combo!

The large smokey has a 2nd overgrowth over the termination(tip), making it a "scepter" crystal. The smokey also has tiny inclusions of goethite. And on it's back it has a crystal of amazonite that had the termination broken off.

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post Jun 26 2015, 04:03 PM
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I don't remember seeing that last combo. Very cool brother! thumbsupsmileyanim.gif


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post Jul 4 2015, 08:16 AM
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Cool finds Dave and Mike, thanks for posting them up! You both found some really nice pieces. thumbsupsmileyanim.gif


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post Jul 29 2015, 09:09 PM
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I met up with some friends to prospect a new area on Monday. I only dug for one day, but I found some pale Amazonite and 1 nice smokey.


This crystal was broken before I got to it.
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I found the piece with the most color in it.

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This large crystal took on a bit of green color in the corner also showing an inclusion of the mineral that may be responsible for bringing the green/blue color.

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Nice finds Mike!


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post Jul 31 2015, 10:13 AM
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Wowza!
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Here are my surface finds from hunting ground in 2015, they just finished in sio. Not great specimens but nice color.
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post Mar 17 2016, 08:27 AM
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smiley-clapping.gif Those cleaned up nicely and look great!


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