Quartz with Epidote

Quartz with EpidoteFrom the famous replacement ore body in the Camp Bird Mine, we have seen some of the most interesting, crystallized specimens from anywhere in the San Juans. This particular piece features dozens of bright, WATER clear, rather lustrous, colorless hexagonal prisms of Quartz included with rarely seen beautiful pistachio green Epidote needles. Top quality Quartz crystals, and certainly hard to find on the market these days. No real damage to speak of on

This piece was collected in 1977 out of a very small pocket that only produced a limited amount of good Apatite specimens

The Rhodochrosite from this mine ranges in its chemistry from the far manganese end to an iron / manganese mix

but my favorite aspect of them is the repeating "fan"-like pattern created by the internal black "phantoms"

Specimen# CO712B45

This piece features a rare

A very attractive display specimen from this classic locality

as virtually every Ferberite twin from Tasna has some kind of damage

Specimen # BOL711B116

The famous Camp Bird Mine

let alone attractive contrasting white Quartz like this one

It is associated with a few smaller (but not small by any means) Augelites of similar quality

golden metallic Pyrite