Microcline (var: Amazonite)

Microcline (var: Amazonite)A beautiful full sized thumbnail specimen featuring a fantastic, complete, well formed, rich blue green colored prismatic Amazonite crystal beautifully flaring off of cream colored Feldspar matrix. There are a couple smaller "sidecar" crystals of Amazonite on the reverse side of the piece. No damage, except for the bottom edge where the piece was removed from the pocket wall. From the collection of Willard Wulff (specimen #371). Willard (1904 1998) of

Wulff was one of the founding members of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society in 1936

The close up photos on this piece reveal some of the most detailed and beautiful insects due to a few crystal clear areas for viewing

A lovely piece of gemmy golden Copal featuring approximately 50 insect inclusions

crystal size

The beetles look like they're marching almost like ants

Specimen # AMAZWH111920

a quality that is rarely seen in such large pieces of this material

the Italian specimens have set the standard for the Alpine material

Hand sized Demantoid specimens from Sferlun are certainly uncommon

Lovely bright blue-green crystals of Amazonite with sharp faces and fine luster free of matrix

This dramatically eye-catching and aesthetic specimen hosts hundreds of rich olive-green colored clusters of sharp

but the back and base are contacted where the piece separated from the pocket wall