Pinnacle 5 Minerals | Amazonite and Smoky Quartz

We are working a really hard pegmatite in solid granite (very little decomposition). It has produced a couple of small bubbles but has rich teal blue-green color. We may not be able to follow much farther. We are going to keep trying because of this top color. Even a small group is special. #pinnacle5minerals #pegmatite #glacierpeakmining #amazonite #smokyquartz

Here are three clips of a small pocket off the Sky Hawk. Yes it does have amazonite. This is just the way they are found #pinnacle5minerals #pegmatite #glacierpeakmining #smokyquartz #amazonite

We did find a couple of promising groups in the small pocket we found on the Sky Hawk. Good color too. The amazonite is the first one we found. #pinnacle5minerals #pegmatite #glacier peak mining #amazonite

Found a small pocket on the Sky Hawk. What is most interesting is the zircon mass in the quartz. Usually minerals like zircon and columbite are indicators for amazonite #zircon #pinnacle5minerals #glacierpeakmining #pegmatite #coloradominerals

A nice fluorite that Tim found today. Moved a lot of dirt. We are getting close, we think, to some pegmatites. #glacierpeakmining #pinnacle5minerals #fluorite

Here is a repost from Krystle. You will see a nice take of the Smoky Hawk Queen. Most specimens are on loan to the Perot and periodically rotated. It is a wonderful museum #pinnacle5minerals #perotmuseum

A beautiful goethite. It’s from a small pegmatite that never opens but did produce a few of these. Spent entire day pepping the site and then barely opening it. #pinnacle5minerals #pegmatite #goethite

Otis is protecting a quartz core pegmatite. Next clip shows Linda pulling out a big quartz. I thought the tip was missing. It is not. It has strange multiple terminations. #glacierpeakmining #pinnacle5minerals #smokyquartz #pegmatite

Getting underway. Had issues with equipment. Tim spent half a day chasing parts and still didn’t get everything by 8 tonight. Just pulling dirt back to finish Holy Smokes pocket. You can see that vertical dike and get a better perspective of size. #glacierpeakmining #pinnacle5minerals #pegmatite #smokyquartz #coloradominerals

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