Pinnacle 5 Minerals | Amazonite and Smoky Quartz

Here is a quick clip of a manebach twin amazonite matrix specimen with smoky quartz. This came from a tiny bubble barely large enough for this specimen to crystallize within the space. This illustrates why examining any change in rock and going carefully is important. True there are many false stops, but this stop appears worth it. Also, many times work is more rapid because it lacks pegmatites. #glacierpeakmining #pinnacle5minerals #pegmatite #manebachtwin #amazonite

A great day at the Smoky Hawk with John Rakovan and Steve Maslansky who are working on the Smoky Hawk article. This is a decomposed pocket holding single amazonite and smoky quartz crystals. It’s broken up and filled with mud due to its near proximity to the surface. Still some great crystals. #pinnacle5minerals #glacierpeakmining #pegmatite #smokyquartz #amazonite

This is an example of our reclamation on the Two Point claim. Our goal is to return the land as soon as possible to wildlife habitat standard. #glacierpeakmining #reclamation

Hard work on the Sky Hawk. Fire ban includes any blasting so had a friend bring his splitter. We still get to drill the holes. Fred did a stellar job. Still have big rocks to clear but one step closer. #glacierpeakmining #pegmatite #drilling

Here are a couple clips from discovery of another small pocket of amazonite and smoky quartz from the Sky Hawk. Enjoy the discovery. #pinnacle5minerals #glacierpeakmining #pegmatite #smokyquartz #amazonite

We had the pleasure of hosting the Spanns and family a few days ago. You saw the pegmatite we opened. It was Gail’s turn to “pluck” and she pulled an incredible combo. Only a couple came out. These pockets have been small and in dense rock as you have seen in our posts, but the color is incredible. As always, the best part is sharing the adventure with friends and meeting new ones. Names not given but a graduate student and father had visited the day before and found great examples of RRE minerals (including a great zircon). They dropped by to say farewell. Just a great day. #glacierpeakmining #pegmatite #rareearthminerals #amazonite

Unexpectedly the narrow pegmatite we were following enlarged to a thick pegmatite with some blocky amazonite. At this point I found a very small opening but good sign. #pinnacle5minerals #glacierpeakmining

Something different tonight. My grandson Boone at the Pikes Peak or Bust rodeo, Mutton Bustin’. Who’d a thought 56 years ago when I was a cadet at military night that I’d have one of my grandsons in a Pikes Peak or Bust rodeo on military night. Way to go Boone. (He also likes rocks, so all is well.) #prospectorjoe

You saw these the other day. They are not final cleaned, of course, but here they are washed with transmitted light. I say the amethyst quartz var. onegite are the best I’ve found. We hope to find some more but won’t be back in that zone for a while. #pinnacle5minerals #pegmatite #amethystonegite #fluorite #skyhawkclaim

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