Pinnacle 5 Minerals | Amazonite and Smoky Quartz

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

Here are some clips and photos from a smoky quartz and goethite pocket from the Sky Hawk. There were some great goethite pseudomorphs and quarts var. onegite “flowers,” some of best found. There was also a superb fluorite. We will be giving these a wash soon. This was a pocket a bit smaller than average, about 10” x 12” x 6”. #pinnacle5minerals #pegmatite #onegite #goethite #fluorite

Remember the small pocket? Very hard rock, but this is last piece of matrix coming out and some shots of other pieces of amazonite and smoky quartz. These pockets have not exceeded 6” but each has produced a nice combination specimen. No new pockets today but we are still on the same pegmatite and have good indicators going. Incredible color. #pinnacle5minerals #pegmatite #glacierpeakmining #smokyquartz #amazonite

A selection of photos from today at the Sky Hawk. We hit five small pockets all on the same pegmatite structure. They all had incredible color, and we even three small amazonite with smoky quartz combination specimens. To top it off my 2006 Suburban hit 300000 miles. Original engine. #pinnacle5minerals #pegmatite #smokyquartz #amazonite #skyhawkclaim

A couple of clips showing a small pocket on the Sky Hawk. The amazonite has spectacular color. The translucent area is a quarter inch thick near facet quality. #pinnacle5minerals #pegmatite #glacierpeakmining #amazonite #pocket

A very small pocket but has great promise. Tim and I decide to super glue it. I’ll show how it comes out soon. We are celebrating 4th of July now. Cheers. #pinnacle5minerals

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