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Crystal Peak (Lake George), CO

Mineral locality Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: amazonite, phenakite, goethite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: miarolitic pegmatites in the Pikes Peak granite batholith

One of the world's premier amazonite/smoky quartz localities, extensively documented on mindat and in Colorado guides.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Remote roadsLoose dig pits, afternoon lightning

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