Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz), Albite, Orthoclase, Albite (Var: Cleavelandite)
BBC Mine, El Dorado County, California, USA
Smoky quartz nestled in a bed of Albite (blue), Microcline, Muscovite, and tourmaline. The blue albite is found only in pegmatite pockets containing black tourmaline, the association is still unknown.
This specimen was collected at an undisclosed, privately held locality within El Dorado County, CA. This location is not open to public ...