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Lucky Monday pocket, Smoky Hawk claim, Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado, USAi
Regional Level Types
Lucky Monday pocketPocket
Smoky Hawk claimClaim
Crystal PeakPeak
Teller CountyCounty
ColoradoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° North , 105° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~3km
Type:
Deposit first discovered:
2011
Mindat Locality ID:
445352
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:445352:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A large pocket of smoky quartz and amazonite discovered on Monday 13 June 2011.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


6 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Albite var. Cleavelandite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Calcite ?
Formula: CaCO3
'Feldspar Group'
Genthelvite
Formula: Be3Zn4(SiO4)3S
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Microcline var. Amazonite
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
'Rhombohedral Carbonate'
Formula: (Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite ?5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Microcline
var. Amazonite
9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
var. Cleavelandite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Genthelvite9.FB.10Be3Zn4(SiO4)3S
Unclassified
'Feldspar Group'-
'Rhombohedral Carbonate'-(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
BeBeryllium
Be GenthelviteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
OOxygen
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O Microcline var. AmazoniteK(AlSi3O8)
O CalciteCaCO3
O GenthelviteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
O QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
O Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
O Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
MgMagnesium
Mg Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al Microcline var. AmazoniteK(AlSi3O8)
Al MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Al Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
SiSilicon
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Microcline var. AmazoniteK(AlSi3O8)
Si GenthelviteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S
Si MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Si Albite var. CleavelanditeNa(AlSi3O8)
SSulfur
S GenthelviteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S
KPotassium
K Microcline var. AmazoniteK(AlSi3O8)
K MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
MnManganese
Mn Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
FeIron
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
ZnZinc
Zn GenthelviteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S

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