Amazonite comes in different colors of blue-green. Some light blue, others very green. The amazonite I found this past week although somewhat small is near the optimal color of blue/green.
We went up to Lake George again, famous for its smoky quartz and amazonite. After doing some initial prospecting I came across some amazonite on the surface kicked up by a fallen tree. As I searched for the originating pegmatite I kept running into amazonite float. While the amazonite was dinged up some, the color is spectacular for amazonite.
The pictures that follow show me working the amazonite dig. Eventually I did find the source of the amazonite and am probably going to work that area a few more days. There were some smoky quartz crystals with the amazonite, but they were of very poor quality.
The pictures that follow show me working the amazonite dig. Eventually I did find the source of the amazonite and am probably going to work that area a few more days. There were some smoky quartz crystals with the amazonite, but they were of very poor quality.
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| After finding quartz float I begin to aggressively prospect |
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| I've excavated a trench following amazonite float and am working uphill. |
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| First nice size amazonite on the edge of the pegmatite |
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| Some sidewall amazonite.... no pocket yet. |
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| Cleaning the float amazonite |
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