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These specimens are from Teller County, Colorado. Most are self-collected, either from the Sleeping Princess property or from other nearby localities. This area is well known for producing high quality smoky quartz, which is found in pegmatites within the Pikes Peak Batholith.
ID# 273-19
Smoky quartz and microcline
Maximum dimension approximately 2.4” (61 mm)
Teller County, Colorado $20
ID# RB1-190
Smoky quartz, clevelandite, and specular hematite.
Maximum dimension approximately 2.0” (51 mm)
Teller County, Colorado $20
ID# SP3-488
Smoky quartz, microcline, and specular hematite. A very nice small specimen!
Maximum dimension approximately 1.0” (25 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $40
ID# SP2-359
Smoky quartz, microcline, albite, and specular hematite
Maximum dimension approximately 1.5” (38 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $30
ID# RB1-173
Smoky quartz, clevelandite, amazonite, and specular hematite.
Max. dimension approximately
1.6” (41 mm)
Teller County, Colorado $35
ID# SP3-535
Smoky quartz, microcline, and hematite pseudomorph
Max. dimension approximately
1.4” (36 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $30
ID# SP2-333
Smoky quartz and hematite pseudomorph
Max. dimension approximately
1.8” (46 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $35
ID# SP2-363
Microcline, smoky quartz, albite, and hematite pseudomorph on matrix. One microcline crystal exhibits a Manebach twin.
Max. dimension approximately 1.7” (43 mm).
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $35
ID# SP2-724
Microcline, smoky quartz, albite, hematite pseudomorphs, and specular hematite on matrix. Three microcline crystals exhibit Manebach twins. The specimen is dome-shaped, with the entire dome covered with crystals (difficult to show with photos).
Max. dimension approximately 4.0” (102 mm).
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $150
ID# SP2-723
Microcline, smoky quartz, albite, and specular hematite on matrix. Two microcline crystals exhibit Manebach twins. One photo shows specimen as it came out of the pocket, before cleaning.
Max. dimension approximately 4.8” (122 mm).
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $125
ID# SP3-548
Fluorite, smoky quartz, and hematite pseudomorph.
Max. dimension approximately
1.2” (30 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $150
ID# SP2-142
Smoky quartz, microcline, hematite pseudomorph, and limonite pseudomorph on matrix.
Max. dimension approximately
1.2” (30 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $20
ID# SP2-276
Smoky quartz, microcline, and hematite pseudomorph
Max. dimension approximately
0.8” (20 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $30
ID# SP2-761
Smoky quartz, hematite pseudomorph, microcline, and albite on matrix
Max. dimension approximately
1.6” (41 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $30
ID# SP2-277
Smoky quartz and hematite (and limonite) pseudomorph
Max. dimension approximately
1.6” (41 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $40
ID# SP2-587
Nice hematite rhomb perched on smoky quartz
Max. dimension approximately
1.5” (38 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $40
ID# SP2-275
Hematite pseudomorph, smoky quartz, microcline, and albite
Max. dimension approximately
1.8” (46 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $60
ID# SP3-529
Smoky quartz, microcline (Manebach twin), hematite pseudomorph, and specular hematite.
Max. dimension approximately
1.6” (41 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $35
ID# SP2-244
Smoky quartz, microcline, and specular hematite - Thumbnail size specimen
Max. dimension approximately
0.8” (20 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $12
ID# SP2-291
Smoky quartz
Max. dimension approximately
1.4” (36 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $12
ID# SP1-175
Smoky quartz with clevelandite and minor amazonite. The smoky has a single termination at one end and multiple small terminations at the other end. Nice splays of clevelandite.
Max. dimension approximately
1.9” (48 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $15
ID# SP1-370
Smoky quartz with clevelandite and specular hematite
Max. dimension approximately
1.2” (30 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $5
ID# SP2-92
Smoky quartz crystal. Some damage on one face
Max. dimension approximately
2.0” (51 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $12
ID# SP2-189
Smoky quartz point. Some faces are very glassy and others have a matte appearance.
Max. dimension approximately
1.5” (38 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $6
ID# SP1-44
Smoky quartz with clevelandite and amazonite
Max. dimension approximately
1.4” (36 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $5
ID# SP2-351
Tabular smoky quartz with specular hematite. Very interesting growth patterns. Double Terminated
Max. dimension approximately
1.9” (48 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $6
ID# SP2-546
Long, tabular smoky quartz crystal. It appears that this was a quartz shard that recrystallized in the pocket. Very interesting.
Max. dimension approximately
3.4” (86 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $6
ID# SP2-99
Smoky quartz crystal. This is a crystal fragment that re-healed (creating very interesting faces) after the original pocket collapsed.
Max. dimension approximately
2.4” (61 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $8
ID# SP2-105
Smoky quartz
Max. dimension approximately
2.3” (58 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $6
ID# SP2-199
Smoky quartz crystal with damage at the tip
Max. dimension approximately
2.3” (58 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $4
ID# 184-9
Sandwich of smoky crystals with interesting growth pattens on the back side, probably due to secondary growth after the original crystal was broken in the pocket.
Max. dimension approximately
4.1” (104 mm)
Teller County, Colorado $10
ID# 275-6
Large smoky quartz crystal with interesting growth pattens on the back side, probably due to secondary growth after the original crystal was broken in the pocket.
Max. dimension approximately
4.2” (107 mm)
Teller County, Colorado $8
ID# 400-12
Smoky quartz crystals with minor amazonite. One main crystal and two smaller crystals. The specimen has been repaired (crack visible in photo).
Max. dimension approximately
3.2” (81 mm)
Teller County, Colorado $20
ID# 38-5
Large smoky quartz crystal with smaller smokies. The termination was broken in the pocket, then “healed” with multiple terminations of secondary growth.
Max. dimension approximately
5.0” (127 mm)
Teller County, Colorado $25
ID# 275-7
Large smoky quartz crystal. The base is light smoky and the termination is much darker. One side of the crystal is incompletely formed due to pocket interference.
Max. dimension approximately
5.0” (127 mm)
Teller County, Colorado $10
ID# SP3-410
Smoky quartz, microcline, albite, and specular hematite
Max. dimension approximately
1.5” (38 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $40
ID# 174-4
Smoky quartz crystal cluster with secondary translucent quartz growth on some faces.
Max. dimension approximately
3.5” (89 mm)
Teller County, Colorado $35
ID# 174-3
Smoky quartz crystal cluster with secondary translucent quartz growth on some faces. Some minor damage to the tip of one termination.
Max. dimension approximately
3.3” (84 mm)
Teller County, Colorado $50
ID# SP2-136
Smoky quartz and microcline on matrix
Max. dimension approximately
1.5” (38 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $18
ID# SP2-368
Smoky quartz, microcline, and specular hematite on matrix. One of the smoky tips is damaged.
Max. dimension approximately
1.4” (36 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $30
ID# SP2-603
Smoky quartz, microcline, and albite.
Max. dimension approximately
1.9” (48 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $20
ID# SP2-256
Smoky quartz and microcline on matrix
Max. dimension approximately
1.3” (33 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $15
ID# SP3-91
Smoky quartz, microcline, and specular hematite on matrix - Thumbnail size specimen
Max. dimension approximately
0.7” (18 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $15
ID# SP3-250
Smoky quartz and microcline - Thumbnail size specimen
Max. dimension approximately
0.9” (23 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $10
ID# SP3-356
Smoky quartz and microcline - Thumbnail size specimen
Max. dimension approximately
0.8” (20 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $10
ID# SP2-132
Smoky quartz and microcline on matrix
Max. dimension approximately
2.2” (56 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $8
ID# SP2-760
Smoky quartz, microcline, and mica on matrix
Max. dimension approximately
0.7” (18 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $8
ID# SP2-663
Smoky quartz, microcline, and specular hematite on matrix. There is also a small hematite pseudomorph on the bottom of the specimen.
Max. dimension approximately
1.2” (30 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $18
ID# SP2-140
Smoky quartz, microcline, and albite
Max. dimension approximately
2.0” (51 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $10
ID# SP3-521
Smoky quartz and microcline
Max. dimension approximately
1.2” (30 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $18
ID# 36-2
Smoky quartz, albite, and microcline on matrix
Max. dimension approximately
3.2” (81 mm)
Teller County, Colorado $6
ID# SP2-250
Smoky quartz and microcline - Thumbnail size specimen
Max. dimension approximately
0.8” (20 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $6
ID# SP2-311
Smoky quartz, microcline (one crystal exhibits a Manebach twin), and albite on matrix
Max. dimension approximately
2.0” (51 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $8
ID# SP2-270
Smoky quartz on matrix
Max. dimension approximately
2.3” (58 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $5
ID# SP2-759
Smoky quartz and microcline on matrix
Max. dimension approximately
1.9” (48 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $5
ID# SP3-725
Smoky quartz, microcline, and specular hematite - Thumbnail size specimen
Max. dimension approximately
1.0” (25 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $15
ID# SP3-55
Smoky quartz and microcline - Thumbnail size specimen
Max. dimension approximately
0.7” (18 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $8
ID# SP3-88
Smoky quartz, microcline, and albite - Thumbnail size specimen
Max. dimension approximately
1.0” (25 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $15
ID# SP3-545
Smoky quartz and microcline on matrix
Max. dimension approximately
1.5” (38 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $12
ID# SP2-767
Smoky quartz, microcline, and specular hematite on matrix.
Max. dimension approximately 5.5” (140 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $40
ID# SP3-742
Smoky quartz, hematite pseudomorph, and microcline on matrix. The large smoky crystals were broken during pocket collapse and have partially “healed”.
Max. dimension approximately 3.3” (84 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $75
ID# SP1-719
Smoky quartz, microcline, and specular hematite on matrix.
Max. dimension approximately 4.3” (109 mm)
Sleeping Princess Property, Teller County, Colorado $30