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actually I said: "Also the far left stone is Amazonite, a stone found in Colorado since 1876" key word in the phrase is since, I haven't a clue when, I just remember some 20 years ago a new Colorado discovery yielded a few tons of super quality Amazonite and I also remember the stones all had a mottled appearance blue with white, they are a Feldspar, so no quartz but similar..........the Teardrop Gem Silica is from the Inspiration area of Arizona, the inclusions are Malachite and if you look at the stone in the proper light the Malachite could even be chatoyant!!!
See the attached picture, until just recently all the chatoyant Malachite was found in Arizona.....
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