Pikes Peak Historical Society | Preserving the history of ... · site for smoky quartz and...

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Page 1: Pikes Peak Historical Society | Preserving the history of ... · site for smoky quartz and amazonite was near Crystal Peak, called "Cheops Pyramid" by the old-timers due to its shape.
Page 2: Pikes Peak Historical Society | Preserving the history of ... · site for smoky quartz and amazonite was near Crystal Peak, called "Cheops Pyramid" by the old-timers due to its shape.
Page 3: Pikes Peak Historical Society | Preserving the history of ... · site for smoky quartz and amazonite was near Crystal Peak, called "Cheops Pyramid" by the old-timers due to its shape.
Page 4: Pikes Peak Historical Society | Preserving the history of ... · site for smoky quartz and amazonite was near Crystal Peak, called "Cheops Pyramid" by the old-timers due to its shape.
Page 5: Pikes Peak Historical Society | Preserving the history of ... · site for smoky quartz and amazonite was near Crystal Peak, called "Cheops Pyramid" by the old-timers due to its shape.
Page 6: Pikes Peak Historical Society | Preserving the history of ... · site for smoky quartz and amazonite was near Crystal Peak, called "Cheops Pyramid" by the old-timers due to its shape.

The Pikes Peak batholith (pink), composed of mostly granite, is the host rock for outstanding pegmatite mineral

occurrences in the region. The Florissant lineament (blue) is a unifying geologic hypothesis tying together diverse

mineral and fossil localities ranging from 28 million to 1 billion years old. This northwest-southeast trend is believed to

coincide with a major Precambrian deep-seated fault system, which has been re-activated through time.