AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Hampshire > Quartz var. Smoky |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 45961 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky |
Locality: | North Sugarloaf Mountain, near Twin Mountain, Grafton County, New Hampshire |
Description: | Translucent dark-smoky quartz crystals with lustrous, striated crystal faces that have small pock-marks where another mineral grew on the quartz while it was still growing, then dissolved away leaving cavities. Collected in 1997 by E. Greene |
Overall Size: | 5x2.5x2 cm |
Crystals: | 25-48 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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