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Microcline with Quartz var. Smoky from Oliver Diggings, Middle Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire

 
Microcline with Quartz var. Smoky from Oliver Diggings, Middle Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Microcline with Quartz var. Smoky from Oliver Diggings, Middle Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Microcline with Quartz var. Smoky from Oliver Diggings, Middle Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 49848
Mineral:Microcline with Quartz var. Smoky
Locality:Oliver Diggings, Middle Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Blocky microcline crystals to 15 mm with lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals to 5 mm. The microcline crystals are a pale-green (nearly colorless) with a yellow coating of hyalite opal on select faces that fluoresces green under UV illumination.
Overall Size:6x5x4 cm
Crystals:2-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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