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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 50890 |
| Mineral: | Albite with Smoky Quartz |
| Locality: | Oliver Diggings, Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire |
| Description: | Classic specimen of platy white albite crystals to 10 mm with scattered lustrous transparent dark-smoky quartz crystals to 14 mm. John Oliver first discovered the diggings named for him after the 1938 hurricane that uprooted many trees revealing quartz. Ex. John Sinkankas (1915-2002), purchased from John Oliver (1910-1980) in 1958 |
| Overall Size: | 9x7x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-14 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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