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Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Twin) from Peter's Pocket, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire

 
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Twin) from Peter's Pocket, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Twin) from Peter's Pocket, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Twin) from Peter's Pocket, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 53572
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Twin)
Locality:Peter's Pocket, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals with minor white albite on the rear where it was attached. The central smoky quartz crystal has suture lines in the faces indicating it is twinned following the Dauphine Law of quartz twinning. Collected ca. 1982
Overall Size:8x6.5x5 cm
Crystals:5-55 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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