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Quartz var. Smoky Quartz from Sierra Blanca, White Mountain Wilderness, Lincoln County, New Mexico

 
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz from Sierra Blanca, White Mountain Wilderness, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz from Sierra Blanca, White Mountain Wilderness, Lincoln County, New Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 56124
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Locality:Sierra Blanca, White Mountain Wilderness, Lincoln County, New Mexico
Description:Lustrous elongated transparent smoky quartz crystal with slightly striated prism faces and no matrix attached. The smoky coloration is internally zoned with phantom-growth patterns visible throughout. The left crystal has an odd (natural) termination. Collected in the 1980s. This site is now closed to collecting.
Overall Size:4.5x2x1 cm
Crystals:15-45 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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