AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Hampshire > Quartz var. Smoky on Microcline (Carlsbad-law twinned) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 56133 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky on Microcline (Carlsbad-law twinned) |
Locality: | Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire |
Description: | Lustrous transparent 45 mm smoky quartz crystal with a colorless outer zone on several sides and termination faces, on one side of blocky white microcline crystals to 32 mm that are twinned following the Carlsbad Law of feldspar twinning. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection #346, collected in the 1960s-70s. |
Overall Size: | 6x5x4 cm |
Crystals: | 23-45 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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