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Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law twins) on Microcline from Moat Mountain, Hales Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

 
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law twins) on Microcline from Moat Mountain, Hales Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law twins) on Microcline from Moat Mountain, Hales Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law twins) on Microcline from Moat Mountain, Hales Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 59475
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law twins) on Microcline
Locality:Moat Mountain, Hales Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Portion of the wall of a miarolitic cavity with blocky white microcline feldspar crystals to 16 mm intermixed with lustrous transparent dark-smoky quartz crystals to 16 mm that are Dauphine-law twinned. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1960s-70s.
Overall Size:8.5x6x6 cm
Crystals:1-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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