AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Hampshire > Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law twinned) with Microcline |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 61079 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law twinned) with Microcline |
Locality: | Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire |
Description: | Doubly-terminated transparent smoky quartz crystals with lustrous faces that have suture patterns indicating they are twinned following the Dauphine Law of quartz twinning. The smoky quartz crystal has white microcline included in the rear and bottom. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1960s-70s. |
Overall Size: | 75x25x21 mm |
Crystals: | 75 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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