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Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

 
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 62602
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins)
Locality:Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Elongated cluster of many intergrown subparallel transparent smoky quartz crystals with lustrous faces exhibiting twin-plane suture patterns indicating it is repeatedly twinned following the Dauphiné Law of quartz twinning. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1960s-70s.
Overall Size:14x5x2.5 cm
Crystals:20-90 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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