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Microcline, Albite and Smoky Quartz from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

 
Microcline, Albite and Smoky Quartz from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Microcline, Albite and Smoky Quartz from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Microcline, Albite and Smoky Quartz from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Microcline, Albite and Smoky Quartz from Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 63498
Mineral:Microcline, Albite and Smoky Quartz
Locality:Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Lustrous transparent dark smoky quartz crystals to 18 mm intermixed with blocky white microcline crystals to 25 mm with pale-green albite crystals to 1 mm. The smoky quartz crystals are twinned following the Dauphine Law of quartz twinning. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1960s-70s.
Overall Size:7.5x5.5x5.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-25.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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