AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pakistan > Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) with Orthoclase var. Adularia |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 64301 |
Mineral: | Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) with Orthoclase var. Adularia |
Locality: | Hashupi, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Description: | Lustrous 65 mm transparent colorless (very pale brown tint) quartz crystal twinned following the Dauphiné Law of quartz twinning resulting in many complex parallel faces with a group of lustrous translucent white adularia crystals to 15 mm on one side. |
Overall Size: | 6.5x3.5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 10-65 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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