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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 64941
Mineral:Microcline with Smoky Quartz
Locality:Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Blocky 35 mm pale-green amazonite crystal, the green variety of microcline colored by lead impurities, with lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals to 14 mm embedded in the surfaces of the amazonite crystals. The amazonite color is very pale. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1960s-70s
Overall Size:5x4.5x3 cm
Crystals:3-35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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