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Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite from Diamond Rocks, Hare's Gap, Mournes, County Down, Ireland

 
Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite from Diamond Rocks, Hare's Gap, Mournes, County Down, Ireland

Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite from Diamond Rocks, Hare's Gap, Mournes, County Down, Ireland

Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite from Diamond Rocks, Hare's Gap, Mournes, County Down, Ireland

Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite from Diamond Rocks, Hare's Gap, Mournes, County Down, Ireland

DESCRIPTION:No. 69077
Mineral:Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite
Locality:Diamond Rocks, Hare's Gap, Mournes, County Down, Ireland
Description:Blocky white microcline crystals to 10 mm with lustrous transparent dark-smoky quartz crystals to 6 mm plus platy silver-colored muscovite mica crystals to 3 mm. These smoky quartz and microcline crystal clusters resemble those from New Hampshire. Collected by John Lawson (1942-2024) and Robert Lawson in May 2015
Overall Size:7x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:1-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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