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Quartz (Brazil Twin, combination of left-hand and right-hand crystals) from Himalaya Mountains, India

 
Quartz (Brazil Twin, combination of left-hand and right-hand crystals) from Himalaya Mountains, India

Quartz (Brazil Twin, combination of left-hand and right-hand crystals) from Himalaya Mountains, India

Quartz (Brazil Twin, combination of left-hand and right-hand crystals) from Himalaya Mountains, India

DESCRIPTION:No. 69707
Mineral:Quartz (Brazil Twin, combination of left-hand and right-hand crystals)
Locality:Himalaya Mountains, India
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals that are contact-twinned, apparently following the Brazil Law of quartz twinning. A right-hand and a left-hand quartz crystal twinned through the center with suture line on one prism face. Ex. Irving Horowitz collection #2823
Overall Size:7.5x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:5-65 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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