AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Hampshire > Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twinned) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 71655 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twinned) |
Locality: | Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire |
Description: | Lustrous doubly-terminated transparent smoky quartz crystals, with angled {7181} faces on adjacent corners and suture patterns on the prism faces, both indicative of twinning following the Dauphiné Law of quartz twinning. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1970s |
Overall Size: | 4x2.5x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | 30-40 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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