AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bolivia > Quartz (Japan Law-twinned crystals) with Wavellite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 73029 |
Mineral: | Quartz (Japan Law-twinned crystals) with Wavellite |
Locality: | Llallagua Mine (Siglo XX Mine), Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia |
Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 30 mm with partial coating of a white wavellite microcrystals. Two pairs of flattened quartz crystals are twinned following the Japan Law of quartz twinning resulting in V-shaped formations (rare). Collected ca. 1985 |
Overall Size: | 7.5x7x5.5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 30 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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