AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Hampshire > Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) on Microcline |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 74610 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) on Microcline |
Locality: | Moat Mountain, Oliver Diggings, Hale's Location, west of North Conway, New Hampshire |
Description: | Two lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals to 20 mm on white microcline with a partial smoky quartz crystal on the rear. The smoky quartz has well-defined {7181} faces on adjacent corners indicating twinning following the Dauphiné Law of twinning. Collected in 1991 |
Overall Size: | 3.5x2.5x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 4-20 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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