AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Hampshire > Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twinned) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 80403 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twinned) |
Locality: | Ossipee Gulch (Raccoon Gulch), Folsom Brook, Center Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire |
Description: | Superb lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystal with minor microcline on bottom. The smoky quartz has several extra crystal faces, uncommon in quartz, on the edges and adjacent corners indicating twinned following the Dauphiné Law of quartz twinning Ex. R. Holmes collection Qu-176 |
Overall Size: | 7x4x3 cm |
Crystals: | 70 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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