AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Hampshire > Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 81013 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) |
Locality: | Black Cap Mountain, east of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire |
Description: | Many parallel doubly-terminated transparent smoky quartz crystals with no matrix. The smoky quartz crystals have silky surface luster on the prism faces and partially etched termination faces revealing the quartz is twinned following the Dauphiné Law. Ex. Miller #M3809; ex. Betts personal collection, collected ca. 1980 by Bill Ross |
Overall Size: | 7.5x5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 20-50 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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