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Quartz (Japan Law-twinned crystals) from Narushima (Naru Island), Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

 
Quartz (Japan Law-twinned crystals) from Narushima (Naru Island), Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Quartz (Japan Law-twinned crystals) from Narushima (Naru Island), Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Quartz (Japan Law-twinned crystals) from Narushima (Naru Island), Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

DESCRIPTION:No. 81770
Mineral:Quartz (Japan Law-twinned crystals)
Locality:Narushima (Naru Island), Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Description:Lustrous transparent tabular colorless quartz crystals that are twinned following the Japan Law of quartz twinning resulting in a twin plane running through the center of the V-shaped formation, and two terminations at nearly right-angles. Ex. Miller collection T3380; ex. David M. Shannon (1942-2004)
Overall Size:17x12x3 mm
Crystals:12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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