| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from England > Quartz var. Smoky with Hematite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 19444 |
| Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky with Hematite |
| Locality: | West Cumberland Iron Mining District, Cumbria, England |
| Description: | Plate of gray smoky quartz crystals up to 15 mm with scattered hematite crystals up to 2 mm. The quartz are dipyramidal form with very short prism faces - known as Cumberland habit. See article: The Cumberland Habit in Rocks and Minerals, May/June 2003. From old collection ca. 1890 |
| Overall Size: | 16x10x4.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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