AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Hampshire > Quartz var. Smoky Dauphiné-law twin |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 45938 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky Dauphiné-law twin |
Locality: | Government Pit, Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire |
Description: | Lustrous doubly-terminated transparent (nearly flawless) smoky quartz crystal that is internally twinned following the Dauphine law of quartz twinning. Evidence of the twinning is visible in the adjacent v-faces and the patterns on the termination faces. Ex. Robert P. Bates (1926-2008) collection #1155 |
Overall Size: | 3.5x3x2 cm |
Crystals: | 5-38 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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