AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Quartz (Japan Law-twinned) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 48153 |
Mineral: | Quartz (Japan Law-twinned) |
Locality: | Mina Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, La Libertad, Peru |
Description: | Rare cluster of ten transparent Japan-law twinned quartz crystals on yellowish matrix. The quartz crystals are lustrous, tabular form, and twinned following the Japan Law of quartz twinning on the {1122} plane. |
Overall Size: | 11x9x8 cm |
Crystals: | 10-40 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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