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Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Astrophyllite from South Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

 
Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Astrophyllite from South Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Astrophyllite from South Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 59473
Mineral:Microcline, Smoky Quartz, Astrophyllite
Locality:South Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Blocky white-gray microcline crystals to 45 mm with lustrous transparent gray smoky quartz crystals to 53 mm with platy bronze-colored mica-like astrophyllite crystals to 18 mm. Note the astrophyllite impressions in the surfaces of the smoky quartz. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection #261, collected in the 1960s-70s.
Overall Size:8x7x4 cm
Crystals:1-53 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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