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Quartz (Dauphiné-law twinned) with epimorphic casts from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

 
Quartz (Dauphiné-law twinned) with epimorphic casts from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz (Dauphiné-law twinned) with epimorphic casts from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

Quartz (Dauphiné-law twinned) with epimorphic casts from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 62039
Mineral:Quartz (Dauphiné-law twinned) with epimorphic casts
Locality:Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Lustrous transparent pale-smoky quartz crystal with rectangular epimorphic casts after a mineral that dissolved. The quartz crystal is thin, tabular form twinned following the Dauphine Law of quartz twinning as indicated by the etched surface patterns.
Overall Size:5.5x3.5x1 cm
Crystals:0.5-55.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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