AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Hampshire > Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 63217 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) |
Locality: | Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire |
Description: | Several interconnected parallel smoky quartz crystals with lustrous crystal faces that have suture patterns indicating these are twinned following the Dauphiné Law of quartz twinning. The rough surface areas are actually complex crystallization patterns. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1960s-70s. |
Overall Size: | 7x3.5x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 20-65 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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