AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Quartz (Japan Law-twinned) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 63656 |
Mineral: | Quartz (Japan Law-twinned) |
Locality: | Mina Tiro Estrella, El Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico |
Description: | Lustrous water-clear (transparent) tabular smoky quartz crystals with no matrix attached. The quartz crystals are twinned following the Japan Law of quartz twinning and have striated prism faces and well defined twin plane running through the center. Ex. Mort Metersky collection |
Overall Size: | 15x14x5 mm |
Crystals: | 14 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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