AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Hampshire > Quartz var. Smoky on Microcline var. Amazonite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 65364 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky on Microcline var. Amazonite |
Locality: | Moat Mountain, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire |
Description: | Pale-green amazonite, the green variety of microcline feldspar colored by trace lead impurities, with an intersecting group of parallel lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals to 18 mm. The outer edges of the amazonite crystals are cleavage faces. Ex. D. Miller collection #M2223 |
Overall Size: | 4.5x4x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 3-18 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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