AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from California > Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) with Limonite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 65649 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twins) with Limonite |
Locality: | White Mountains, Mono County, California |
Description: | Lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystal with brown limonite in a crevice on the side of the crystal. The smoky quartz crystal exhibits adjacent {7181} V-faces indicating it is a twinned following the Dauphiné Law of quartz twinning. Ex. D. Miller collection #M297, collected in 1976 |
Overall Size: | 4x3.5x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 40 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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