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Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twin) from Moat Mountain, Oliver Diggings, Hale's Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

 
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twin) from Moat Mountain, Oliver Diggings, Hale's Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twin) from Moat Mountain, Oliver Diggings, Hale's Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twin) from Moat Mountain, Oliver Diggings, Hale's Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twin) from Moat Mountain, Oliver Diggings, Hale's Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 69637
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné Law Twin)
Locality:Moat Mountain, Oliver Diggings, Hale's Location, west of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Doubly-terminated lustrous smoky quartz crystal with fragments of white microcline included in the bottom termination. The smoky quartz crystal has suture patterns on the prism faces indicating it is twinned following the Dauphiné Law of quartz twinning. Ex. Betts #341; collected by Peter Samuelson in 1993
Overall Size:8x3x2.3 cm
Crystals:80 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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