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Quartz var. Smoky Quartz on Microcline from Hurricane Mountain, east of Intervale, Carroll County, New Hampshire

 
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz on Microcline from Hurricane Mountain, east of Intervale, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz on Microcline from Hurricane Mountain, east of Intervale, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz on Microcline from Hurricane Mountain, east of Intervale, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz on Microcline from Hurricane Mountain, east of Intervale, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz on Microcline from Hurricane Mountain, east of Intervale, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz on Microcline from Hurricane Mountain, east of Intervale, Carroll County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 71673
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky Quartz on Microcline
Locality:Hurricane Mountain, east of Intervale, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Parallel smoky quartz crystals on blocky tan-colored microcline feldspar. The smoky quartz crystals have lustrous termination faces with gray quartz cryptocrystalline overgrowth on the prism faces that give those faces a satin luster. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection, collected in the 1970s
Overall Size:5x4x3 cm
Crystals:11-44 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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