AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Switzerland > Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law Twinned) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75572 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law Twinned) |
Locality: | Grimsel Pass, Haslital, Bern, Switzerland |
Description: | Large lustrous transparent smoky quartz crystals with secondary corner faces indicating twinning following the Dauphiné Law of quartz twinning (not Brazil Law as label indicates). The smoky quartz crystals are highly transparent, though flawed internally ex. John Albanese (1898-1969 #G869), ex. John Albanese, Jr. |
Overall Size: | 128x55x41 mm |
Crystals: | 35-128 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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