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Quartz var. Smoky Quartz from North Moat Mountain, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire

 
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz from North Moat Mountain, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz from North Moat Mountain, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz from North Moat Mountain, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz from North Moat Mountain, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz from North Moat Mountain, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire

Quartz var. Smoky Quartz from North Moat Mountain, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire

DESCRIPTION:No. 77962
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Locality:North Moat Mountain, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Description:Lustrous transparent (nearly flawless) smoky quartz crystal with remnants of feldspar matrix where it was attached. The smoky quartz has a distorted termination, uncommon in quartz, caused by alternating second order prisms. Collected by G. Burke in August 1995
Overall Size:5x2.3x2 cm
Crystals:50 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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