Graphite with growth spirals on the basal pinacoids.

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0.5-mm crystal from Crestmore, CA

Graphite crystal from Zavalie deposit, Ukraine
Courtesy of Dr. Victor N. Kvasnitsa

1.2 mm crystal from #4 Quarry
Gouverneur Talc Company #4 quarry, Harrisville, NY (JAJ 1744a)

Lime Crest quarry, Sparta, New Jersey

Remarkable spirals on 2-mm crystal
from Namibia.
 
Growth spirals on graphite crystals (2mm) from
The Trotter Dump, Franklin, New Jersey.
Collected in 1999.

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