Abstract
Electron microscopy was used to investigate scratches on cleaved synthetic quartz and amethyst. The transverse bands in a scratch are microcracks. When the hardness of the indenter is less than the hardness of the quartz, a formation of Dauphine microtwins is observed near the scratch. An assumption is made concerning the cause of the formation of Dauphine twins In the quartz growing process. —Author.
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