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Quartz var. Smoky-Skeletal Herkimer Diamond from Parmen Property, Treasure Mountain, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York

 
Quartz var. Smoky-Skeletal Herkimer Diamond from Parmen Property, Treasure Mountain, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York

Quartz var. Smoky-Skeletal Herkimer Diamond from Parmen Property, Treasure Mountain, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 49783
Mineral:Quartz var. Smoky-Skeletal Herkimer Diamond
Locality:Parmen Property, Treasure Mountain, Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
Description:Glassy Herkimer Diamond, the doubly-terminated variety of quartz from the region around Herkimer, New York, with smoky color due to microscopic anthraxolite (hydrocarbon) inclusions. The quartz exhibits skeletal growth of layered successive growths. Collected by Art Wright in 1994
Overall Size:6.5x5x3.5 cm
Crystals:20-65 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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