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Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond on hydrocarbon from Hickory Hill Diamond Mine, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

 
Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond on hydrocarbon from Hickory Hill Diamond Mine, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond on hydrocarbon from Hickory Hill Diamond Mine, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 53631
Mineral:Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond on hydrocarbon
Locality:Hickory Hill Diamond Mine, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York
Description:Doubly-terminated Herkimer Diamond, the variety of quartz crystal found in the region around Herkimer, New York, on a fragment of black hydrocarbon locally called anthraxolite by collectors.
Overall Size:20x15x10 mm
Crystals:15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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