AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 63935 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds |
Locality: | Middleville, Herkimer County, New York |
Description: | Two intersecting lustrous transparent Herkimer Diamond crystals, the variety of quartz crystals found in the region around Herkimer, New York, with a few dark hydrocarbon inclusions called anthraxolite by local collectors. |
Overall Size: | 29x18x16 mm |
Crystals: | 13-22 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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