AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with internal bubbles and hydrocarbon inclusions |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 71255 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with internal bubbles and hydrocarbon inclusions |
Locality: | Middleville, Herkimer County, New York |
Description: | Lustrous transparent Herkimer Diamond crystal, the doubly-terminated variety of quartz from the Herkimer region, with black hydrocarbon inclusions in bubble-like cavities that follow the crystal structure of the surrounding quartz (negative crystals). |
Overall Size: | 21x14x9 mm |
Crystals: | 21 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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