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Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

 
Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 75872
Mineral:Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite
Locality:Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York
Description:Lustrous transparent 55 mm Herkimer Diamond, the doubly-terminated variety of quartz from around Herkimer region, with translucent white dolomite crystals to 5 mm and microscopic yellow-metallic pyrite crystals on a fragment of dolostone. Collected in 1994
Overall Size:7x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 55 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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