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Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond (pseudo-cubic habit) from Hickory Hill Diamond Diggings, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

 
Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond (pseudo-cubic habit) from Hickory Hill Diamond Diggings, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond (pseudo-cubic habit) from Hickory Hill Diamond Diggings, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond (pseudo-cubic habit) from Hickory Hill Diamond Diggings, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond (pseudo-cubic habit) from Hickory Hill Diamond Diggings, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 77644
Mineral:Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond (pseudo-cubic habit)
Locality:Hickory Hill Diamond Diggings, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York
Description:Lustrous transparent Herkimer Diamond quartz crystal, the doubly-terminated variety of quartz from the Herkimer region, exhibiting rare pseudo-cubic habit caused by dominant negative rhombohedron z-faces. Rare. Collected in 1995
Overall Size:10x9x7 mm
Crystals:10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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