AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 78532 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
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, with many microscopic bubbles and black hydrocarbon inclusions caused by remnants of organic matter trapped during formation. Collected in 1995 |
Overall Size: | 19x10x8 mm |
Crystals: | 19 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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