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Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds from Hickory Hill Diamond Diggings, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

 
Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds from Hickory Hill Diamond Diggings, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds from Hickory Hill Diamond Diggings, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds from Hickory Hill Diamond Diggings, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 83195
Mineral:Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds
Locality:Hickory Hill Diamond Diggings, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York
Description:Lustrous 13 mm transparent Herkimer Diamond crystal, the variety of quartz crystals from the Herkimer region, with fragment of an incomplete crystal, on smaller drusy Herkimer Diamond crystals over brown dolostone. (Matrix specimens are rare here.) Ex. Miller collection T3658; ex. Betts #77127; collected 11-12 June 1994
Overall Size:18x18x10 mm
Crystals:1-13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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