AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Marcasite and Dolomite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 37021 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Marcasite and Dolomite |
Locality: | Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York |
Description: | Large compound Herkimer Diamond crystal (colorless doubly-terminated quartz from upstate New York near Herkimer County) on a plate of matrix covered with white dolomite crystals to 5 mm with elongated thin metallic marcasite crystals up to 4 mm. |
Overall Size: | 15x12x7 cm |
Crystals: | .5-70 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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