AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 45761 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
Locality: | Hanson Quarry, St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York |
Description: | Two parallel large glassy Herkimer Diamond crystals, the variety of doubly-terminated colorless quartz from near Herkimer, NY, with minor dolomite-covered limestone matrix on the bottom. All faces are clean and lustrous. Collected by A. Wright in 1999 |
Overall Size: | 10x6x4 cm |
Crystals: | 7-5 cm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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