AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 48841 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
Locality: | Middleville, Herkimer County, New York |
Description: | Lustrous interconnected Herkimer Diamond crystal, the transparent doubly-terminated variety of quartz from the region around Herkimer, N.Y., with a few black hydrocarbon inclusions (called anthraxolite by local collectors) deep inside. |
Overall Size: | 34x29x21 mm |
Crystals: | 34 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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