AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 48855 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
Locality: | Diamond Acres (Hastings Farm), Fonda, Montgomery County, New York |
Description: | Lustrous Herkimer Diamonds, the doubly-terminated variety of colorless quartz crystals from Herkimer region of New York, on dolostone matrix. The smaller quartz crystals are brown due to the dolostone matrix showing through the transparent quartz. |
Overall Size: | 5x3.5x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-14 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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