AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 49103 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
Locality: | Diamond Acres (Hastings Farm), Fonda, Montgomery County, New York |
Description: | Uncommonly large Herkimer Diamond variety of quartz crystal with glassy crystal faces and remnants of dolostone matrix in the bottom. Internally the crystal has many fractures that reflect rainbow colors. |
Overall Size: | 11x9x7 cm |
Crystals: | 110 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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