AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 49106 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond |
Locality: | Diamond Acres (Hastings Farm), Fonda, Montgomery County, New York |
Description: | Glassy Herkimer Diamond, the doubly-terminated variety of quartz from the region around Herkimer, New York. The Herkimer Diamond is internally transparent with internal fracture zones throughout. |
Overall Size: | 8.5x5x5 cm |
Crystals: | 5-75 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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