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Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds from Hickory Hill Diamond Mine, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

 
Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds from Hickory Hill Diamond Mine, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds from Hickory Hill Diamond Mine, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds from Hickory Hill Diamond Mine, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 53789
Mineral:Quartz var. Herkimer Diamonds
Locality:Hickory Hill Diamond Mine, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York
Description:Two doubly-terminated Herkimer Diamonds, the variety of quartz crystal found in the region around Herkimer, New York, with internal fractures and conchoidal surfaces on the bottom where it was attached to other crystals. One fracture has brown limonite. Collected in 1989
Overall Size:6x6x3.5 cm
Crystals:12-60 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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