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Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite in Calcite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

 
Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite in Calcite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite in Calcite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite in Calcite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite in Calcite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite in Calcite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite in Calcite from Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York

DESCRIPTION:No. 76281
Mineral:Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond with Dolomite and Pyrite in Calcite
Locality:Eastern Rock Products Quarry (Benchmark Quarry), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York
Description:Lustrous 40 mm transparent Herkimer diamond crystal, the variety of quartz crystal from the Herkimer, N.Y. region, with 23 mm translucent yellow calcite crystal with yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals inclusions plus gray dolomite crystals to 4mm. Collected ca. 1994
Overall Size:5.5x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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