"Herkimer Diamond" Quartz, Ace of Diamonds Mine, Town of Newport, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
Size: 9.6×6.3×4.8 cm
Species: Quartz
Locality: Ace of Diamonds Mine, Town of Newport, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
Description: A nice “herkimer diamond” from the Ace of Diamonds mine in New York. This particular piece is an appreciable size and has some nice smoky color giving the piece a field of depth normally lacking in some of these icy specimens. This locality is renowned as producing lustrous, gemmy, doubly terminated quartz crystals earing it the moniker “herkimer diamond”. These water clear quartz crystals form in exceptionally hard dolomitized limestone and are primarily dug by hand using brute force with sledgehammers, chisels, and wedges. Unsurprisingly specimens are often repaired when broken during extraction. This specimen features one such lock fit repair. Ex. Mel Bersch
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ID: 24697
Size: 9.6×6.3×4.8 cm
Species: Quartz
Locality: Ace of Diamonds Mine, Town of Newport, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
Description: A nice “herkimer diamond” from the Ace of Diamonds mine in New York. This particular piece is an appreciable size and has some nice smoky color giving the piece a field of depth normally lacking in some of these icy specimens. This locality is renowned as producing lustrous, gemmy, doubly terminated quartz crystals earing it the moniker “herkimer diamond”. These water clear quartz crystals form in exceptionally hard dolomitized limestone and are primarily dug by hand using brute force with sledgehammers, chisels, and wedges. Unsurprisingly specimens are often repaired when broken during extraction. This specimen features one such lock fit repair. Ex. Mel Bersch
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ID: 24697
Size: 9.6×6.3×4.8 cm
Species: Quartz
Locality: Ace of Diamonds Mine, Town of Newport, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
Description: A nice “herkimer diamond” from the Ace of Diamonds mine in New York. This particular piece is an appreciable size and has some nice smoky color giving the piece a field of depth normally lacking in some of these icy specimens. This locality is renowned as producing lustrous, gemmy, doubly terminated quartz crystals earing it the moniker “herkimer diamond”. These water clear quartz crystals form in exceptionally hard dolomitized limestone and are primarily dug by hand using brute force with sledgehammers, chisels, and wedges. Unsurprisingly specimens are often repaired when broken during extraction. This specimen features one such lock fit repair. Ex. Mel Bersch
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ID: 24697
