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Quartz (Var: Herkimer Diamond) : SiO2

Herkimer Co., New York, USA

3.8 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm. A thumber that amply demonstrates why these New York quartzes are called "Herkimer Diamonds". They are just so stunningly limpid and fine, like quartz from very few other localities in the world. One of the crystals in this cluster in particular is truly like a perfect jewel. Most of these are repaired, and this may well be, ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 133908    View Count: 199

Quartz (Var: Herkimer Diamond) : SiO2

Herkimer Co., New York, USA

Okay, so it's a Herkimer quartz, but - how often do you see a thumbnail this good - of ANYTHING? Three diamond-like crystals perfectly arranged on just the merest bit of matrix - you just have to love it, "Herkimer diamond" or not. 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 20131    View Count: 744

Multiple photos availableQuartz (Var: Herkimer Diamond) : SiO2

Herkimer Co., New York, USA

Herkimer Diamonds, up to 1,1 cm size.
 © Peter KohorstPhoto ID: 67102    View Count: 332

Multiple photos availableQuartz (Var: Herkimer Diamond) : SiO2

Herkimer Co., New York, USA

Herkimer Diamonds, up to 0.7cm in size. #H3
Photo ID: 106548    View Count: 285

Quartz (Var: Herkimer Diamond) : SiO2, Dolomite : CaMg(CO3)2

Herkimer Co., New York, USA

Lustrous herkimer diamond of 3.3 cm length, associated with white dolomite crystals.
Christian Bracke Collection.
 © Christian BrackePhoto ID: 93523    View Count: 209

Quartz (Var: Herkimer Diamond) : SiO2

Herkimer Co., New York, USA

A rare herkimer diamond quartz neatly perched in matrix. Crystal size 12 mm. Collection and photo: Albert Russ.
 © Albert RussPhoto ID: 133371    View Count: 192

Quartz (Var: Herkimer Diamond) : SiO2

Herkimer Co., New York, USA

13.4 x 9.2 x 7.4 cm. These quartz crystals are commonly called "Herkimer Diamonds" for their gem-like intensity, the equal of any quartz in the world. Here, from the collection of Ed David, is a pocket of crystals that really do look like a little pile of diamonds -- with a larger, if less intense, crystal in a shallow channel on the periphery of ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 154873    View Count: 169

Quartz (Var: Herkimer Diamond) : SiO2

Herkimer Co., New York, USA

1.9 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm, 1.9 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm, 1.8 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm, 1.4 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm, 1.4 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm, 1.2 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm, 0.9 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm. A set of 7 superb floater quartz crystals from Herkimer, New York - known as "Herkimer Diamonds" for their incredible gem-like quality, unique in the world. They contain natural inclusions of dark bituminous. ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 136208    View Count: 152

Multiple photos availableQuartz (Var: Herkimer Diamond) : SiO2

Herkimer Co., New York, USA

Crystal with 1,2cm in vug - May of 2008
 © Martins da PedraPhoto ID: 166051    View Count: 87

Quartz (Var: Herkimer Diamond) : SiO2

Herkimer Co., New York, USA

Field of view 22 mm. Collection M. Kampf No 67-037.
 © 2005 M. KampfPhoto ID: 33530    View Count: 480

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