Herkimer Diamond

Herkimer Diamond

ID	168
Mineral	Herkimer Diamond
Location	Herkimer Diamond Mine - Middleville - New York - United States of America
Fluorescence	LW-UV: close SW-UV: close
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Mindat data

ID	1877
Long ID	1:1:1877:3
IMA Status	0 1
Variety of	3337
Entry type	2
Description	This is a collective name to group together the many different local names for transparent, lustrous quartz crystals, usually doubly-terminated, often associated with inclusions of petroleum and/or associated with oil or coal deposits within sedimentar...
Hardness (min)	7.0
Hardness (max)	7.0
Lustre	Vitreous
About the name	After 'herkimer diamond', the misleading name for quartz from the Herkimer region of New York State, USA.
Crystal System	Trigonal

Price: € 10

Dimensions: Not registered

Weight: 19 g

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Notes:

Symbol	Element
O	Oxygen
Si	Silicium