Herkimer diamond

Herkimer Diamonds: Light Streams
Herkimer diamonds aren't diamonds. They are quartz formations which, because of their brilliance and diamond shape they've been given that name.

HERKIMER DIAMOND
Herkimer diamonds are clear, lustrous, doubly terminated crystals of quartz - they are not true diamonds. These brilliant stones are also called "Middleville Diamonds" or "Little Falls Diamonds.

Herkimer Diamonds are not a diamond but are considered and treated by some as a gemstone. They are clear, lustrous, doubly terminated crystals of quartz. They also are called These "Middleville Diamonds" or "Little Falls Diamonds." ...

"Herkimer Diamond" Quartz"Doubly terminated crystals from New York.
Labradorite"The butterfly of the feldspars has dazzling blue schiller.
Lazurite"Ancient mineral source of ultramarine pigment.

I can hear the skeptics out there saying that some minerals can be damaged, like herkimer diamonds (after all, aren't we supposed to pack them in temperature shielding sand or sawdust).

The most productive area for "Herkimer diamonds", as the well-formed, mostly doubly-terminated rock crystals are known, is the rock outcrops and associated soils in a belt between the towns of Middleville and Herkimer, NY.

Other trade names used are Arkansas diamond, Alencon diamond, Alaska diamond, Baffa diamond, Bohemian diamond, Briancon diamond, Brighton diamond, Bristol diamond, Buxton diamond, Cape May diamond, Cornish diamond, Herkimer diamond, Dauphin diamond, ...

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"Herkimer Diamonds", "Pecos Diamonds"
Carved into objects, spheres (e.g. crystal balls)
Major producer Brazil; U.S. near Hot Springs, AK, upstate, NY
Synthetic rock crystal produced in large quantities for industrial purposes.

Of more note are the rare "Herkimer diamond" quartz crystals and the abundant calcite crystals. In the 1990s, a vertical pipe-like structure was exposed and yielded numerous translucent yellow calcites in large specimens.

[Spessartite garnet "floater" crystal from Namibia, doubly terminated rock crystal quartz ("Herkimer Diamond") from New York, igneous vug lined with hydrothermally derived quartz crystals, vug from Germany, ...

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Rock crystal: Transparent colorless quartz sometimes referred to as "Herkimer diamonds." ...

Village, Town, and County in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. Quart crystals can be found by rockhounds. They are incorrectly and misleadingly described as "Herkimer Diamonds".
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See also: Diamond, Crystal, Quartz, Stone, Crystals