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Herkimer Diamond Pyrobitumen & Calcite

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Herkimer Diamond Pyrobitumen & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Herkimer County, New York, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 5.4 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Two very nice, waterclear herkimer quartz crystals in a vug lined with shiny, black pyrobitumen and tiny calcite crystals. 

Pyrobitumen also as inclusions in the herkimer crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Herkimer Diamond

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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