Quartz (Herkimer Diamond)

Unknown Owner

Help improve this recordNo owner is registered for this specimen yet. If it's yours or you know more about it, you can add the owner, provenance, publications and other details.

Totally glassy and gemmy, this limpid and colorless quartz crystal reaches just over an inch, at 2.7 cm in length. It also exhibits incredible doubly terminated form - literally the textbook example of a "Herkimer Diamond,'" that are so justifiably famous world-wide and essentially unique in a world literally swimming in quartz crystals. Ex. Ed David collection (Ed was President Nixon's White House Science Advisor, by the way), this was one of perhaps a few dozen thumbnails the man owned in a famous, world class collection that sold for over $3m when we bought it at the time (early 2000s). That says a lot! It is a special, high quality piece that stands out even among the vast quantity of Herkimers, as a special item. It is a jewel, on display in a thumbnail case.