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Digging some quartz, var: Herkimer Diamond

520 points · submitted Nov 2019 by u/DigDigDig11 · archived

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feigning_originality 43 points · Nov 2019

That is a sexy piece of quartz my dude

VastDerp 34 points · Nov 2019

suddenly hyper-aware that i don't live in a crystal digging region and there's gonna be a snowstorm tomorrow anyway. oh, the envy.

Yourcatsonfire 14 points · Nov 2019

I live in NH and thought the same thing. Then my neighbor showed me his quartz cave on a piece of property he owns and he let me go in it and dig stuff out.

sumosam121 6 points · Nov 2019

Can I be your guys neighbor?

Yourcatsonfire 13 points · Nov 2019

Here's an old pic of the cave. https://imgur.com/gallery/zTQZb

VastDerp 4 points · Nov 2019

Coooool!

norinv 8 points · Nov 2019

me too.

[deleted] 3 points · Nov 2019

Where do you live? I'm sure you can find some hunting spots.

porkpies23 3 points · Nov 2019

Eastern Nebraska, the state is on sand.

Forest-G-Nome 2 points · Nov 2019

At least there are some amazing fossil beds.

VastDerp 2 points · Nov 2019

Southern MN. I know of some very nice ordovician fossil sites and have found fossils and calcite druzy in the limestone boulders along the river, plus a couple laker agates in the gravel down here if you raid the parking lots like i do.

For big muddy crystals i would probably have to drive up to thunder bay, so i have major shiny envy right now!

quixoticmelody 2 points · Nov 2019

Ugh. Same.

JuleeeNAJ 2 points · Nov 2019

I want to plan a crystal digging trip to an area about 2 hours from me, but winter storms have already moved in and it would now be too snowy. The summer its too hot.

Krypt_L13S 2 points · Nov 2019

Same

wootwootgoot 2 points · Nov 2019

Same got 2 feet of snow trying to find a new rock digging place

Arbitrary_Pseudonym 7 points · Nov 2019

Meanwhile, me: *shoves hand into dirt to dig out crystals, but instead just gets a dozen cuts*

[deleted] 3 points · Nov 2019

I gasped

[deleted] 2 points · Nov 2019

Where was this?

Generally, not specifically

DigDigDig11 [OP] 5 points · Nov 2019

Little Falls NY

[deleted] 1 points · Nov 2019

Thx

I've never seen a proper Herkimer that wasn't trapped in calcite matrix. Are there double terminated?

jamiehoe 2 points · Nov 2019

Herkimer NY

[deleted] 1 points · Nov 2019

You aren't the OP. I'd like to see their answer.

rabidnz 2 points · Nov 2019

How do you know where to start ?!

Flickeringcandles 2 points · Nov 2019

😱

snxwfall 2 points · Nov 2019

yoooooo nice find dude

jcervay 2 points · Nov 2019

Paradise falls?

DigDigDig11 [OP] 3 points · Nov 2019

I wish. Not this one, Little Falls, north side of the river.

jcervay 2 points · Nov 2019

We need to talk about planning a trip next summer lol

doornoob 3 points · Nov 2019

I'd shamelessly like to ask for a invite.

[deleted] 2 points · Nov 2019

What region of the world is this?

DigDigDig11 [OP] 6 points · Nov 2019

Little Falls NY, U.S.A.

rokhead22 4 points · Nov 2019

Not from Herkimer, I'm pretty sure of that. It's a lot more work there!

DigDigDig11 [OP] 8 points · Nov 2019

Heavy equipment and power tools were used to expose this pocket.

rokhead22 6 points · Nov 2019

Well now, that just isn't fair.

ummm...

Can I be your friend?

chufi 2 points · Nov 2019

ditto

pher7 1 points · Nov 2019

Love going to Paradise Falls!!

kphs 1 points · Nov 2019

Whoa!

mama-no-fun 1 points · Nov 2019

Dude!