Mining Herkimer 'Diamonds'
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- This short clip is a glimpse of us mining Herkimer Diamonds at Crystal Grove Diamond Mine just outside of St Johnsville, NY.
For those of you who may be unfamiliar, Herkimer "Diamonds" are a form of clear quartz that sometimes develop double terminated crystals. Good specimens form loose in a vug, or pocket, without attaching to the dolomite that surrounds them, resulting in perfect 6-sided "football shaped" forms that are water clear.
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What is a "Herkimer Diamond"?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkimer_diamond
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Cool find! I am a huge crystal addict and I find it funny that all these people are accusing you of saying that they are diamonds! They are not diamonds but he clearly wrote it with quotes. They are called herkimer diamonds but that's just the name. This guy is just using correct terms.
Honestly I just think people don't read the description 😀. Thanks for stopping by!
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Mining diamonds is a really hard work. Hats off to you 😎😎😇😇
I love watching your videos
I remember when i was 7 years old i accidentally drop a big rock and almost landed on my toe but luckily it didnt. It split open and the only thing i remember inside was like a shiny blue stone. But i had no idea it was i diamond. Now i just wish i could go through a time machine and keep it so we wouldnt be so broke
May be it was lapis lazuli
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Very cool. I recently started gold panning but I subbed bc I look forward to other cool videos like this :) the thrill of the hunt! cheers ✌️
Cool! I haven't tried panning yet - there's only traces of gold in my area. But it definitely sounds fun. Find any nuggets yet?
Nice
Love it
Herkimer diamonds are so unique
Thanks for stopping by! It's a fun hobby
Oak Knob Farm I wish I could do something like that
Amazing experience really awesome thanks dear
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I have been there a few times, always find a couple but it can be some work. You can bring your own tools or rent some. There is two sides of the mine open to the public. It's kinda more like a quarry .
If you travel there from a distance and never been, don't forget to check out Howe's Caverns.
Awesome outing Dave. That must have been a blast.
Oohhoo that was so plenty of diamonds stick into that rock 😯
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Quel beaux cristal à diamants bravo
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Want that whole diamond block😛😜
They are herkimer diamond's they aren't actual diamonds
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These crystals are Quartz as it has hexagonal crystal system, and it is formed with the cavity filling mechanism, raw diamonds would not be so shiny and it has cubic crystal system, mainly it would be found with irregular shape and it will look like ice, and Diamonds would be found in only the Kimberlite (the host rock) or near it, which you have to search near volcano or the dark igneous rocks, down river and among the weathered materials, if you are looking for diamonds you have to head to a place which has history as diamonds been found there... however the purple quartz (Amethyst) is a nice stone valuable and some people believe it has healing properties to adjust the body electrical pulses and prevent the Epileptic seizures.
I know this. Read description
Woow nice not easy to break very nice
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I will like to mine these diamonds in minecraft
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That hard rock is not giving up her treasures easily.
Amazing!
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Very beautiful
when I was a child before and go for gold mine. I was amazed to collect those quarts in diamond shape. because I thought its diamond and my aunt laugh at me.
They're beautiful, but not worth much. I still enjoy collecting them
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Wow! diamond's rich overnight.I come across such big stones without noticing they are diamond.
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It is always nice to find something pretty
Yes it is! Thanks for stopping by!
Amazing!!!
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Ya amazing
Yes amazing
Hello, I have a number of stones that I think are valuable and I wanted to know about their market. They said that some of them are Martian meteorites. One of them said that there is a high probability that it is an emerald. I am from Iran, thank you
I have always wanted a diamond
I have I want to sell
Sid Roy I probably can’t afford it
விமல் ராஜ் like I said, I can’t afford it
Nice work. Yay!!!!
Thanks!
nice one?
Do you know if there's any diamonds in the desert
Nice video
This is almost Minecraft Related
Mining away
Beautiful quartz.
How do you know which rocks to bust open, is there something that tells you that there may be crystals inside, or are you just randomly busting rocks until you get lucky?
Because I would like to start searching but I have no idea what to look for...any help would be appreciated
I look for vugs (open pockets) or signs of crystals in the rock first. Then I honestly try to find cracked sections so they are easier to break apart. We just visited the mine again last week, and I'll have a video with more rock breaking in the next week or so
@@OakKnobFarm awesome thanks very much for the info, I'm excited to get out there and find some crystals
@@3rdeyespy967 have a fun trip! have you picked a mine to visit? There's a few
@@OakKnobFarm no haven't picked a particular place yet, but I'm looking for one, I live in Oklahoma and there's not much here as far as rock hounding here, we've got some selenite and some drusy quartz, but I want to get something much prettier like some Herkimer's or Smokey's, Arkansas has some good places for smoky quartz that I'm thinking about traveling to, it's the closest place that actually has some decent crystals near me, I wish I lived near NY I'd be digging for herkimer's all the time LoL, they're just amazingly gorgeous crystals
There's a lot of that in my place we just ignored that stone
Interesting! We also have quartz locally that doesn't look this nice (I live 400 miles from the mine), and people still collect it, and it's for sale at gem and mineral shops
Here in the Philippines ignore that😂
These crystal stone find in our area, 2 to 4 cm long in size.
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Love the quartz, If you ever want to trade for Oregon rocks, thundereggs, jasper, polkadot agate, let me know.
Oregon rock hound
Barbara Hopkins I have thousands of herks
Cool! Next time we hit he mine I'd love to do a trade
@@alanhanson931 It's fun, isn't it? I wish I lived closer
@@OakKnobFarm that would be great.
Where can i sell my diamond
Great find , I have a few of these the size of a finger, never thought about selling them until I watched your video..thanks.
They aren't worth a ton, but a particularly nice specimen can be worth several hundred dollars, easily.
you are so lucky
This is how they mine in real life, took an hour.. But minecraft? Took an second.
Where else in minecraft you just do left click and there we go,
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As he works that rock slab I can see a vein running through it
Nice
Cool video friend
Thanks! It's a fun hobby
@@OakKnobFarm That is a true rock hound...I have some dinosaur poop a friend found for me...
Are this is real diamond?
It is a quartz crystal. 'diamond' is a nickname for stones from this area because of their unusual clarity
2 weeks ago i got a very large diamond in my farm at the mountain sides, at the foot of Cameroon mountain in cross River State Nigeria. I don't know how to measure carats. How can I sell it guys..
I am watching videos to see clues... So so happy.
1 gram = 5 carats. I'm not sure where to sell in your area, however. I wish you great luck!
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Lovely! It is niceto see gems being mined without exploitation, and they are right here in our own backyard, so to speak. Prithee, why are they being farmed out to China for cutting and polishing? Is it because of cheap labour? Just curious. At any rate, I have purchased a complete set of Herkimer and it is the perfect jewellery to wear when I don't have to orry about being robbed. I love it! Keep up the good works Sir.
Thanks for the lovely comment. We definitely have some lovely crystals to find here in the USA
I do believe the cutting / faceting is done overseas mostly because of labor costs.
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Your stone is very beautiful. I also searched and picked up a lot. we can share how to find beautiful stones
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super. I found chrysoprase and blue calsedon in Turkey.
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Very nice!
It's as same as easy with gold aswell as with diamonds! You just walk by and pick them up...live of the land @t in this world
oh my. hard work
how did you know there is gem pocket inside
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You never know for certain. This mine has good sized pockets about every meter or meter and a half. So I try to move as much stone as possible to raise my chances in finding one.
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wrong, you need to have an iron pickaxe
Gorgeous
I though diamonds live under lava level so deep
nice double-terminated quartz crystals
Thanks!
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if I were to see that rock id just step on it. how do you know theres diamond inside? amazing skills
That's the power of geology.
"Advancement made! 'Diamonds!'"
Interesting stuff there....
Thanks! We both really love a few days at a mine. A great, affordable way to let off some steam :)
@@OakKnobFarm I agree and get that from nugget hunting, doesn't remind me of anything lol
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In my country there are most
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Broken English ... maybe, He meant many Stones.
@@y.a1903 in Turkey so many too
He meant alot.. plentiful
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I have them they are awesome
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Herkimer diamonds are quartz. Beautiful just the same.
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That's correct
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An O’o bar ! Those things are a bear ! We all have them in our yard to move rocks. Lots of peridot in the lava rock. Tiny. No one mine it though...🤔
I have the biggest and very clear like clean water..cristal
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What kind of a rock was it that they where splitting open
the bedrock is made of dolomite
@@OakKnobFarm I wish I can find this where I live we have crazy looking rock but none like this it’s beautiful 🤩 any suggestions? I’m in the high desert
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I had one similar kept by my late father whether is diamond or not or just a white stone or marble I have no idea... Its a piece stuck with rock
A "Herkimer Diamond" is actually quartz from a specific location. I would guess that if yours looks similar it is likely also quartz.
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you have a pattern? or something how you look at the stone? etc.
to know that a stone had a pocket inside?
im sooooo curious bout that 😀😀
It's actually really hard to tell where a pocket is located, unless you're following a vein of some sort. Here I'm more looking for easy places to remove large amounts of stone quickly/easily to maximize my chance of finding one. So I'll typically work the existing cracks if possible.
it seems like quartz
You're correct. "Herkimer Diamond" is a nickname for the crystals from this area of New York. They're unusually clear, and many have double terminations
@SOUTHERN PATRIOT They have a moderate value if they're complete crystals and if they are very clear
Where quartz exists can there also be gold veins.
@@museumandtravel Very true! Quartz is often an indicator for gold
It is the hardest ever quartz
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wtf dude i live 14 miles a way from there
Take a trip, it fun!
a nice video even we don't understand english very well! It
Hi we found something like that ,we already use diamond tester and it is positive but how to verify if it is legit and has a worth.tnx
go to a bank
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That's millions of dollars right there.
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I had same rocks . I don't have ideas how to market. Please give me any suggestions
We don't sell too many, I mostly add them to my own personal collection, or give them to friends. We do sell some on Etsy, but we don't pursue sales very much.
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hmmm maybe the hoffmans would have gotten better luck doing this lol
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Sir i have also this type of stone but small like a rino upper head can you help me i have a stone is this dimond or like simple stone i was so confuse
say me this place?
www.crystalgrove.com/