“Mine Your Own” Herkimer Diamond Bucket

Thank you for choosing  Lumina.  We hope you will enjoy this product as much as we have enjoyed creating it for you.  The following information is about the Herkimer Diamond “Mine Your Own” Bucket. 

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Contents:

• Herkimer Diamonds
• Dolomite Rocks 
• Dirt
• Tweezers
• Vial

This mining material may contain:

• Herkimer Diamonds
• Herkimer Diamond Druzy
• Pieces of Herkimer Diamonds
• Calcite
• Fossils (Including tiny shells which are found in the dirt from millions of years ago when the ocean once covered the area.)
• Uncommon Varieties of Herkimer Diamonds such as: Golden Healer, Twins, Clusters

Be certain to mine carefully as some of the most amazing and perfect Herkimer Diamonds are only millimeters in size and you are sure to find some within.  

Herkimer Diamonds can only be found in one place in the world, Herkimer County, New York, USA.  They are very unique in that they come out of the ground double terminated (natural points at both ends) & 18 faces (naturally faceted). There are quartz crystals that are from other parts of the world that have been called Herkimer Diamond but they are not the same. As an example, they may be a different hardness, different number of facets, different termination(s) and they are not from New York.

A common diamond must be formed by a lapidary in order to appear terminated and faceted in this way.    Herkimer Diamonds are a quartz crystal.  Normal quartz crystals are a 7 on the Mohs hardness scale while Herkimer Diamonds are 7.5.  They are actually more rare than a common diamond.  They are over 500 million years old. 

Herkimer Diamonds can be found to have black spots in them.  This is called Anthraxolite, black carbon deposits which looks similar to black coal.  Some even have bubbles of water found in them called anhydro.   Your Herkimer Diamond can be valued based on color, clarity, and carat weight.

Happy Mining!

⚠️WARNING

CHOKING HAZARD:  Small Parts, Not For Children Under 8