Quartz, Diamond Point, Arizona
Quartz (var. Doubly Terminated)
Diamond Point area, Payson Mining District, Mazatzal Mtns., Gila Co., AZ, USA
Doubly terminated quartz only occurs in a few places in the world, generally with much fanfare (and special names). This specific occurrence calls the individual crystals “Payson Diamonds”, a reference to the “original” Herkimer Diamonds from Herkimer, New York. Seeing these “diamonds” (they’re not actually diamonds, but quartz) perched on matrix is even rarer. They have a tendency to “pop” off and become single, detached crystals as they weather out of the rock.
Quartz (var. Doubly Terminated)
Diamond Point area, Payson Mining District, Mazatzal Mtns., Gila Co., AZ, USA
Doubly terminated quartz only occurs in a few places in the world, generally with much fanfare (and special names). This specific occurrence calls the individual crystals “Payson Diamonds”, a reference to the “original” Herkimer Diamonds from Herkimer, New York. Seeing these “diamonds” (they’re not actually diamonds, but quartz) perched on matrix is even rarer. They have a tendency to “pop” off and become single, detached crystals as they weather out of the rock.
Quartz (var. Doubly Terminated)
Diamond Point area, Payson Mining District, Mazatzal Mtns., Gila Co., AZ, USA
Doubly terminated quartz only occurs in a few places in the world, generally with much fanfare (and special names). This specific occurrence calls the individual crystals “Payson Diamonds”, a reference to the “original” Herkimer Diamonds from Herkimer, New York. Seeing these “diamonds” (they’re not actually diamonds, but quartz) perched on matrix is even rarer. They have a tendency to “pop” off and become single, detached crystals as they weather out of the rock.
