Crystal Grove Herkimer Diamond Mine
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This is a fee-pay site which is a mine and a campground. Here you can find the famous Herkimer diamond (small quartz crystals of superb quality). You can a shovel, hammer, or chisel or just sift through the dirt. It is open from April 15th to October 15th in the daytime for a small fee. For more information visit their website:
Directions:
The placemark is from Google Earth's location for the mine. Their website says: 43 03 01 N Latitude
74 38 18 W Longitude
They have directions on their website (too much to paste here): http://www.crystalgrove.com/map.html
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): ( 43° 2'58.40"N, 74°38'13.25"W)
or (43.049555, -74.637013)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is supposed to be exact.)
Mindat Link: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36122.html
Tags: Crystal Grove Diamond Mine, Herkimer diamonds, quartz, quartz crystals, crystals, Herkimer, St. Johnsville, New York, highway 29, 29, blue ridge parkway, fee-pay site, fee-pay, pay to dig, mine
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