Herkimer Diamond Mines #Herkimer #HerkimerDiamond #HerkimerNY #NY

How we spent our summer vacation.  Being avid gem and mineral enthusiasts my wife and I decided our destination would be the Herkimer Diamond mines in New York.  This location has been receiving mixed reviews in the recent past, but those who put in the effort and know what to look for will be rewarded.

We spent about 7 hours at this site with the tools necessary to access these hidden gems.  You can rent a 3lb hammer at the location to break open some of these hidden gems but we suggest bringing your own additional tools.  IE: safety glasses, gloves, pry bar, 5lb hammer, pick, chisel, wedges, ziplock baggies and a 5gal bucket to carry away your treasures.  Many small samples in matrix are easily accessible and will be enjoyed forever!  As can be seen by some of our photo's.  

Well worth the effort you put in. Enjoy some of our shots from our trip September 19th, 2018.  We also highly recommend the Herkimer Diamond Mine KOA campgrounds on site across the street.  Great location, nice stream and quiet location to rest inbetween treasure hunts, bracelets are issued by the mine so you may come and go throughout the day.  Any questions about this location feel free to contact us.

Herkimer Diamond is a healing crystal to bring its positive energy into your life. Herkimer diamonds are a double terminated form of quartz named after it's type locality, Herkimer County,New York, U.S.A. Mineral Species - Quartz Crystal System - Trigonal Birthstone - Sagittarius Chakra Alignment - Crown Crystal Attributes: Stimulates psychic gifts. Brings in pure light and is used to clear the Chakras. Considered to be an 'attunement' stone. A powerful aid in attuning to another person, one’s environment, or the highest spiritual levels. Useful in treating and eliminating electromagnetic stress. This crystal comes with a handy reference card describing all key mineral properties and crystal healing attributes. (Photo: Dave Peatfield) (Locality: 43.130214, -74.975736, Herkimer Diamond Mines, Herkimer, NY)

These are a few of the many crystal forms seen in Herkimer Diamonds.

#NeverForget #911

Join us at 8:30am ET tomorrow for our Commemoration of the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001. The event will be streaming on https://t.co/lFToBkdwG0 and https://t.co/0SvX08CQlX. #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/xfDMi07Pfy

— TSA (@TSA) September 10, 2018

Stunning photo of the New York City Skyline, 17 years ago today, on the morning of September 10th, 2001. Photo was taken by Australian tourist David Officer, from the Empire State Building. #911Memorial // #NeverForget 🇺🇲 pic.twitter.com/o4UFKaKYdt

— James Wagner (@JamesWagnerTW) September 10, 2018

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Rescue and recovery worker Donald Anderson of New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) reported to #GroundZero on Sept. 12, 2001. He worked at the site for seven days, operating in 12-hour shifts maintaining a Mobile Field Office Emergency Unit. In addition to keeping generators running and re-charging radios, computers and cell phones, he documented the scene with his camera. His photographs capture not only the incomprehensible destruction, but the cooperation and compassion of rescue and recovery workers. _____ Anderson hoped that the photographs might one day communicate to 9/11 family members the dedication and care that characterized the rescue and recovery efforts. He also wanted to make sure that children too young to understand what had occurred, including his own, as well as those not yet born, would understand what had happened that day. He later shared his archive with the #911Museum. For more photos, click the link in our bio. _____ 📷: 9/11 Memorial Museum Collection, Donald Anderson

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I am unsure where this image originated but it’s so compelling. #neverforget #neverforget911 #343 #groundzero

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Hurricane season is revving up!

3 named storms in the #Atlantic right now... #Florence forecast to strengthen back to a major hurricane by early next week. Helene & Issac forecast to strengthen to hurricane status this weekend! #Boston25 #Tropics pic.twitter.com/BQwAOC7Rsl

— Sarah Wroblewski (@sarahwroblewski) September 8, 2018

BREAKING: Congress just voted to open drilling in the Arctic Refuge

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From: "Jamie Williams, The Wilderness Society" <member@tws.org>
Date: Dec 20, 2017 1:16 PM
Subject: BREAKING: Congress just voted to open drilling in the Arctic Refuge
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Dear Reader, It's unconscionable. After 4 decades of American support for keeping the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge protected from oil drilling, Congress has gone behind our backs to open the Arctic Refuge to drilling by voting for their wildly unpopular and secretive tax bill. The bill contains a sneaky provision to allow oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the wildest places left on earth, a haven for polar bears, caribou, musk oxen and thousands of migratory bird species. America's irreplaceable wildlands have experienced a number of attacks in 2017, from Trump decimating Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments to Congress just now voting to open drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. We will not stand for this. There are two things you can do RIGHT NOW to protect our wilderness and fight back against this harmful tax bill: Sign the pledge to keep fighting for the Arctic Refuge. Make a tax-deductible donation that will be matched by a generous donor THREE TIMES, up to $1,000,000. The Wilderness Society will fight at every turn to protect the Arctic Refuge- in the courts, in Congress, and in corporate board rooms. But we need your help. Every dollar you contribute TODAY will go directly to our battle to save our wild places. Your tax-deductible donation will fund the most important fight of our more-than 80-year existence. Every dollar helps protect our last remaining public lands from the Trump administration, anti-conservationists in Congress and their Big Oil cronies. Please make a tax-deductible donation to The Wilderness Society right now. All donations today will be MATCHED 3X by a longtime friend of The Wilderness Society, who like you, won't give up in the fight for the preservation of the Arctic. There's no more important time than now. Sincerely, Jamie Williams President, The Wilderness Society 1615 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036  |  1-800-THE-WILD (1-800-843-9453) | www.wilderness.org Unsubscribe

So.... @realDonaldTrump what you are actually saying.....

So.... @realDonaldTrump what you are actually saying by reducing our national open spaces is: Go ahead and clear-cut our National Treasures, for every tree they cut down we support two less "breathing voters." #supportnationalparks pic.twitter.com/eWdcvKbNsR

— Dave Peatfield (@dpeatfield) December 6, 2017