Field Collecting, New York State Mineral Specimens

Powers Farm, Pierrepont, New York

This provides an overview of work done and some images of top specimens from this classic Dana locality.  The 2004 and 2005 seasons proved to be quite interesting.  Be sure to read the Rock and Gem article on this location and view the Specimens for Sale.

 

Nice Herk. diamond.Treasure Mountain, Little Falls, New York

Two seasons of collecting at this commercial site has lead to many nice discoveries.  This page overviews the summer 2002 collecting season which comprised approximately 45 days of collecting Herkimer diamonds in central New York.  Twenty images of collecting activities, pockets and specimens.  This location is currently closed.

 

A quality Beaman Road Barite in the Mike Walter collection.Barite from Beaman Road, West of Gouverneur, New York

You will find a journal entry from a great day of collecting at a historic New York State site.

 

Jay Walter starting a new dig at Diamond Acres for Herkimer Diamonds.Diamond Acres, Fonda, New York....Our Claim for the Past Decade and Its Future

The history behind a decade of work at our first Herkimer diamond claim.  In 2001 our first claim was played out so we had to start a new claim from scratch.  This page will document this new claims development and provide descriptions of the finds that develop there.

 

Typical Oxbow calcites on quartz and graphite.Oxbow Road Cut

Documentation of a classic north country site and the minerals that occurred there.

      

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