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The Season of the Drusy Layer

The Season of the Drusy Layer

Early morning is the best time for summer mining.  The air is still cool, with a lingering hazy mist surrounding the pit.  Once the water is pumped and the generator...

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The Season of the Drusy Layer

Early morning is the best time for summer mining.  The air is still cool, with a lingering hazy mist surrounding the pit.  Once the water is pumped and the generator...

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Fonda Locality Herkimer Beds

Fonda Locality Herkimer Beds

Upstate New York Herkimer Diamond formations vary significantly from one location to another.   Though all are technically metamorphic sedimentary (meaning altered or changed sediment deposits), each has its own...

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Fonda Locality Herkimer Beds

Upstate New York Herkimer Diamond formations vary significantly from one location to another.   Though all are technically metamorphic sedimentary (meaning altered or changed sediment deposits), each has its own...

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How We Got Hooked!

How We Got Hooked!

Good morning! It's a beautiful day in Connecticut. So, for those of you who don't know us..here's a little more about what we do and who we are: We absolutely...

How We Got Hooked!

Good morning! It's a beautiful day in Connecticut. So, for those of you who don't know us..here's a little more about what we do and who we are: We absolutely...

Landscaping with Herkimers!

Landscaping with Herkimers!

Are your gardens or walkways a little boring?  Want a little sparkle?  Try Landscaping with Herkimer Diamonds.  I had the opportunity today to play around in my sister’s Fairy Garden. ...

Landscaping with Herkimers!

Are your gardens or walkways a little boring?  Want a little sparkle?  Try Landscaping with Herkimer Diamonds.  I had the opportunity today to play around in my sister’s Fairy Garden. ...

Why Half Dimes?

Why Half Dimes?

Quite often, a customer or another coin dealer will visit our exhibit during a coin show and remark:  “That’s a lot of Half Dimes”. These tiny fascinating coins have been...

Why Half Dimes?

Quite often, a customer or another coin dealer will visit our exhibit during a coin show and remark:  “That’s a lot of Half Dimes”. These tiny fascinating coins have been...

So, what’s on My Workbench (other than Wilbur)?

So, what’s on My Workbench (other than Wilbur)?

  Finally, I get to hammer and solder and file and polish and play with stones again!  I am overwhelmed with ideas that were scrawled on bits of scrap paper and...

So, what’s on My Workbench (other than Wilbur)?

  Finally, I get to hammer and solder and file and polish and play with stones again!  I am overwhelmed with ideas that were scrawled on bits of scrap paper and...