Talk:Herkimer diamond

A note
I removed the following from the page:


 * Recently, crystals were found on Mount Tzouhalem within shale rock,in British Columbia, Canada.

This was added by an anon User:142.32.208.234, who had also been adding nonsense vandalism. I did a quick Google and found no mention of Herkimer on Tzouhalem. If this turns out to be a real event, please replace the info with reference. -Rholton 18:13, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

POV Tag
Removed, no issue listed on talk page. I started this article, and I live in Shepherdsville, KENTUCKY, nowhere near Herkimer, NY. If you think one of the links is inappropriate, feel free to remove it, but I fail to see anything in the actual article POV.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zotel (talk • contribs) 22:37, 30 January 2007 (UTC).


 * Chopped two blatant commercial links. We're not here to advertize for them. Took out a bit of hype - needs more. Really needs references/citations. Quick google search of the first 150 or so links only a couple were non-commercial, added the Mindat link. Vsmith 23:50, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Move attempt
A new user has attempted a move to Little Falls Diamond with a cut and paste job. That has been reverted. However, I see no reason for the renaming or move of this page. Herkimer diamond is by far the more common name with 63,600 Google hits for "Herkimer diamond" vs only 4960 for "Little Falls Diamond". You have some convincing to do here. Vsmith (talk) 23:00, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Edit Suggestion - phantom
A knowledgeable person should rewrite the definition of a "phantom". I believe a better description is, "A phantom is a crystal in which the outline of one or more previously formed crystal(s) is visible through the final crystal faces, and is the result of multiple growth stages over long periods of time." Magedit (talk) 19:43, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

To Do - Hopper crystal - pockets
I'm no gemologist or whatever, but my hasty googling suggests that 'skeletal crystal' is a more general term that encompasses 'hopper crystal' as a special case. See http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapterdbid/3593.html If W had a page for skeletal crystal I'd cross-link to it, but it doesn't. So that's on my to-do list now ;-) I was tempted to just delete the sentence "There are also larger cavities that are several feet in diameter that are called "pockets"." It interrupts the flow, confuses things, and it isn't apparent what the relevance is.  Is it just that when a "small solution cavity" or "vug" gets big enough, it is instead called a "pocket"?  If so, I'm sure there is a more graceful way to say that. Spike0xFF (talk) 16:03, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

News and Reference for Citation about the Herkimer Diamond becoming the State Mineral of New York
Here are references to the legislation and details of the State Senator's bill: http://www.americangeode.com/blog/herkimer-diamond-new-york-state-mineral/ 65.88.88.46 (talk) 20:38, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 17:49, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

What is a "double termination point"???
Nobody knows what a "double termination point" is, so the article should not just use this term without explaining it.

But that should be obvious to anyone who understands what an encyclopedia is.47.44.96.195 (talk) 17:24, 19 October 2020 (UTC)