Herkimer Diamonds to be Featured on National TV All This Week

If you'd like to see the Mohawk Valley featured on national television, you might want to watch Herkimer Diamonds in Middleville featured live on the Home Shopping Network all this week. The Herkimer Diamonds or quartz, and its line of jewelry, will be featured this Monday, Tuesday and Thursday on HSN, and it's amazing to see the popularity of the product, worldwide.

Dr. Renee Shevat will be featured showing off Herkimer Diamonds and the jewelry that comes from the natural gem.

Herkimer Diamonds are beautiful double-terminated quartz crystals found in Herkimer County, New York. Incredibly, these phenomenal gemstones are close to five hundred million years old. The crystals are magnificent works of nature, found in the rock, having a diamond-like geometrical shape. Thus, the name recognition of Herkimer Diamonds.

The Home Shopping Network features several jewelry options made from Herkimer Diamonds mined from the Herkimer Diamonds resort. Herkimer Diamonds are unique to the Mohawk Valley and this region is the only place in the world where they can be found.

Here's the TV schedule:

• June 25 Tuesday 1am-2am Hour (Monday evening) (West Coast Prime Time)
• June 25 Tuesday 1-2pm
• June 25 Tuesday 8-9pm
• June 27 Thursday 3-4pm

Herkimer Diamond mines features the Herkimer Diamond mines, the Miner's Table restaurant and the KOA campground in Middleville. Mohawk Valley products are on display for sale at Herkimer's Gems Along the Mohawk on the canal across from the Herkimer Thruway exchange. The Gems facility is also the home for daily boat rides on the Erie Canal and the Waterfront Grille restaurant.