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Amethyst from
York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:359683
Long-form Identifier:1:3:359683:8
GUID (UUID V4):3bbb4a15-b129-438c-a17a-ee30773613d5
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Show and Sale sponsored by the Lin­ coln County Gem and Mineral Society. Na­ tional Guard Armory...California. Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive. Informa­ tion: Jill Lloyd, Orange County Fair, 88 Fair...Annual Ute Moun­ tain Gem and Mineral Society Show, County Annex Building, 103 North Chestnut. Informa­ tion:... New York State Fairgrounds, Rt. 690 West. Chairman: Wes Henderson, Box 801, Syracuse, New York 13201...39071; 601/879-8832. July 23, 24—Mattituck, New York. 7th Annual Mineral, Gem & Jewelry Show sponsored
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Inn, 1010 S. Freeway; the Continen­ Chairman: Mort York, 44 The'Liveoaks, Fred­ tal Inn, 720 West 22d Street...39071; 601/879-8832. January 23, 24—Lindenhurst, New York. Show sponsored by the South Shore Gem and Min­...Mineral Society, ski, 3333 5th Street, Oceanside, New York Box 42543, Tucson, Arizona 85733. 11572; 516/766-6120...by the West Texas Gem and Mineral Society. Ector County Coliseum, Exhibit Build­ ing A, 42d and Andrews...68502; 402/472-7564. March 19, 20—Hellertown, Pennsylvania. 18th Annual Lehigh Valley Gem, Mineral, Jewelry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has acquired the former Pennsylvania collection of the Academy...received all of the approximately five thousand Pennsylvania specimens. The new acquisitions improve the...the breadth and depth of Carnegie’s Pennsylvania holdings by filling in important localities that were not...the Phoenixville district of Chester County, beautiful amethyst and smoky quartz, beryl, “garnet,” and...Delaware County, and magnetite and calcite from the mines of French Creek, also in Chester County. A large
Report (volume)
stones that react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great
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Stacy; Jeff Scovil photo. Amethyst, 12 cm, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Collected by Bryon Brookmyer;...museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens...and FLECK, G. (1980) The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineralogical Record, 11 (4), 231–232...and HAWES, W. (1978) Quartz and pyrite from King County, Washington. Mineralogical Record, 9 (6), 352–353...from the Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Collected December 21, 2008 with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jeff Scovil photo. March/April: Quartz, variety amethyst, Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico. Martin Zinn specimen...Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo. July/August:...Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen, Jeff Scovil...September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen...November/December: Amethyst, Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett
Journal (issue)
. . . . . $4.50 Faceted Brazilian or African amethyst. Good color ... . ....................... 40¢...diamond to a diamond cutter/ polisher in the New York area requesting that it be repolished. It was returned...36th annual AMETHYST have met. show which will be held in the Palm #780 Rose De France Amethyst from Brazil...GENUINE MALAYA GEM RHODOLITE PADPARADSCHA TSAVORITE AMETHYST OPAL MORE WITH MIRROR BRIGHT POLISH, READY TO...Jasper .... $25 .25 MINIMUM ORDER S18 postpaid in USA Subscribe to our CATALOG of cabochons. beads. slabs
Journal (issue)
POLLINATORS 26 By Anita B. Stone and B. Burns, PhD 62 AMETHYST: A PURPLE POWERHOUSE 42 ASK A PETROLOGIST By...Kissick | ext. 1995 | CraigK@HA.com DALLAS | NEW YORK | BEVERLY HILLS | CHICAGO | PALM BEACH LONDON |...12-25%; see HA.com. Licensed by the City of New York #1364738/9-DCA 64775 WWW.ROCKNGEM.COM | JUNE 2022...you find this issue as inspiring as I do! From amethyst (one of my favorites) to agatized corals, I’m...COM | JUNE 2022 7 Sale MADEIN INUSA USA MADE MADEIN INUSA USA MADE !)Fydmveft!Bmbtlb!'!Ibxbjj* Sale
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Robertson (Royal Ontario Museum) September-October: Amethyst sceptered quartz, Hopkinton, Rhode Island; photo...gold on quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California. Š Harold and Erica Van Pelt photographers...Moun­ tains, 338 Albite, 75 Allanite, 75, 193 Amethyst Sceptered Quartz from Ashaway Village, Hopkinton... R. W. Grant, 54 Arsenopyrite, 75 Avella, S., Amethyst Sceptered Quartz from Ashaway Village, Hopkinton...Andesine Anorthosite Body Near Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia, 57 Bowenite, 251, 266, 288 Britholite
Book (edition)
CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM...arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized in...where they found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals...Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, or Tom Robert's Rock the caption. All photographs...precious variety of beryl. Amethyst and agate geode. Purple or lavender amethyst crystals line cavity,
Journal (issue)
striated horizontally. 6 "Drusy" Quartz, Missouri, USA Denise Bicknell Collection THE BACKBENDER'S GAZETTE...Herkimer and Montgomery Counties area of New York, USA. Austria, Switzerland, and Germany have produced...specimens. There are hundreds of localities worldwide. Amethyst is lavender to purple in color and frequently...predominant form. Amethyst scepters capping rock crystals or smoky quartz Quartz var. Amethyst crystals are...San Bernardino County, California, USA Denise Bicknell collection localities. Amethyst is often found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen, Harold...Barbosa, R. V. Gaines, 310-13 Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, W. B. Thompson,...Walker Vein, Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite, Arkansas...332; Kentucky, 258, 327; Minas Gerais, 313; Pennsylvania, 260-70; Wyoming, 167 California: benitoite...Barite, Wasta, Pennington County, South Dakota, 188-90; Benitoite, San Benito County, California, 392-95;
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tourmaline were shipped to the company's lapidary in New York. This brief, understated summary does not allude...of New York in 1881 at the age of 21. At the Second Annual ACA Regatta at Lake George, New York, the New...New York Times (New York Times 1881 b) proclaimed that, Dr. A. E. Heighway, Jr. the young athlete, who...well-earned since he was 6 foot, 3 inches in height (USA passport app Iication 1921 ). As a canoer and sail...especially with the publicity from the New York Times reports (New York Times 1886a, b). Both junior and senior
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Willamette Valley Rockhounds. Clackamas 602/791-2210. County Fairgrounds, Hwy. 99E. Information: September 12-15—Denver...the Greater Denver Area Gem & Mineral nual Gaston County Gem and Mineral Show. Council. Exposition Hall...Show. Allen Gem and Mineral Society. North County Recre­ County Memorial Coliseum, U.S. 30 Bypass ation...September 8, 9—Roseburg, Oregon. Annual Club. Lake County Fairgrounds. Information: Show sponsored by the...Hobart, IN 46342; qua Gem & Mineral Clubs. Douglas County 219/942-8092. Fairgrounds. Information: Warren
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Journal (issue)
Cassedanne A vivianite occurrence in Contra Costa County,California ... 337 by C. B. DeWitt Essay: minerals...Phoenixville lead-silver mines, Chester County, Pennsylvania ..........................................CATTELLE, W. R. (1911) The Diamond. John Lane, New York, p. 177-205. LIMA, A ., Jr. (1945) Historia do...location in the city of Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California. The occurrence is in a newly excavated...Map of the Walnut Creek Quadrangle, Contra Costa County, California. U.S. Geo­ logical Survey Open-File
Journal (issue)
Patterns and Textures www.rockngem.com ARIZONA AMETHYST Purple Gems from Four Peaks red_cover_0314.indd...March by Kenneth H. Rohn Four Peaks, Arizona, Amethyst............... 28 Purple gems at 7,000 feet A...CALIFORNIA: Annual show; Monrovia Rockhounds; LA County Arboretum, 301 S. Baldwin Ave.; Sat. 9-4:30, Sun...Annual show; Ventura Gem & Mineral Society; Ventura County Fairgrounds; 10 W. Harbor Blvd.; Sat. 10-5, Sun...Web site: www.sgams.com 7-9—NORTH APPLE VALLEY (COUNTY), CALIFORNIA: 38th Annual Outdoor Tailgate; Victor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Earth Science Club of Missouri. Creve Coeur County Park, Greensfelder Pavilion, Dorsett Rd. and Marine... May 20, 21—Endicott, New York. 20th Annual Show sponsored by the New York Southern Tier Geology Club...Annual Gem and Mineral Fair sponsored by the Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology Society. Sears Roebuck... 11—Johnstown, New York. 30th Annual Mineral Swap sponsored by the Fulton County Mineral Club. Fulton-Montgomery...02401; 508/5863541. June 17, 18—Shartlesville, Pennsylvania. 21st An­ nual Swap & Sell sponsored by Berks
Report (issue)
DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cavities of druses which occur in many pegmatites. Amethyst, the purple colored variety of crystalline quartz...Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire; Bedford, New York; the Scott and other quarries near Custer, South...from Pala, RincĂłn, and Mesa Grande, California. Amethyst quartz crystals have been found occasionally at...Connecticut, to three inches in length. Other amethyst crystal localities are near Milan and Berlin,...Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities near West Chester
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by Seymour F. Dozier, Red Oak, Route 1, Fulton County, Georgia. Large lumps of this material can be picked...silver. "The Agency Creek, McDevitt District, Lemhi County, Idaho, radioactive ores (found in that District...employees and the community of Rosiclare."—Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois."— The Crittenden...to say about Marengo Cave, which is in Crawford County in southern Indiana (near Marengo). "Marengo Cave...banded red agates in his area. Melrose is in Monroe County in southern Iowa. KANSAS — Pink celestite xls have
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New Mexico 88031. March 12—Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. Micromount Swap-Sell-Learn sponsored by the...the Rock & Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County. Northminster Presbyterian Church, 140 Tren­ ton Road. Information:...Information: Ralph Thomas, 11 Riverdale Road, Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067; 215/295-9730. March 12, 13—Burien, Washington...by the West Texas Gem and Mineral Society. Ector County Coliseum, Exhibit Build­ ing A, 42d and Andrews...68502; 402/472-7564. March 19, 20—Hellertown, Pennsylvania. 18th Annual Lehigh Valley Gem, Mineral, Jewelry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fisher, Henry L . Some Sulfate Minerals of Meigs County, Ohio. July-Aug., p. 416. Forghani, Abdol-Hossein...Prairie Agate. Nov., Wild, George O. The Color of Amethyst. Mar., p. 178. p. 613. Williamson, Mildred A....Controls Miscellaneous Minerals. Marva Putnam County, New York. April, Gay. April, p. 269. p. 225. 650 ROCKS...Broughton. Feb., p. 75. p. 579. Amethyst-77ze Color of Amethyst. New York—Hunting for Fossils in the George...Huge Amethyst Find in North Caro­ p. 476. Magnetite Deposits in Putnam lina. May, p. 336. County. New
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University of Georgia William Pinch Rochester, New York Bruce K. Goodwin College of William and Mary Claude...Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania George L. Holloway Northridge, Califomia Curt G. Segeler Brooklyn, New York Terry...Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York at Buffalo W. Cullen Sherwood James Madison University...Tufts U.S. Geological Survey Carl Krotki New York, New York William Maloney Bethesda, Maryland Joseph...standard postage stamp catalogue. 1977. Vol. 1-4. New York , N.Y .: Wehman . AFARS AND ISSAS 197 1 10 fr doleritic
 
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