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Amethyst from
Achill Island, Mayo County, Connacht, Ireland


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ferruginous Quartz2 photos of Amethyst associated with Ferruginous Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Achill Island, Mayo County, Connacht, Ireland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1334283
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1334283:6
GUID (UUID V4):52ec6286-9127-4f52-8180-bc4eb0818d85
Localities for Amethyst in this Region
Keem, Achill Island, Mayo County, Connacht, Ireland
References
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Journal (issue)
J Mason -------- 42 -------MICROMINERALS from IRELAND G Ryback· S Moreton BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED...and the ruby; Mercury, to quicksilver and the amethyst; and Venus, to copper and the emerald. Several...Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain (Ind Ireland Van Voorsc, London. HEDDLE, M.F. (1887) On the...lm of che sill's base. QUARTZ Si02 Small, pale amethyst crystals line cavities in 4cm-wide quartz veins...of dried blood, from the Commercial mine, Grant County, New Mexico, discovered it is said from a comment
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location of gemstones in the United Kingdom and Ireland to be published for a hundred years. Based on many...their geographical England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland occurrence. detail, in separate chapters, and specific...fascinating minerals as chalcedony and jasper, amethyst and tourmaline. Two chapters describe the physical...M. A. Cunningham, of the Geological Survey of Ireland; W. F.-Davidson, of Penrith; J. N. M. Firth; L...Geological Sciences, Leeds; Miss M. C. Hill, County Archivist, Salop County Council; P. G. Hines; Robert Hogg,
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who is responsible for the parts on Wales and Ireland; and to John Adams, Peter Shepherd, Joan Lawson...BIRD'S EYE VIEW 2 5 1 THE SOUTH WEST 2 WALES 3 IRELAND 4 NORTHERN ENGLAND 6 8 10 5 FROM TWEED TO THAMES...widespread in Britain, they are found elsewhere in Ireland, and also, with copper, in the Isle of Man). Copper...mines predominate in the south western tip of Ireland, while some iron occurs to the north. Apart from...minerals) are most likely to crop up. Cornwall, North Ireland and many parts of Scotland are best known for these
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be \'-'rong to miss out reference to Wales and Ireland. The former is, of course, renow11ed for its gold...geological formations in Brit:1i11; while Northern Ireland ha the great tourist attraction of the Giant's...co thesc one can add the qu:irrz gL'lll rone ; -amethyst, smoky quartz, cicrinl', morion. chalcedony, agate...Welsh tribe, the Silures. DEVONIAN comes from the county of Devon where these rocks were first examined...be found incerbedclccl with other rocks in the county of Ayrshire. Many of the volcanic necks of Eastern
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Isles is a celebration of the beauties of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Fifty of the most unusual...page: The basalt columns and pavements on the island of Staffa, Scotland. Introduction England Introduction...and Winnats Pass White Scar Caves Ireland Introduction Achill Island Bridges of Ross The Burren Cliffs...The entrance to Fingal’s cave on the Hebridean island of Staffa, a wonder of extruded basalts. Far left...of the land-bridge which long ago connected our island to the European mainland. There is a strange poignancy
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MANUAL w OF THE MINERALOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. BY ROBERT PHILIPS GREG, F.G.S. , AND WILLIAM...work to place the Mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland on that footing to which scientifically and economically...M Playok, in topaz from the Mourne Mountains, Ireland ), almost every known British form being in fact...Portlock's Geological Report and Survey of the N.E. of Ireland ( 1843 ). Catalogue of the British Museum . Sale...garnets, in gneiss . At Fetlar in the Shetlands. Island of Mull ; on the estate of Killimore, two miles
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Nickeliferous Magnetic Pyrites at Tiernakill,near Maum, county of Galway. By the Rev. Samuel Haughton, F. R. S...associated Minerals from Ross Hill, near Maum , county of Galway. By James Apjohn, M. D., Professor of...the Drift Gravel of Ireland, On the Wolfhill and Modubeagh Coal-fields, Queen's County. By George M'Dowell...District extending from Dungarvan to Annestown, county of Waterford. By W. B. Brownrigg, S.T. C.D., and...Arrangement of the simple Minerals hitherto found in Ireland. By Aquilla Smith, M. D., M. R. I. A., The Localities
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Crete and at Johnson’s Island, a Civil War site in Ohio, and Achill Island in Ireland at www.interactivedigs...Creative Director A forbidding location on a Baltic island is the scene of an ancient massacre involving perhaps...Tankersley Archaeology Magazine 36-36 33rd Street, Long Island City, NY 11106 tel 718-472-3050 • fax 718-472-3051...comments to ARCHAEOLOGY, 36-36 33rd Street, Long Island City, NY 11106, fax 718-4723051, or e-mail letters@archaeology...36-36 33rd Street, Long Island City, NY 11106. Periodicals postage paid at Long Island City, NY, and additional
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Gemstones 10 Gems of the Silica Group including Amethyst, Agate and Opal 11 Turquoise and Lapis-Lazuli...Crystals and Cut Stones of Rock Crystal, Citrines and Amethyst : : : : : : : . 166 XVI XVII Opal: Cabochon-cut...peridot, aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline, zircon and amethyst in company with all other stones which do not...of gem crystals, particularly rock crystal and amethyst, although the latter is often found in vughs....lithiumbearing pegmatites of the Pala district of San Diego County, California, from which much of the beautiful kunzite
Report (issue)
wherea.s there are no standards of beauty~ · Amethyst and deep red _g arnet were used in jewellery to...described as '' 01·iental em,e rald '' and '' oriental amethyst '' respectively. All are sometimes called '~ sapphire...but much superior in durability to '' paste.'' Amethyst, at 011e it ime in great ,demand, is no longer...weathered granite. Amethyst bas been obtained from Cornwall and from Cork and Achill island in Co~ 1M ayo...and heliotrope especially in the basalt of the island of Rum. The well-known '' Blue John '' from Oastleto
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GEOLOGY AND IRELAND : vVith Physical geography and its geological foundations . by w. E. NEVILL....subjects. Because of the importance of agriculture in Ireland, a con1plete chapter is devoted to the country's...possible from the rocks and physical landscape of Ireland ; in fact a maximum usage is made of features of...before the date shown above LANCASHIRE COUNTY LIBRARY COUNTY HALL, PRESTON Digitized by the Internet...org/details/geologyireland0000wene GEOLOGY AND IRELAND GEOLOGY AND IRELAND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ITS GEOLOGICAL
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long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens
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Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George SeYastopulo...& Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6...stage of MB! that focusing only on Britain and Ireland might be too restrictive, and that what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished...producers of b th tin and copp ·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion
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Crystallised Quartz . Rock-crystal .... Smoky-quartz .... Amethyst ..... Citrine ..... Rose-quartz .... Prase .....II 3. IDOCRASE, DIOPTASE, AND TOURMALINE. 2. Amethyst, crystals .... 15. 356, 360 PLATE XV. (Following...Oreat Table,” a large Indian 50 carats of the Island of ..... facets of a brilliant 47 48 183 ...„ 86. Sceptre-quartz.483 „ 87. O ccurrence of amethyst near Mursinka in the Urals ..... 328 . 335...Crystalline form of olivine (chryso¬ .105 Wolf’s Island, Lake Onega, Russia . near , from 485 89.
Journal (issue)
Neil Hubbard dated the 1st May 1978, Dick noted: IRELAND Tlie buildersare coming011quitequicklywith tl...territory. Eventually, his thoughts turned to Ireland. Dick's first trip appears to have been in 1976...Quarry, Co. Dublin, Carlinford, Co. Louth; Achill Island, Co. Mayo; Ballybunion, Co. Kerry; Clontibret Mine...many specimens were acquired that two trips to Ireland were needed to bring them back safely to ComwalI...of our mineralogical heritage. Further trips to Ireland ensued: in 1980 Dick acquired "111a11yfi11e sprcimellS
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America Ways the Horse Changed History Lost Island of the Maya Sick Days in Ancient Egypt Korea Weaving...who dug tombs for royals BY DANIEL WEISS 40 Lost Island of the Maya A submerged ancient pilgrimage site...central Crete; Johnson’s Island, a Civil War site in Ohio; and Achill Island in Ireland at www.interactivedigs...contributing editor Roger Atwood’s story “Lost Island of the Maya” (page 40). Some 60 feet below its...Tankersley Archaeology Magazine 36-36 33rd Street, Long Island City, NY 11106 tel 718-472-3050 • fax 718-472-3051
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The largest groups of new terms have been U.S. county names; rock-formation names (mostly North American);...Thesaurus. These include local geographic terms, U.S. county names, rock-formation names, and fossil names....term must be a name unique to one area. Lincoln County is not assigned coordinates in the Thesaurus, because...North America from the broader terms of Hanover County. There is no reciprocal entry for each broader...counties of the United States; e.g., Chautauqua County may have a broader term Kansas or New York. BX
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the total of 4,284 new Terms were United States county and city Terms. Counties and Cities in the United...States Earlier editions had Terms such as Washington County and Portland for counties and cities of the United...for example: Washington County Arkansas and Portland Maine. Each new county Term can now autopost its...to counties was a major task. The scope of U.S. county and city Terms can now be clear even when they...For example, whenever an in¬ dexer uses Atchison County Kansas the Terms Kan¬ sas, Midwest, and United
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edges of continents, and belts which pass through island cha ins, are · always close to deep trenches in...the mineral. For example, purple quartz (called amethyst) contains traces of titanium, while red quartz...described as Fig. 5. 1 A volcanic eruption on White Island, New Zealand . Look at Fig. 2. 18; which plate...means 'glowing cloud'). When Mont Pelee on the island of Martinique (West Indies) erupted in 1902, it...Chapters 2 and 13. Try to recognise oceanic ridges, island arcs, trenches, and transform faults. Fig. 3.2
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Vice-President, Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Lecturer on Anatomy at St Thomas’s Hospital and...Marshal. Marston Moor. Maryland. Massachusetts. Match. Mayo. Mayor. Measles. Mecklenburg. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA...some respects for the United Kingdom, including Ireland (where, however, an Irish lord chancellor is at...is “ Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Ireland.’ His salary is £10,000 per annum, and he is entitled...Lacys and Verduns were hereditary constables of Ireland from the 12th to the 14th century; and the Hays
 
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