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Amethyst from
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite10 photos of Amethyst associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Chalcopyrite7 photos of Amethyst associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Calcite6 photos of Amethyst associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1337547
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1337547:2
GUID (UUID V4):58a45850-938a-4100-a2f0-d353972faf7d
Localities for Amethyst in this Region
Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
5.4km (3.4 miles) Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) Miller Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
51.7km (32.2 miles) Commonwealth Mine (Pearce Mine; Silver Ware Mine; Brockman Mine; Smith Mine; Rinaud Mine; Ritter Mine; Eisenhart vein), Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
70.3km (43.7 miles) Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
82.9km (51.5 miles) El Tigre Mine (Sampson Mine), California Mining District (Chiricahua Mining District), Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
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RECORD, MAY-JUNE 2013 Mineral Collections in Arizona A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record May-June...Mineralogical Record, Inc. P.O. Box 30730, Tucson, Arizona 85751 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...Renaissance-style Depot in Tucson Courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society This special supplement was...May-June 2013 Contents Mineral Collecting in Arizona .. ..... ..... ..... ..... ... ..... .........
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SOCIETY VOLUME 76, NO. 5 ISSN 2572-7486 OF ARIZONA MAY 2017 The Rockhound Record, Volume 76, No...Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA; Evan Jones Collection, © Jeff Scovil. ”Official MSA/Arizona Campaign Wulfenite”...22, 2017, Wulfenite became Official Mineral of Arizona, so May, we celebrate Wulfenite with a program...MSA Mineral Collection 8 Official Arizona Symbols 9 Arizona Mineral Collector 10 Mystery Mineral...“Wulfenite in Arizona.” The program is based on molybdenum research Jan did while at the Arizona Geological
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of the rainbow! This rainbow ends over Tiger, Arizona, a mining camp for gold and other metals. Downloaded...(below). Arizona sweethearts (heart pendants) to 28 mm. Top: “Gem chrysocolla” from Arizona. Bottom:...“Campbellite” from Bisbee, Cochise County. Left: Malachite from Bisbee, Cochise County. Right: Turquoise...Beauty mine, Gila County. Figure 3 (top right). Collecting at the Rowley mine, Maricopa County. Though best...showing some of the Arizona gemstone localities, prepared by William Besse. Arizona Gemstones Wolfgang
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January–February, 2020 Mineral Collections in Arizona-II A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record January-February...Record, Inc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...wulfenite became the official State Mineral of Arizona by Alexander G. Schauss A Fat Jack Adventure by...COLLECTIONS Erika Brown Mineralogical Society of Arizona Members Wyatt Busby Tom Moore Mark Candee Dick
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GOLD-II] 1-112 MMEE•] 25 I 1994 1-80 ARIZONA-I] ARIZONA-II] [ 129-200 201-272 129-192 193-256...321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400 257-336 [ 257-320 [ [ GOLD-I ] 321--412 ARIZONA-V] 265-352...321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA]...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298 ALABAMA
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TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...Hill, Calaveras River, Valley Springs, Calaveras County, California: Really neat little buggers for sure...ANDRADITE GARNET: Hans Garnet Mine, Paradise, Plumas County, California: Very showy deep red garnets on matrix...WULFENITE: 320 foot level, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Black coloration is caused by included manganese
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Record, lnc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping; Hardcover:...Halite-Thad and Barbara Dunbar collection, page 78; Amethyst-Farrar Stockton coUection, page 271; Scheelite-David...mineral localities like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many... Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy and...in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
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Nebraska, Lincoln] at 07:52 28 December 2014 Arizona Mineral Classics A rizona contains a wealth of...see copper minerals well represented among the Arizona classics listed in tables 1, 2, and 3. Bideaux...listed 163 different copper minerals found in Arizona. Sixty-one percent of the classic minerals listed...advanced degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and collected personally at many of the classic...his previous article (Rocks & Minerals 1981) on Arizona minerals. 18 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by
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SOCIETY VOLUME 76, NO. 9 ISSN 2572-7486 OF ARIZONA NOVEMBER 2017 The Rockhound Record, Volume 76...is Loved 12 Page 13 Editors Corner 13 The Arizona Mineral Collector 14 October Meeting Highlights...Evan Jones about “How Wulfenite Became Official Arizona Mineral” was especially sweet as we had most of...in attendance to enjoy Evan’s accounts of the Arizona history they were a part of. Thank you, Evan, for...quickly picking up baton to spread the news to Arizona clubs on wulfenite, our awesome new state mineral
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Inc. © 2019 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Order through...scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst scepter, 17 cm, from Petersen Mountain, Nevada;...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...acquire over 20 gold and silver mining properties in Arizona, and became wealthy from her mining investments
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RICHARDSon 3340 east Mountain Vista Drive Phoenix, Arizona 85048 richardsonutaz@gmail.com Figure 1. A 1954...Rusack. All mineral photos taken by Jeff Scovil of Arizona specimens in the Flagg Mineral Foundation collection...date: Not only does it mark the centennial of Arizona statehood, but it is also the golden (fiftieth)...after Arthur Leonard Flagg and located in Phoenix. Arizona and Arthur L. Flagg are intimately interwoven....Foundation vice-chairman. A field collector of Utah and Arizona minerals, he has previously written for Rocks &
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Inc., © 2020 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Order through...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root...5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino County, California (#1869). Jerry Cone photo. Aurichalcite...sphalerite, 20 cm, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Paul Bordovsky photo. Wire silver
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TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations which may have wulfenite...Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear golden wulfenite crystals and yellow to...each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens with individual...WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red crystal inch...1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow crystals
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3500 South Beryl Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85735 azmarmot@gmail.com ARIZONA Pseudomorphs and Epimorphs Unless...5 cm, South Belmont mine, Duquesne, Santa Cruz County. SEUDOMORPHS (Greek for false forms), examples...related and are also appealing to many collectors. Arizona has numerous localities that have produced attractive...View of Lime Peak, north of Duquesne, Santa Cruz County, as seen from the Holland mine; Barbara Muntyan...minerals, has retired to Tucson and now writes about Arizona localities. 158 ROCKS & MINERALS Pseudomorphs
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00 each. AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue...- 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate radiating acicular and lathlike bright...Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Greenlee County, Arizona: Excellent specimens of this great deep blue...limited supply. CALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: AWESOME! Exquisite masses...STRONTIANITE AND CALCITE: Mandata Quarry, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. An awesome new find from late last
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Devonian, Silica Shale Formation Sylvania, Ohio, USA This is an almost pristine specimen of the classic...maximus Ordovician, Richmond Formation Mt. Orab, Ohio, USA This classic specimen of Isotelus maximus, the State...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This robust little example is of the same genus as...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This small but exceptional slate block features an...Paleocene, Ft. Union Formation Glendive, Montana, USA This is a good fossil leaf specimen with fine detail
Journal (issue)
Record Inc., 6349 N. Orange Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 The Mineralogical Record Inc. Is a non-profit...Volume Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona ................................mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous mineral...Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ........................................................... 337 by J. S. White and J. A. Nelen Arizona index to the Mineralogical Record, 1970.1983 .
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quartz, SiO2, 3.5cm, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA. Chris Whitney-Smith Collection and Photo...The Mineralogical Record Mineral Collection in Arizona-II 15 June Meeting Highlights September Program...”Cerussite Localities in Arizona.” Mark is a luminary of our hobby and a renowned Arizona mineral collector...trophies from Dr. Bob Carleson for Les’ Adult Master Arizona and psuedomorph mineral exhibits. I also accepted... Serra Mr. Mark Hay ”Cerussite Localities in Arizona” November 14th Serra Dr. Raymond Grant "Collecting
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recenUy acquired a huge old collection from an Arizona dealer/collector who was selling out due to age...fine quallty materlal wlth approxlmately 80% from Arizona localilies. This dealer had contacts with numerous...numerous miners at many of the famous mines In Arizona, and compiled this huge hoard betwecn 1960 and 1990...other ncw material from sources othcr than thc Arizona coilection. Due to the tremendous amount of new...RED CLOUD WULFENITE: Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona: The best wulfenite locallty in the world,
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Wheatley's Mines, near, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. An excellent matrix specimen of...__··---·9000. 3. AZURITE, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona. A superb, large, old-timer of the..._$1800. 12. AZURITE,• Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona. A large, quite spectacular, mammillary...................................... 1500. 14. AMETHYST QUARTZ, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This is one...object for several years. It is from the famous "amethyst flower" deposits but is not one of the typical
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copper leaching operation at one of the mines In Arizona. Chalchanthite 11 water soluble, so It ts ganeraUy...CLEANED COPPER AND MALACHITE: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: I've had these for a few years now and had...DJOPTASE on CHRYSOCOLLA: Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona: 1.6 to 2 Inch specimen of colorful emerald green...$8.00 each! 3 VELVET MALACHITE: Ajo, Plma County, Arizona: 1-2 inch beauties of vibrant green velvet...each MARCASITE "SPIKEBALLS": Belle Fouche, Butte County, South Dakota: About the nicest marcasite specimens
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
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OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
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found in Arizona. In the twelve years since then 61 more minerals have been reported from Arizona, a number...change. This checklist is an effort to bring the Arizona mineral list up to date. Of the 61 minerals added...locality being in Arizona. They are: bechererite from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite...Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand...Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite from
 
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