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Amethyst from
Unnamed quarry, Glanbrücken, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed quarry, Glanbrücken, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1479296
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1479296:8
GUID (UUID V4):665957af-d8ea-4093-9d67-7f22daf59b83
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
9.7km (6.1 miles) Potschberg Quarry, Jettenbach, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
11.4km (7.1 miles) Andesite quarry, Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
17.4km (10.8 miles) Göttschieder Heide, Göttschied, Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
17.8km (11.1 miles) Karrenberg Quarry, Reichweiler, Kusel-Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
18.8km (11.7 miles) Juchem Quarry, Niederwörresbach, Herrstein-Rhaunen, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
18.9km (11.7 miles) Vollmersbach quarry, Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
19.1km (11.8 miles) Becker Quarry, Freisen, Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany
19.1km (11.9 miles) Hellberg Quarry (Pfeiffer Quarry), Kirn, Kirner Land, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
19.3km (12.0 miles) Bernhard Quarry, Gerach, Herrstein-Rhaunen, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
20.1km (12.5 miles) Setz Quarry, Idar, Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1: Calcite, longest crystal 2 mm, Ladd quarry, Cartersville, Bartow County. Jennings Gordon specimen...and Cement Company quarry—4 km southwest of Cartersville on the east slope of Quarry Mountain: aragonite...aragonite, calcite, dolomite. Marquette Cement quarry—5.6 km east of Kingston on south side of S.R. 20: calcite...southeast of Kingston: niter (Goff, 1959). Shinall quarry—1.6 km north of White: calcite, dolomite. Stamp...goethite (Haseltine, 1924). Calhoun County Arlington quarry—4.8 km west of Arlington near the county line on
Journal (issue)
TaЫe ties (rock crystal, smoky quartz, citrine, amethyst, апd otl1ers), red and Ыuе corundum, nep\1rite...Diamond Trappean D 3 Timan, Novaya Zemlya Agate, amethyst, Iceland spar, prelшite, zeolites Ultrabasitic...axinite, fluorite, quartz, smoky quartz, citrine, amethyst and otheг quartz varieties Metamorphic(polychronic)...methods of coloring. Agate amygdules with quartz ог amethyst cores and even calcite согеs аге rather commoп...own gemological interest. For example, syпthetic amethyst сап Ье grown оп the quartz соге of agate plates
Report (volume)
Tabular grain of sapphirine in a sample from the Amethyst prospect ------------------------------------...Sector twinning in sapphirine in a sample from the Amethyst prospect ------------------------------------...the Amethyst prospect -------------5. Sapphirine and orthopyroxene in a sample from the unnamed prospect...cordieritezincian spinel in a sample from the Amethyst prospect--------7. An intergrowth of sapphirine...sapphirine and zincian spinel in a sample from the Amethyst prospect----------------------------------------------------
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals found in Ver­ mont slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney; photo by Roger Bacon. The granite industry...colorful decorator tiles. The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­...incorrect name for the locality; it is near­ er to the quarry than the village of Lowell and is the last set­...locality from the south. The Belvidere Mountain quarry has produced worldclass crystals of grossular (the...species. The talc crystals from the Verde Antique quarry in Rochester are virtually unknown to collectors
Report (issue)
of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Title (facing) Page Amethyst mouse with gold tail, 130 grams, 6.3 cm wide Carved...Brazilian amethyst Private collection, Robert Weldon photo © 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5...3, Table of Contents Insets Top: Circa 212 CE amethyst intaglio bearing the portrait of Roman Emperor...Marie-Lan Nguyen photo Upper middle: Quartz variety amethyst (Japan-law twin), 1.6 cm tall Andilamena, Toamasina
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite, dolomite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry—Esmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite...sphalerite, pyromorphite Old Dominion soapstone quarry—Old Dominion actinolite asbestos, apatite, chalcopyrite...site—near Snowden (Route 130 along James River) amethyst Appomattox County Enterprise mines (manganese)—near...quality), manganite, quartz crystals State lime quarry—near Bent Creek bornite, calcite, chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Yark. Rock and Mineral Club went to the WInfield Quarry for strontinanite, celestite, fluo******** Winners...(Names are listed in a descending is a working quarry and permission must be secured and rules of safety...Westchester Club. N:EW YORK DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Chazy Quarry was the recent objective of the St. Lawrence County...planned to the Gouverneur area for tourmaline, unnamed locations for fossil colIecting, and to Middleville...trip was to Deer Hill, near Stowe, Maine, for amethyst. . . . The Nashoba Valley Mineralogical Society
Journal (issue)
collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite, ferroan...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite...11; W. F. Giannini specimen). Martin Marietta quarry-near Charlottesville epidote, muscovite crystals...crystals, pyrite, quartz Old Dominion soapstone quarry-near Old Dominion actinolite-tremolite, apatite, chalcopyrite...ferroan dolomite, malachite Dominion Stone Plant quarry-near Piney River albite, apatite, chalcopyrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rockwood, Franklin Co., Ala. ARIZONA—Small purple amethyst xls with red vanadinite xls and coming from the...amethystine quartz with wulfenite crystals from the old amethyst locality north of Canton Center (Hartford Co.)...sandstone quarries. A talk with the owner of Ray's quarry revealed the fact that workmen sometimes find imprints...has specular and other varieties of hematite, amethyst, pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite and other...small specimen of was found recently on the old quarry at Silica (Lucas believe this is the first for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Wet Mountains (Marion and Amethyst prospects and an unnamed prospect) are depleted in Zn and enriched...région des montagnes Wet (les indices Marion et Amethyst et un indice sans nom) sont pauvres en Zn et enrichis...deposits (Salotti 1965, Spry & Scott 1986a) and an unnamed base-metal prospect near Round Mountain (Spry &...Cotopaxi deposit, 9: Marion deposit, 10: Amethyst prospect, 11: Unnamed prospect, 12: Evergreen zone of hydrothermal...although those in the Wet Mountains (Amethyst, Marion, and unnamed prospect) reached the lower granulite
Book
founding members of IMA. Hugo Strunz Unterw6ssen, Germany Foreword v ..: r m a n y YL'a rs of collcc1ing...[Rohrenogot) Agyupat = Calcite Ahloma = (biblicoll Quam [Amethyst] Ahmatit = Epidote Ahta randit = Hibschite or...Microcline, Orthoclase (Amozonite) Amotisto = Quartz (Amethyst) Amotisto Bosoltina Amotisto Falso = Amotisto...Fluorite = Corundum Quartz [Prose) Quartz (Amethyst) artificial substance (YAG) Amatrice, Amotrix...Beryl Amethyst = a) Quartz, b) Corundum, Beryl Amethyst aus Sachsen = Fluorapatite Amethyst Quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
successful field trip was made to the Alden ( N . Y . ) quarry. The Monongahela Rockhounds, Homestead, planned...Walton Beach, went on a suc­ cessful coral and unnamed materials field trip to an undisclosed location...College produced a number of fossils, and some amethyst. The Nassau Mineral Club, Mineola, has a display...to the Rochester Lapidary Club. A Florida club (unnamed) has asked this club to exchange local mineral...Volcano, Kilaeau. A field trip to the Campbell quarry, Texas, Md., produced a number of micro-calcite-associated
Journal (issue)
Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...new Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . ...but Espenshade (1954) identifies it as a short unnamed inclined adit accompanied by a small dump about...com Contact us for a video catalog (DVD or VHS) Amethyst Scepter, 17 cm, from Onyang, Kyong-Sang-Mande...Ahlfeld was born on 6 October 1892 in Marburg, Germany, the son of Friedrich Ahlfeld and Elizabeth Vollmer
Book
10:215-217 ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54...cvm M1ETHYST Amethyst (by F. Hassan) 3:221-225 Mineralization of the Four Peaks amethyst deposit. Maricopa...& T. Rybicki) 7:72-77 Axinite. hydromagnesite,amethyst and other minerals from near Vit6ria da Conquista...Brazil (by J.P. & J. 0. Cassedanne) 8:382-387 Amethyst from the Thunder Bay region, Ontario (by D. G...amethystine color in quartz (by A. J. Cohen) 20:365-367 Amethyst occurrences of the eastern United States (by J
Journal (issue)
Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...came during a chance visit to the Lower New Street quarry immediately following a blast; prehnite-filled...(Quebec), Alpine Rodingites, $12 $12 Fluorite (Germany) v.9/#5 Turkish Kämmererite, Afghan pegmatites...Jacupiranga mine (Brazil), v.15/#6 Bad Ems (Germany), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Touissit Vanadinite, Hawleyite...Hills type localities, Urucum (Brazil), Kalkar quarry (CA), Kremsmünster $12 v.18/#1 Gold-II Issue!
Journal (issue)
nice wavellite from the type locality at High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon; unfortunately, but deservedly...analcime, in a large vug in Basalt, from Sund Old Quarry, Streymoy island, Faeroes. This was entered by...found whilst on the field trip to Hvitasteinar quarry, Skalabutnor on Eysturoy Island in the Faeroes...12 ems matrix, which also came from Hvitasteinar quarry. Richard Tayler - 4- SMLS Journal 239 Sept/Oct...new to me; rhodochrosite and quartz from Durnford Quarry in Somerset, alamandine aod rutile from Lochan-na-Lairige
Report (issue)
Erzgebirge (“ore mountains”) of Saxony, eastern Germany. The fluorite specimens of this old mining area...Bergsmannisch Glück Gegentrum mine, Frohnau, Saxony, Germany. Weinrich Minerals specimen and photo. 5 ===...are some excellent single crystals and groups of amethyst from Maquar, Zarkashan Mountain, Qarabagh district...the “carbonate” bit). In any event, significant amethyst specimens from Afghanistan are rarely seen, so... ============================================================ Amethyst, 6 cm, from Maquar, Zarkashan Mountain, Qarabagh
Journal (issue)
Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Ottermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Harold and...Nevada. In addition to the Outlaw mine, seven other unnamed claims in the general area of Mariposa Canyon were...also observed the mineral as inclusions within unnamed sulfosalt 2 using microprobe analysis. Covellite...analyses of an elongated galena inter­ growth in the unnamed sulfosalt 2 appears to illustrate a Hg(Ag) + Bi...the samples he studied. Unnamed Bi-Pb-Hg-Ag-Cu sulfosalt 1 (Phase X) This unnamed sulfosalt is reported
Book (volume)
publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Gerais, Brazil, better than those from the Harvard quarry in Greenwood? Are the morganites of Cerro de Urucum...Pala, California, better than those of the Bennett quarry in Buckfield? The answer to most of these questions...Naturhistorisches Museum der Stadt Bern, Bern, Germany, 143 p. Vlasov, K. A., Kuz'menko, M. Z., and Es'kova...omitted. Instead of Consolidated Feldspar quarry, Heal Granite quarry, or Sullivan Silver mine, etc., the corresponding
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
M INERALOGY of the AMETHYST MINES in the Thunder Bay Area Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Figure 1 View...North Shore of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay from Amethyst Harbour. DANIEL E. KILE 5176 Black Bear Run...Figure 2. Amethyst with minimal subsurface inclusions of hematite from the Thunder Bay Amethyst mine, collected...district in Ontario, Canada, is noted for spectacular amethyst clusters that are often distinctive due to microscopic...pronounced red color to the crystals. In the past, amethyst from the Thunder Bay area had been largely overlooked
Journal (issue)
Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf Medenbach Ruhr Universitat Bochum Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...Cuprocassiterite discredited as mushistonite; and an unnamed tin mineral from the Etta mine .................................................354 Notes from Germany by T. P. M oore ................................. Cuprocassiterite Discredited as Mushistonite; And an Unnamed Tin Mineral from the Etta Mine Pete J. Dunn Department...on the dumps of the Etta mine in small amounts. UNNAMED MINERAL Headden (1893) reported th at cuprocassiterite
Journal (volume)
the chairman and vicechairman, Subcommittee for Unnamed Minerals, IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature...collection of the GeoMuseum, Cologne University, Germany. "Personalities" section includes the article on...W. Smith and Ernest H. Nickel. Codification of Unnamed Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Collection of the GeoMuseum, Cologne University, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...than 50 years ago (Gagarin & Cuomo 1949) to an unnamed mineral, incompletely described by Guimarã es (1926)
Journal (issue)
Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites, Fluorite (Germany) $10 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan Twins (Quartz)...mine (Brazil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa mine, Paulkerrite $10 Bad Ems (Germany), Touissit Vanadinite...Hills type locali­ ties, Urucum (Brazil), Kalkar quarry (CA), Kremsmiinster $10 v.17/#6 Bleiberg (Austria)...l8/#4 Carrara Marble (Italy), Marburg Museum (Germany) v.18/#5 $10 Hale Creek Inesite (CA), Vanadium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the canyon a small zone produces beautiful amethyst scepter groups and quartz specimens with Japan-law...ankerite, calcite, or barite. Beautiful plates of amethyst scepters and excellent Japan-law twins have also...marketplace. Here we introduce another King County amethyst scepter and quartz twin locality, the Purple Hope...summer. The locality is unaffection- Figure 2. Amethyst, 3 × 4.5 cm, Rolling Thunder Pocket, Purple Hope...behalf. Ream had found a large pocket containing amethyst scepters and pyrite-phantomed quartzes the year
Book (edition)
............................. • Helen Springs Amethyst Locality • Moonlight Rock Hole Locality • Tennant................ • Alice Springs Amethyst Locality • Glen Helen Amethyst Locality • Harts Range Mineral...or fossils which are attractive to them. Their quarry may be valuable, perfectly formed, colourful, unusual...granite; whereas garnet, kyanite, corundum, iolite, amethyst and many other minerals can be found in the soil...Larger vesicles may be filled with rose quartz, amethyst and smoky quartz as found near Helen Springs,
 
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