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Amethyst from
Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 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 Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:242984
Long-form Identifier:1:3:242984:7
GUID (UUID V4):69323c2e-ef14-4348-8cf7-33e4b304f22e
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
35.2km (21.9 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Wrentham Quarry; Simeone Quarry), Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) Massachusetts Broken Stone Co. quarries (Weston Quarry; Stony Brook Quarry), Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
43.6km (27.1 miles) Iron Mine Hill quarry, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
48.3km (30.0 miles) Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
50.0km (31.1 miles) Waterford, North Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
52.5km (32.6 miles) Roger Williams Park, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
53.7km (33.4 miles) Mount Hope, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
53.9km (33.5 miles) Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
56.7km (35.2 miles) Interstate 295 / US Route 6 road cuts, Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
boasts Eastern Art Craft Co. of P. O. Box 732, Abington, Mass., as to its Roto-Vibro-Pol model tumbler...Calif. 1 0 M c Kin ley Ave. Easthampton, Massachusetts PLAN TO VISIT OUR SHOWROOM Dana's Textbook...our latest acquisitions. This months SPECIAL AMETHYST. Medium purple stones in emerald, oval brilliant...18x13 mm., weight approximately (8 carats each. AMETHYST. Choice deep purple stones. Emerald, oval cut...ryolite matrix, l x l Vi" to 1x2" $1.50 each. AMETHYST. Brazil. Medium to deep purple xls on agate geode
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Keystone Trap Rock Quarry at Cornog, Chester County, Pa. thru the courtesy of the owners Messrs J....Limestone Products Company, Lime Cr,est, (Sussex County) N . J. There were 187 persons registered, the...Chairman Publicity Committee. 1309 Highland Ave. Abington, Pa. Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania Symposium—March...Shulman. The Loux family's showing of local (Bucks County) fossil wood was outstanding. There was also a...Chairman, Publicity Committee 1309 Highland Ave., Abington, Pa. Keene Mineral Club On June 2nd. we held our
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Publicity Committee 1309 Highland Ave., Abington, Pa. Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society Spring Valley...w York At the regular meeting of the Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society, Mrs. William Jordan of Pearl...field trip of the month was to Pine Island, Orange County, N.Y., to a limestone quarry; eleven members attended...attended. At the July business meeting of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Mr. Thomas G. Wilfred...the members. The Mineral display of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society won first prize at the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sandstone abundant p. 2 white, fine p. 17 Abington, Mass. Limpid q u a r t z — f i n e crystals in...e cavities frequently lined w i t h crystals. Amethyst—one fine crystal has been discovered p. 35 Burrellville.... Salisbury's land . . . p. 7 9 Berlin, Conn. Amethyst Quartz géodes, in greenstone trap Chalcedony Agates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W l / 2 N W & Section 7, T.I., R 19W of Garland County, Ark., some fine quartz xls containing chlorite...occurrence. This material comes from Chattahoochee County near Columbus, Ga. To better preserve the specimen...mine 2 miles south of Knoxville, Iowa, in Marion County."—on label. KANSAS—Travertine, a compact variety...is found around Great Spirit Spring in Mitchell County, Kansas. Here the minerals in the spring water...limestone at Fountain Rock, Frederick Co., Md. MASSACHUSETTS—"I would like to inform readers of R & M that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rockwood, Franklin Co., Ala. ARIZONA—Small purple amethyst xls with red vanadinite xls and coming from the...the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...amethystine quartz with wulfenite crystals from the old amethyst locality north of Canton Center (Hartford Co.)...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples...Lots 612 580 and 649, 19th District of Paulding County."—Spring 1954 issue, page 48. IDAHO—"I am sending
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold specimens from the Red Ledge Mine, Nevada County, California. The program was given by Dr. Karl...J. C. Showalter Quarry at Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pa., with our highly esteemed member, Mr. J. C...immense Coal Strappings, St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa. There were 178 members and guests present...Member Publicity Committee 1309 Highland Ave., Abington, Pa. North Jersey Mineralogical Society Superb...Professor Albert B. Nelson of the University of Massachusetts provided fireworks, strange smells, and colored
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E. side of Saddle Mountain p. 35 Bristol, R.I. Amethyst, crystallized, in decomposing g r a n ite, about...obtained, in all, they suppose, about 3 pecks of amethyst, by excavating this ledge, w h e r e the granite...M a r l , w i t h organic remains. . . p . 159 Abington, Pa. Blue Quartz, near, amorphous p. 177 Christian...the bed is 3'/2 composed of to 4 feet thick, Amethyst, state Jet. Brittle Lignite, Bituminous Wood...géodes, whose interior presents Crystals of Quartz, Amethyst, etc. or globular chalcedony. Agates, on the bottom
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
interesting to the collectors. Species secured were amethyst, white and golden brown stilbite, natrolite, pectolite...quarry, Monocacy Station, near Birdsboro, Berks County, Pa. Registered attendance 154 members and friends...Harry W . Trudell, Publicity. 1309 Highland Ave. Abington, Pa. Mineralógica! Club of H a r t f o r d The...glauberite, heulandite, stilbites, apophyses, amethyst, agate, malachite, chrysocola, was thoroughly...very interesting and profitable field trip to Ashe county, N. C , August 27, 1955, with Dr. and Mrs. Douglas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
center of the bridge is a county line—Lincoln County to the north and Elbert County to the south. About 450...450 feet north of the county line, U.S. 24 joins U.S. 40 and U.S. 287. On June 24, 1952, when the conductor...collect a sand sample—two in fac't ' (one from each county). The creek w£.s absolutely dry and full of sand...from one bank to the other. The sand from Elbert County was coarse grained and of a brownish-gray color...1957, from Harry W. Trudell, 1309 Highland Ave., Abington, Pa. This sample, from Brigantine Beach, Atlantic
Book
MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Society, Richmond Hill, N.Y. 592 Fulton County Mineral Club At the meeting held July 29 '57,...Organize Litchfield County Mineral Club A meeting to organize a Litchfield County Mineral Club and was...distorted cubes. Over the Labor Day weekend, Oxford County, Maine, was invaded by twenty-four club members...Eisenhower did right well in his nrehnitecalcite-amethyst-heulandite finds. T h e Jennings family were agreeably...Member Publicity Committee 1309 Highland Ave., Abington, Pa. On Sunday the 15th of September, 128 members
Book
CUMMINGS, BILLIARD, & CO. 1825. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT. District Clerk's Oflht. BE it remembered..." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the, District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE -. University Press, Milliard...jewelry, Rock Crystal and its colored varieties, Amethyst, Prase, Chalcecite, dony, Carnelian, Chrysoprase...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...common, very abundant. (C.) LOVELL. One crystal Amethyst, crystallized and amorphous ; beautiful. was found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Snowflake obsidian, bird of paradise agate, phantom amethyst, labradorite, nice green aventurine, moss agate... Pres., Eastern Art Craft Co., P. O. Box 732, Abington, Mass., is proud of their Roto-Vibro-Pol tumbler
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Was taken Sunday the 14th to Lime Crest, Sussex County, N. J. 126 persons availed themselves of the opportunity...Member Publicity Committee 1309 Highland Ave. Abington, Penn. Stamford Museum Mineralogical Society...08 August 2017 Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society At the Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society's regular...Lamont Geological Observatory here in Rockland County, N. Y., was in a very good geological position...West Nyack, N. Y. Nassau County, N. Y., Mineral Club A group in Nassau County, N.Y., formed a small mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...brachiopod in gray chert. Fowlers Beach is in Sussex County, Delaware, on Delaware Bay. FLORIDA—At the 6th...the Hypotheek lead mine near Kingston, Shoshone County. The anglesite is found in cavities of galena as
Journal (issue)
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA. The suite comprises part of the Heber R. Bishop...(Table I). The colourless material produced in the USA for jewellery purposes and released to the trade...which is consistent with the samples grown in the USA as described by Nassau et al. (1997). With the naked...ultraviolet light. The material grown by Cree Inc. in the USA currently on the market is cut in a direction with...Hanni, SSEF. elsewhere for moissanites grown in the USA (Nassau et ah, 1997; Chalain and Krzemnicki, 1999;
Journal (issue)
4,193-209 Figure 5; Early groove cut 3.33 ct amethyst. Figure 4: 'Dandelion' design by Tauno Paronen...OMF Concave Faceting machine On 3 September 1991, USA patent No. 5,044,123 filed 22 March 1990 was granted...by Poly-Metric Instruments, Clayton, Washington, USA. The title OMF stands for 'optically magnified facets'...produced by the Jarvi Tool Company, Anaheim, CA, USA, as an accessory to their well known Facetron Gem...one of which is shown in Figure 21. This is an amethyst with a double row of simple flat step facets on
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (volume)
See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2017 Last fail a group of Elkhart (Ind.) County residents, because of their common interest in...collection, knowledge and identifica- month at the County Center, White Plains, tion of rocks, minerals and...East Deerfield, Mass., Cheapside QuArry Prehnite, amethyst, fibrous calcite, a pale pink calcite (fl) small...Lancaster County. It was surprising to learn of the many species that have been found in this county. George...Member publicity Committee 1309 Highland Ave. Abington, Pa. 164 Mineralogical Society of the District
Journal (issue)
two islands only-Santa Cruz (the chena) ; and Abington (Pinta). Most of the islands are roughly cirsecond...opal and septerian nodules and petrified ,voods, amethyst, agate, quartz xls, tourmaline xis, azurite, turquoise...Middleville, N. Y. There I saw where the Herkimer County "diamonds" come from and I had the luck to find...sillimanite, cancrini te, f ranklinite xls, Herkimer County "Diamonds," Franklin fluorescent minerals, beryl...across the Utah line west of Salt Lake City. in Elko County, Nevada. One crosses the Salt Flats and part of
Report (issue)
4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...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...42 9.86 4.77 13.60 100.69 2.277 LOCALITY: Berks County: Birdsboro. MESOLITE m Na Al Si3Oio.2H O 2 2
Book (edition)
CongresS; J / in the year 1834, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Commonwealth in the Clerk's Office of the ...Secretary of the of said i ; District of Massachusetts. by Edward D. Bangs, in the name and District...Excellency, John davis, Esq. Governor of Massachusetts. I HAVE the honor to present you with the second...the 3d of March , 1830, the Legislature of Massachusetts passed a Resolve, authorizing and requesting...Antiquarian Society at Worcester; One copy to the Massachusetts Historical Society One copy to the Boston Society
 
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