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Amethyst from
Hingham, 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 Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:242985
Long-form Identifier:1:3:242985:4
GUID (UUID V4):07728c0a-4755-4d46-ae61-1b39fb89f94d
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
34.5km (21.4 miles) Massachusetts Broken Stone Co. quarries (Weston Quarry; Stony Brook Quarry), Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
45.3km (28.2 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Wrentham Quarry; Simeone Quarry), Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
50.9km (31.6 miles) Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
53.6km (33.3 miles) Iron Mine Hill quarry, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
57.8km (35.9 miles) Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
59.2km (36.8 miles) Waterford, North Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) Roger Williams Park, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
69.4km (43.1 miles) Mount Hope, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
69.7km (43.3 miles) Interstate 295 / US Route 6 road cuts, Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
References
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sterling silver beads. Striking combination of amethyst, cultured pearls and 14k gold. A 20" necklace...18x25mm Citrlne Oval .................. $242 15x20mm Amethyst Oval ........•..•.... $95 18x25mm Red Garnet Oval...Red Garnet Oval .............. $45 14mm Round Amethyst ................. S35 14mm Round Citrine .......beads of citrine and smoky quartz, amethyst and citrine, and amethyst and rock crystal. Frosted rose quartz...GARNET AQUAMARINE• RUBY ZIRCON • IMPERIAL TOPAZ AMETHYST PLUS MANY MORE Emphasis on quality and maximum
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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
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. . . . . $4.50 Faceted Brazilian or African amethyst. Good color ... . ....................... 40¢...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...Institution; the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; the San Bernardino County Museum; the University
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for it. He got it. Near Norristown, in Montgomery County, Pa, there was a gentle 16 THE MINERAL COLLECTOR...He had conducted a mining venture in Buckingham County, Virginia, and had toyed with nature long enough...trigonometry. That crystal went to the Montgomery County farm, and the farmer had a greater treasure than...lower end of Lancaster County, Pa., (by the way, Lancaster is the only county in Pennsylvania which has...on his examining it he found it was full of fine amethyst cavities. All the circumstances were so clear
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...spent much time field collecting in the San Diego County localities. He published Mineralogy for Amateurs...Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Benitoite, Gold L.A. County $12 Museum, Himalaya mine $12 (Brazil), Bosch Collection...District (AZ), Goldschmidt $12 v.21/#3 American Amethyst Localities, Terlingua, Davis Hill, Edgarbaileyite...specimens Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Fax: (213) 749-4107 Website: http://nhm.org/minsci
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Garnet. 2. SEMI-HARD GEMS. Rock Crystal, Opal, Amethyst, Chrysolite, Chalcedony, Lazulite, Carneleon,...Garnet, Sapphire, Oriental Amethyst, Spinelle, Axinite, Tourmaline, Amethyst, BROWN GEMS. Zircon, Garnet...green, Emerald; if yellow, Topaz, and if violet, Amethyst: and thus gems of the same colour, but of different... are the following :— January - Dan. Hyacinth Amethyst February Gad. - Jasper March - Benjamin. Sapphire...James the Less ; Hyacinth, - - - St. Simeon ; Amethyst, - - St. Matthias. The ancients, induced by the
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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
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EDWARD HITCHCOCK First State Geologist of Massachusetts, 1841 Preface A hooked peninsula and two...two small islands lie grouped off the Massachusetts mainland coast, sandy intermediaries between the rocky...PREFACE land took them across Cape Cod Bay to Plymouth; but need for wild marsh grass as cattle fodder... or even overnights. As far back as 1833, Massachusetts State Geologist Edward Hitchcock published a...a preliminary report on the geology of Massachusetts, believed to have been the first state geology report
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OSM THE The A Earth Science Revere, Massachusetts EARTH Digest magazine devoted to the advancement...April 12, 1948 it the post office at Bostor Massachusetts inder the Act of March 1879 S. Albert Eisenberg...Keystone mine, Magnolia mining district, Boulder County, was the first mineral to bear a Colorado name...southwest direction from Jamestown in Boulder County to the La Plata Mountains in the “golden San Juans...once-fabulous mining town of Creede, in Mineral County, lies in the San Juans about 25 miles out of the
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which HITCHCOCK First State Geologist of Massachusetts, 1841 Preface A hooked peninsula and two...two small islands lie grouped off the Massachusetts mainland coast, sandy intermediaries between the rocky...xii land took them across Cape Bay Cod to Plymouth; wild marsh grass as cattle fodder brought but... or even overnights. As far back as 1833, Massachusetts State Geologist Edward Hitchcock published a...a preliminary report on the geology of Massachusetts, believed to have been the first state geology report
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cards) $12.00 each bag or 2/$20.00 PREPAID to any USA llddr. . (W•hlngton r•ldents add S.8% tu) PIXIES...near the resort town of Hot Springs, in Garland County. The existence of the quartz was known by the Indians...Montgomery County, west of Hot Srings, but, by 1890, emphasis had shifted east, into Garland County. Until...the location, now closed, near Bakersfield in Kem County). Fossilized shark's teeth and bones can be found...Natchez. VERMONT/NEW HAMPSHIRE Buffalo Brook, Tyson (Plymouth), Vermont and the Palermo mine, North Groton,
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...146 146 147 148 153 153 155 155 155 156 158 159 Plymouth __________________________ 160 Windsor_____
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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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FEATURES Page 36 8 A VISIT TO THE FOUR PEAKS AMETHYST MINE A look at how fine faceting material is...the line shack just above It. No. 2 marks the amethyst outcropping locations where extraction takes place...entrance By Frank P. Jaeger site of the Four Peaks amethyst to the spectacular location. deposit is a rare...rare, exciting - if not The Four Peaks Amethyst Mine is breathtaking - experience. All-the- Indians. (if...once accomlegend, it allows a person's imagina- Amethyst Mine. plishing his cragsman' s feat, tion to easily
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GUARANTEE 8•6 Abalone Shell 6mm 917 10x8 ,. 10 Amethyst Fone OuahIy 1 50 beads drilled through I 50...30 lb. • COPPER WORLD MALACHITE - $2.00 lb. • AMETHYST LACE AGATE, Mexico - purple, orange, white and...Gem Rough In The U.S.A. GRADE A - CLEAR WHITE AMETHYST COLOR - GARNET RED COLOR GOLDEN TOPAZ COLOR Specific...Peridot Axinite Llmonite Pseudomorph Concretion Amethyst GROUP No. 3 Anhydrite Anorthlte Greywacke Enstatlte...GEM·O-RAMA, INC. (tormerty of Brain· tree, Massachusetts) has moved. Our new address: GEM-0-RAMA, INC
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and prehis toric race, have been located in Cook county, Minn., on the north shore of Lake Superior. In...been discovered before is not strange, for Cook county is an almost isolated point of land, far from any...nearest of the seven newly discovered mines. Then the county is very hilly, rocky, and wild, with little fertile...The ordinary observer might walk all over Cook county and not be aware of the fact that he was treading...1895 he con cluded that he would look over Cook county. The task was one full of difficulties in that
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BUFF TOP STONES $S.00eun:llarge Abalone Shell Amethyst A Oual. AmelhV!.I B Oual. Amuonite Aventurine...the "kite" did fly. staff. The noteheads are amethyst cabochons, 18x13mm in size, set in fine silver...outstanding minerals for collection * * * DIG for amethyst, rose quartz, chalcedony roses, beautiful jasper...will take place July 26, 27 and 28 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, California. * Visions in...girls at the Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County have got the blues. Yes, that is correct, the Blues
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less expensive materials. such as green jade, amethyst, garnet, peridot, lace agate, carnelian. rose...was discovered within the last 6 months in Placer County, California. It was acquired by Wayne and Dona...by Nevada County, on the south observers to have an opinion or at least by Mariposa County, on the east...from the Michigan Bluff M ining District , Placer County, California Oust mined in 1983). At lower left...gold on quartz (distorted octahedrons) from Nevada County, California (3" high x 1½" wide). The specimen
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TOP) Abalone Shell Amethyst A Qual. Amethvst B Qual. Amazonlte Aventurine Amethyst cape u. Blue Lace Agate...the Wbidbey Island Gem Club will be held at the USA Alaska Credit Union Building (formerly the Whidbey...miles from Vancouver, British Columbia. State, County and City parks for trailers and motorhomes are...GEM-Q-RAMA, Inc. 20 Pond Part( Rd., Dept. GM51 Hingham, Mau. 02043 Dealer lnqulrlea a,. welcome. Any...feeling of security mailed free anywhere in the USA because most of you will and steadiness. The total
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- collector, photo7 School St. P.O . Box 6324 Hingham, MA 02043 Concord, NH 03301 So. Bend, IN 466(,()...presented October 21, 22 and 23 at the Mutnomah County Exposition Center, 2060 N. Marine Dr., Portland...• shapes • colors 1va1labl1 76 . . • Natural amethyst, garnel. c1tnn1, - • t d ava,1.tlie too • Volume...district, Dona Ana County, as excellent crystals; the Georgetown district, Grant County, as yellow crystals...with descloizite, and the Hermosa district, Sierra County, as deep orange-brown crystals to 3/a" long. All
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
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degrees. Index 4-12-20-28-36-44-52-60. PREPAID to USA addrett (Wuhlngton l'Nl«Mnt• add 7.ftt tall) PIXIES...length and this will give added beauty. A tumbled amethyst strand with a gold chain would be nice. For the...the pattern. In the color photo, necklaces D (amethyst), E and G (both garnet) were made in this way...Jose, CA Santa Clara Valley Gem & Mineral Soc. County Fairgrounds July 20-22 - Pasadena, CA American...American Rockbound Pow Wow will meet at Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Madras from June 30 through July
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Encyclopedia, Hitchcock’s Report on.the Geology of Massachusetts, the New York State Report, and the Report of...'.................................... . . 260 Amethyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Essonite. Garnet. 2. sum-man IIWEIA. Rock Crystal. Amethyst. Opal. Chrysolite Chaleedony. . Carnelian...of azurite and lapis lazuli. (8.) Violet-blue; amethyst and fluor spar. (4.) Lavender-blue; lithomarge...examples occurring in fluor spar, apatite, sapphire, amethyst, tourmaline, and cyanite. This is still more com
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TOP) Abalone Shell Amethyst A Oual. Amethyst B Oual. Amazonite Aventurine Amethyst Cape Lt. Blue Lace...GEM-O-RAMA, inc. • 20 Pond Park Rd., Oepl GM12 Hingham, Mass. 02043 Dealer Inquiries are welcome. continued...Mountings Metal Detectors • MOST ITEMS POSTPAID TO USA DESTINATIONS e 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE VIS4'...Cltrine . Oval • . • • • • • • • S242 15JC20mm Amethyst. Oval • • •• • ••• •••••• $95 18JC25mm Rid Gamel...Rid Garnet. Oval ............. $45 14mm Round Amethyst ................ $35 FREE SAMPLE - Lemon C1trine
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.......................................... 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;
 
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