| Locality type: | Hill |
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| Species: | Quartz var: Amethyst |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | 500 scepters collected, 25 matrix specimens. |
| Habit: | Scepters on milky quartz to 45cm. |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Quartz | ⓘ17 photos of Amethyst associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Milky Quartz | ⓘ14 photos of Amethyst associated with Milky Quartz at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Amethyst data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Diamond Hill (Ashaway Village), Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (43 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 515 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:515:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e12e18ef-b3ce-48b6-bc9a-d6011ab06482 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst |
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| 4.3km (2.6 miles) | ⓘRedstone Granite Quarry (Cherenzia Quarry), Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA |
| 6.2km (3.9 miles) | ⓘWesterly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA |
| 33.2km (20.6 miles) | ⓘMoosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
| 33.3km (20.7 miles) | ⓘQuartz locality, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
| 33.4km (20.7 miles) | ⓘAmethyst locality, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
| 40.7km (25.3 miles) | ⓘRoute 11 road cuts, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
| 41.4km (25.7 miles) | ⓘSalem, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
| 41.6km (25.9 miles) | ⓘRockland, Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA |
| 47.8km (29.7 miles) | ⓘDayville, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
| 49.6km (30.8 miles) | ⓘInterstate 295 / US Route 6 road cuts, Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | Twenty-six, Number Two Articles Amethyst on milky quartz from Hopkinton, Rhode I s la n d by J. Rakovan, D... COVER: AMETHYST crystals to 2.5 cm across, from A shaw ay Village, H opkinton, Rhode Island. S m ithsonian...since it will be held at the giant Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, let’s just call it the “Pomona...74104 Sal Avella 7 Homestead Avenue Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 Theeastern United States is well-known...exceptionally well-formed amethyst specimens. In the spring o f 1981, an occurrence o f amethyst scepter overgrowths | | | Journal (issue) | | Twenty-six, Number Two Articles Amethyst on milky quartz from Hopkinton, Rhode Island by J. Rnkovn11, D. 8. Mitchel/tree...159 COVER: AMETHYST crystals to 2.5 cm across, from Ashaway ViUage, Hopkinton, Rhode Island. Smithsonian... ince it will be held at the giant Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, let ·s just call it the...Murrh-Apnl. /99.'i AMETHYST O N MI LKY QUARTZ FRO M HO PKINT ON, RH O D E ISLAND John Rakovan Department...04 Sal Avella 7 Homestead Avenue Smithfield. Rhode Island 029 1 7 The eastern Unired States is well-known |
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Diamond Hill, Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA