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Amethyst from
Randolph, Coos County, New Hampshire, 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 Randolph, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:699465
Long-form Identifier:1:3:699465:5
GUID (UUID V4):9e253a9a-9e0e-4346-af79-85ee5966a87a
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
23.7km (14.8 miles) ⓘHutchins Mountain, Stark, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘMount Crawford amethyst locality, Hadley's Purchase, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘDeer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘEastman Quarry, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘStark, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘIntergalactic Pit, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, USA
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘMount Guyot locality, Lincoln, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘMount Bond locality, Lincoln, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘSouth Percy Peak locality, Stratford, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘLong Mountain, Stark, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
stones that react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great
Book (edition)
channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...gas fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
miles northeast of Wynne, Ark. They were found in a new gravel pit and are part of a log that was 24 inches...wide and 1 inch thick. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. CONNECTICUT—A tiny but...Conn."-—on label. Haddam, in central Middlesex County, is in southern Connecticut. DELAWARE — "Enclosed...intersection of Rt. 95 and Naaman's Rd., Claymont, New Castle County, Del."—item from Ed Carvalho, 1307 Penna....xline—crystalline ph—phosphoresces Claymont, in N/E New Castle County, is in northern Delaware. ILLINOIS—"Enclosed
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...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
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townï‚Ÿagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityï‚Ÿagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitsï‚Ÿpetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Report (volume)
...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;...Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
10:35 02 September 2017 Classified Advertising New Flat Rates: Must be paid in advance. Up to 20 words...inquiries invited; note our new address: EXCALIBUR, 14 Leigh Court, Randolph, New Jersey 07869. EQUIPMENT...prices. For free list, write to: BLAINE REED, 907 County Rd., 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301. MACAJAC—Crystals...pedigree. Free List. NEW MEXICO MINING AND MILLING, INC., Los Cordovas Rt., Box 14, Taos, New Mexico 87571....selection of fine fluorescent minerals from Franklin, New Jersey, including many rare specimens. Other fluorescent
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz was found in glacial till near Hanover, New Hampshire, between 1830 and 1850 (Kunz 1892). Beautiful...reported from the Warwick and Amity areas of Orange County, New York. Good rutilated quartz specimens are reported...Philadelphia County, the Dismal Run and Boothwyn Station vicinities of Delaware County, and from near...near Kinzer, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Kunz (1892) states that “fine pieces of quartz, 4 inches square...Alexander County, as well as other localities including the Buckhorn Falls vicinity of Chatham County, the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Quartz, Middleville, Herkimer County, New York. John C. Medici specimen and photo. May/June:...May/June: Turgite, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. Ronald E. Bentley specimen and photo. July/August:...Quartz, H. deLinde No. 4 mine, High Peak, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Private collection; Ronald E. Bentley...Bentley photo. September/October: Barite, Otero County, Colorado. Dan and Dianne Kile specimen; John Muntyan... 58 Allanite, Arkansas, 316 Amethyst Scepters, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, W. A. Henderson
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displays. The Capital Mineral Club (of Concord, New Hampshire), Harvard University’s Mineralogical and Geological...Mineral and Gem Museum, and the Micromounters of New England filled a room with cases of remarkable minerals...Resort in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. At the fiftieth anniversary meeting of the GSA in New Hampshire...Hampshire, Tom Mortimer, of the New England Micromounters, displayed examples of nearly all the minerals found... Photo courtesy John Jaszczak. Downloaded by [New York University] at 07:19 21 November 2015 S ECOND
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VANDALL T. K I N G P.O. Box 90888 Rochester, New York 14609 NEW YORK £ J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary...adapted from U.S. Geological Survey map of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS he...small particles is widely distributed over northern New England in glacial gravels, and many swiftly moving...The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality in the state...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the
Report (volume)
with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...Wyoming, Illinois, superintendent of schools, Stark County, 1882-1898, for much valuable information concerning...several hundred cities and towns, and corrections of county names in the State of Illinois. J. P. Dunn, Indiana...Indianapolis, Indiana, for additions to and corrections of county names. M. W. Davis, State Historical Society, Iowa...counties. William Beer, Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, Louisiana, for helpful references and suggestions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINOS ARE DESIRED PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations: x l — c r y...specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...southwest of New Port Richey. What is it?" — item and specimen from W . R. Olsen, Rt. 1, Box 3997, New Port Richey...material is dark gray flint coated by a white crust. New Port Richey in Pasco Co., is in western Florida....Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A — From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting
Journal (issue)
another such pseudomorph to the collection. This new addition also generated further inspiration for a...of pectolite was recently found at Prospect Park, New Jersey. The specimen is made up of a remnant rind...crystals of amethyst and ..eisenk.iesel'· (quartz with intergrown, fine-grained hematite). The amethyst resembles...know if they are from a basalt. I also saw some amethyst from Brandberg in Namibia -you may think ·'so...kiddo", but I bet you never saw that! Stunning amethyst and unusual quartz specimens labeled "Brandberg"
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Classified Advertisements Classified Advertising New Flat Rates: Must be paid in advance. Up to 20 words...prices. For free list, write to: BLAINE REED, 907 County Rd., 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301. THREE DIMENSIONAL...Lists on request—please specify interest. DAVID NEW, P.O. Box 278, Anacortes, Washington 98221, (206)...micromounts. ROBERT EATON, 54 Heberle, Rochester, New York 14609. MINERALS EQUIPMENT CRYSTAL SPECIMENS—top...inquiries invited; note our new address: EXCALIBUR, 14 Leigh Court, Randolph, New Jersey 07869. INDIAN MINERAL
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's Guide Gem Hunter...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington
Report (volume)
with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...counties. William Beer, Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, Louisiana, for helpful references and suggestions...suggestions. Grace King, Louisiana Historical Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, for additions and corrections...Historical Library, Helena, Montana, for data concerning county and town names in the State. Eugene Howell, by...counties. William Nelson, New .Jersey Historical Society, Paterson, New Jersey, for references, for
Book (edition)
with the former “appendix,” so as to include much new materials. And in addition to the general synopsis...of the subject up to date. Since that time much new material has been added to the state collection...opportunity to examine, except in occasional instances, new species and the range of occurrence of many known...yielding them have been greatly extended all these new data have been embodied. Sevfor the investigation...development of the state, and the addition of many new* species to the list of its known minerals, some
Book
Handbook by W.R.C. Shedenhelm G. P. Putnam’s Sons - New York Unless otherwise indicated, illustrations...been, and always will be, much as it is now, with new matter and energy replacing the old from some unknown...That’s why that old saying, “When the world was new, and life began,” is not at all accurate. It was...fluids carrying atoms and molecules that then form new mineral deposits in the less drastic physical conditions...Uvarovite Andalusite lolite Tourmaline Quartz Amethyst fie) i iL 7 Chass 7.5 eyed CS 7-7.5 Fi (synthetic)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
21206 Treasurer : CARL KROTKI , 140 West End Ave. , New York, N. Y. 10023 Assistant Trensurer ; JACK T. BURRUS...late comers follow signs to mine ... look for amethyst and quartz crystal clus- Deleu/are Mineralogical...Mineral Society went to the Ligon Mine in Amelia County to collect quartz that will star, tourmaline and...from Adairsville north to the Bartow and Gordon County line and on a side road would be the club's treasure...The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, journeyed to Antreville to look for amethyst. DISTRICT
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bonar discussed Minerals of Adams County, the R F D 1 , B o x 331 county in which the Club is located. Odessa...work on the new club-rooms S e c r e t a r y — M o r r i s Ratclift and to install the new chairs. Dr...Bucks County Earth Editor— Mrs. Betty Clauser Science Society, Feasterville. The EFMLS 5 9 3 New R o a...p r i n g , M d . 2 0 9 0 1 Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. The theme was "Glaciers" and the...the hobby in which Chrome Lime Pits in Lancaster County, they are interested. Geology and the Herkimer
 
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