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Smoky Quartz from
Valhalla, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, USA


Classification
Species:Quartz var: Smoky Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smoky Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Valhalla, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:81510
Long-form Identifier:1:3:81510:1
GUID (UUID V4):9c03b67e-93ab-4f32-aea7-586115495bdc
Nearest other occurrences of Smoky Quartz
13.0km (8.1 miles) Lake Street Quarry, Harrison, Westchester County, New York, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) Baylis Quarry (Bayliss Quarry), Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) Consolidated Feldspar Mining Corporation's plant, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) Kinkel Quarry, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
18.1km (11.3 miles) Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
21.2km (13.2 miles) Eastchester, The Bronx (Bronx County), New York City, New York, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) 204th Street & Post Avenue, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
26.5km (16.5 miles) Inwood Valley (Inwood), Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
28.4km (17.6 miles) Washington Heights, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
31.6km (19.7 miles) Philips Mine (Philips Pyrite Mine; Anthony's Nose Pyrrhotite Mine), Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals from New York State Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries, Kingston"] at 20:02 22 August...geological literature about the pegmatite bodies from New York. These occur in two different morphological, geological...the following four geographic areas: 1. southern New York Bedford pegmatite district—we can add here the...pegmatite bodies in New York City and the amazonite-bearing pegmatite at Valhalla; 2. southern Adirondack...most important pegmatite in New York is at Bedford in Westchester County. Its complex zoning and mineralogy
Report (issue)
Broadwav’and 218th Street, Manhattan Island. 4—Quartz, var. Amethyst (purple), West Paterson. N. J. 5—Garnet...7—Datolitc (pale green), West Paterson* N J 8— Quartz, var. Smoky (brown), Broadway and 162nd Street, Manhattan... BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS ENVIRONS...ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY ... James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Silica and Silicates ( 107 ) from the pegmatites at QUARTZ, silica, Si02, is an essential mineral in the granite...granite pegmatites. Massive, white, or smoky colored crystalline quartz often makes up the greater bulk of...are of pink or the rose quartz variety. Rock crystals, or the colorless quartz crystals, are often found...found as well as are smoky quartz crystals in the cavities of druses which occur in many pegmatites. Amethyst...Amethyst, the purple colored variety of crystalline quartz, usually is found in crystals in cavities or pockets
Book
MtN€RfllS of New Vork Stole David €. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University of Roc Science...AMERICA BY W. F. HUMPHREY PRESS, INC., GENEVA, NY Quartz, "Herkimer diamonds" Herkimer Co. Dedicated
Catalog/List
little white stilbite.Pretty RF TN.£4 2) BARITE,Mount Wellington Mine,Gwennap,Cornwall.Vitreous translucent...slightly iron stained greyish druse of micro xtlline quartz, dusted with a little fibrous white selenite.Excellent...Penberthy Croft.St Hilary.Matrix of altered kilas,quartz & clay with many vughs lined with grey lathe like...ofbright green hnm prismatic xtls, totally enveloping quartz xtls. Good D. C. £15 = - -=~:- "' ·" 8) HA:RM6TOME...£4 14) SMOKY QUARTZ,Goschener Alp,Switzerland.Somewhat tabular tenninated glassy smoky quartz. Good shape
Book
T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E....Natural Science Establishment, Inc . • Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David
Book (edition)
PENNSYLVAN1 A & NEW JERSEY «s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott...to man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other persons directly............ Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE...Shelocta Siderite Concretions..... New Paris Fluorite....................... New Enterprise Banded Chert....... Roaring Spring Quartz & Chert... Grazierville Shale Concretions .... California Quarries...........
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, 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 qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...landsvertebrate fossil remains;  Pine Ridge, areaQuartz concretions, agates, petrified wood, fossils, etc
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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED 1834...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
Journal (issue)
same for distribution; to encoura1e the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered; and to...--- - - - - -- ------ -~ --- ------ ---- Each new member helps to extend the Association's activities--helps... 37 4 NEW OCCURRENCE FOR OUMORTIERITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 374 BLUE QUARTZ AT SHAFT...you all and give you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year full of courage and full of hope. the sun can...Christmas Cifts There is going to be a tremendous a mount of nervous energy expended during the next few weeks
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright © 1975...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
M. SEAMAN American Museum of Natural History, New York City Article 8, Silica and Silicates (part three)...length at the quarries near Bedford and Overlook, New York; near Golden, Colorado and elsewhere. A fine crystal...at Fort Washington Avenue and 171st Street in New York City and is now in the American Museum of Natural...crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other large...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TREASURER Carl K r o t k i 250 W. 5 7 t h St. New York, N. Y. 10019 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT C l i f f o r...r d C. Anthes 930 Madison A v e n u e Union, New Jersey GENERAL SHOW C H A I R M A N M a l v i n J....Point, Maryland can be found some water washed quartz, some of which is clear enough to facet. The Keystone...fluorescent calcite, blue quartz, garnet and other associated minerals. New Jersey Societies have scheduled...Sayreville, New Jersey for pyrite and marcasite; to Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania for quartz crystals; for
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...GEMS Russell P. MacFall THOMAS Y. New CROWELL COMPANY York ! Established 1834 Copyright © 1975...Boscardin. published in Italy in 1973 by Fratelli New Fabbri Editori. material has been added for this...translated and adapted with American examples to a new audience. In it it his preface to the Italian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
29501 TREASURER Carl Krotki 250 W . 57th St. New York, N. Y . 10019 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT Kenneth V. Zohn..."Growth" is based on the wish to reach out towards new contacts and broader knowledge. More than 30 percent...are to be available soon. The Rules will be in a new format and with several significant changes, so get...in attendance from Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Canada, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland...around was as long as the first. The sessions at the New Williamsburg Inn on Friday and Saturday nights after
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 738 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...expansion____^_________________ Geographic distribution of New England granite quarries____ Descriptions of the...___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________
Book
CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........... _ . _ 1 _ CHAPTER 3 Pennsylvania___...states each year give collectors a chance to buy new finds, see f i n e workmanship, a n d s h o w t h...streams and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones...well known old localities are not all “has beens;” new hobbyists and experienced collectors alike prove...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and
Journal (issue)
collectors will be added to- tJae ranks of micro-mount enthusiasts after reading this interesting article...rge O. Wild The Metro11olitnn Mineral Area of New York City. B y James G. Manehester ,\ Brief History...) and representing the North, names granite and quartz as his favorites; H . M . W . Haven, Portland,...of national h onors; Dr. Bertha Chapman Cady, New York, N. Y ., an officer in the Rocks and Minerals...representing the Girl Scouts, urges gneiss and quartz as her choice; Charles W. Hoadley, Englewood, N
Book
AND Russell P. MacFall THOMASY. CROWELLCOMPANY New York Established 1834 Copyright © 1975 by Thomas...published 1n Italy In 1973 by Fratell1 Fabbri Ed1ton New material has been added for this American ed1t1on...translated and adapted with American examples to a new audience In his preface to the Italian edition Vincenzo...and those of your friends may well bring important new data to light Unfortunately the appearance of a place...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque
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...of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;
Report (volume)
Geodes______________________________ 51 Secondary quartz on joint faces______________ Veinlets of zeolite_______________...quarries and their product Continued. Litchfiekl County Continued. Page. Warren _______________________...Comstock prospect ____________ ____ 76 Middlesex County-_ _______ 70 Middietowu_______________1___________...__ 76 Ben venue quarries____________ _ 76 New Haven County - __________ 78 Ansouia _______________________..._____ Holhrook quarry_________________________ New London County____________________________ Groton
Journal (issue)
GALENA CRYSTALS, BARITE CRYSTALS, CALCITE CRYSTALS, QUARTZ CRYSTALS ETC. EACH PIECE TRIMMED AND SELECTED FOR...listed on our General List if 20 and our latest New Arrivals Lists. Send for your copies today. Both...—French Morgan NEW LOCALITY FOR STRONTIANITE IN CANADA—Sean A. Lochnan DEPARTMENTS NEW MINERALS—Conducted...Dakota comes close, with a "state gem stone”—rose quartz. —Mineral Information Sendee Ferry Building San...to announce their gem and min­ eral show in the new Robertson Memorial YMCA in Canton, N. C. in the heart
Book (volume)
species. And for those interested in discovering new deposits, the geology and mineralogy of sources is...Volumes Volume | JOHN SINKANKAS [aN] VAN New NOSTRAND York Cincinnati REINHOLD Toronto COMPANY London...Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 Van Nostrand Reinhold Limited 1410...eg Ow a Ne Sarah PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION The quantity of new information accumulated since publication...such new information in a second volume. [hus the present book becomes V olume I. while the new information
 
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