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Amethyst from
Valhalla, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, USA


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 Valhalla, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:81682
Long-form Identifier:1:3:81682:7
GUID (UUID V4):5175a52e-6ba8-46b7-b8aa-84731bef1b87
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
23.1km (14.4 miles) Dodgewood Road, The Bronx (Bronx County), New York City, New York, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) Wesley Hills, Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) New York - Susquehanna & Western Railroad tunnel, Edgewater, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
35.8km (22.3 miles) Braens Quarry, North Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
39.2km (24.3 miles) Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
39.4km (24.5 miles) Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) New York - West Shore & Buffalo RR tunnel, Weehawken, Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
42.0km (26.1 miles) Houdaille Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
42.7km (26.5 miles) Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
References
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Report (issue)
218th Street, Manhattan Island. 4—Quartz, var. Amethyst (purple), West Paterson. N. J. 5—Garnet, var.... 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...his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogy at Michigan Technological University. A native New Yorker, he has had a lifelong interest in the minerals...of the state and is a research associate at the New York State Museum. 458 ROCKS & MINERALS Dr. Steven...minerals of New York State and is coordinator of the Center for Mineralogy at the New York State Museum...University] at 04:12 29 December 2014 The GEMS of NEW YORK State J ust what constitutes a gemstone has...such as opal, aquamarine, or tourmaline. Although New York State is not known for its traditional precious
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cavities of druses which occur in many pegmatites. Amethyst, the purple colored variety of crystalline quartz...been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in weight have...Alstead, Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire; Bedford, New York; the Scott and other quarries near...North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and Mesa Grande, California. Amethyst quartz crystals...inches in length. Other amethyst crystal localities are near Milan and Berlin, New Hampshire; Deer Hill
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on
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...Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sum­ mary of published knowledge
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
21206 Treasurer—Carl Krotki, 170 West End Avenue, New York, N. Y . 10023 Assistant Treasurer—Jack T. Burrus...Quarry at Rockville, Md., where a number of minerals new to the members were collected. - - - - Norman Welfley...trip to Mifflin County. Member Bob Cox of the Rock and Min­ eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills...Pennsylvania Earth Sciences Association, Lehigh Valley. The York Rock and Mineral Club surveyed the results of recent...Tyrone, Georgia "to scratch, dig and look for amethyst at an undeveloped site". The Wateree Valley Rock
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............. Ickesburg Trilobites.................... New Bloomfield Devonian Fossils Mt. Hope White Quartzite
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...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Spring, Md. 20901 Minerals Theme: Education Opens New Horizons SAFETY NOTE Recently a number of bulletins...erals with the new Polaroid film, 55-P-N. The Club has three large windows in the new Mississippi Museum...members have joined the silversmithing class. NEW YORK The Cayuga Gem and Mineral Club, Auburn, gave...Herbert Hauptmann told the mem­ bers of the Westchester Mineral and Gem Society, Eastchester, about his...Properties of Minerals The Stanley Bentons of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, went to the Cree
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW JERSEY-A ROCKHOUND'S PARADISE New Jersey is not a large state, but within its borders lie many...of the minerals found in New Jersey: Native Elements Graphite—Sussex County Sulfides Sphalerite—Franklin...Vivianite—Allentown, Shrewsbury in Monmouth County Silicates Amethyst—Basalt sills Scapolite—Franklin marbles...Apophyllite—Paterson and Bergen Hill, Snake Hill, Bergen County Good Heulandite—Watchung Mountains, Prospect Park...Snake Hill, Bergen County Mesolite-Many places, thin white needles Thomsonite—Northern New Jersey Serpentine—Lake
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
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 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
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^ K Gem Hunter's ...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)
SOCIETVOF AMENCA t77 PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIBTIES NEW YORK MINERALOGICAI CLUB Regular Monthly Meeting...January 21, 1925 A regular monthly meeting of the New York Mineralogical Club was held in the East Assembly...Hunter College, New York City; Mr. C. C. Lawson, Yale University, 124 Prospect Street, New Haven, Conn.;...A. Sach, c/o'Hallgarten & Co., 44 Pine Street, New York City. The chairman spoke of the death, on January...planes and his dream leading to his finding an amethyst specimen. Mr. Broadwell referred to schallerite
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)
22046 TREASURER Carl Krotki 2 5 0 W . 57th St. New York, N. Y. 10019 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT Ted Richard i...Ave. New York, N. Y. 10025 2 N D VICE-PRESIDENT Clifford C. Anthes 9 3 0 Madison Avenue Union, New Jersey...which have been all too popular. First, the 1965 New York Show is really shaping up under the able direction...Show and Convention to be held at the magnificent new Washington-Hilton Hotel. As the Eastern Federation...MINERALS At our Executive Committee Meeting held in New York on February 6th, authorization was given to a
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)
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....associated minerals. New Jersey Societies have scheduled trips to Sayreville, New Jersey for pyrite and...Pennsylvania for quartz crystals; for serpentine at Lake Valhalla; to the Summit Quarry of the Houdaille Construction...Materials Company, Inc., an active quarry, Summit. New Jersey, for zeolite, stilbite, prehnite, chabasite
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...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;... S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair edition,
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...rubies, sapphires, aquamarines, garnets, topaz, amethyst and golden beryl are among the historic gems of...well known old localities are not all “has beens;” new hobbyists and experienced collectors alike prove...Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and mined an amethyst deposit in South
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
Journal (issue)
Diamond Crystal ................ 90 Chondrodite on New York Island .. 92 The Over-Montgomery Correspondence...Thompson and His Time (1869-1930)," John Day, New York, 1935. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. I 0. 11. 12. 13...Hagedorn, p. 14. Hagedorn. p. 35. Hagedorn, p. 36. New York Times, July 4, 1930. Newspaper anicle entitled...entitled "Thompson Esta1e Pu1 a1 S8 5,000,000." New York Times, September 24. 1924. Newspaper anicle entitled...Newmont: A Fifty-Year History," Octagon Books, New York, 1973, pp. 1-1 I. Ramsey, p. 163. Brosnan, Mary
 
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