| Locality type: | Hill |
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| Species: | Quartz var: Amethyst |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Amethyst data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wesley Hills, Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 645755 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:645755:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 23cc77d3-024b-48d2-ae03-2e21094af42c |
| Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst |
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| 25.0km (15.5 miles) | ⓘBraens Quarry, North Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
| 26.5km (16.5 miles) | ⓘProspect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
| 27.9km (17.3 miles) | ⓘValhalla, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 30.5km (18.9 miles) | ⓘUpper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
| 30.6km (19.0 miles) | ⓘLower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
| 33.8km (21.0 miles) | ⓘDodgewood Road, The Bronx (Bronx County), New York City, New York, USA |
| 34.6km (21.5 miles) | ⓘHoudaille Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
| 34.7km (21.5 miles) | ⓘFrancisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
| 37.6km (23.4 miles) | ⓘMcDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 40.3km (25.1 miles) | ⓘNew York - Susquehanna & Western Railroad tunnel, Edgewater, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | Collected by George Stacy; Jeff Scovil photo. Amethyst, 12 cm, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Collected...parti cipants CONTENTS Introduction: The Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety...Thrill of Discovery Wendell Wilson Field collectors know, better than anyone, the thrill of discovery...discoverer—the one person who found it and pulled it out of the ground. Among my own favorite experiences is...complete thing of beauty that perhaps only we, out of all humanity, will ever have the privilege of viewing |
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Wesley Hills, Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, USA