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Amethyst from South America

Argentina
 
  • Catamarca Province
    • BelĂ©n Department
      • Corral Quemado
        • Papachacra
Rocks & Min. (2007) 82:234-235
Kuck, Alfredo, Saadi, Jorge (1998) Les MinĂ©raux des Pegmatites de la RĂ©gion de Papachacra, Province de Catamarca - Argentina. Le RĂšgne MinĂ©ral, 4 (22) Les Éditions du Piat. 5-13
    • Sierra de Ancasti
      • El Portezuelo
Colombo, F., Lira, R., Simmons, W., & Falster, A. (2011). The NYF-type miarolitic-rare earth elements pegmatites of the El Portezuelo granite, Papachacra (Catamarca, NW Argentina). Asoc. Geol. Arg., Serie D, PublicaciĂłn Especial, 14, 57-59.
  • CĂłrdoba Province
    • Cruz del Eje department
      • Candelaria District
Juan Carlos Lodovichi
    • San Alberto Department
      • TrĂĄnsito District
        • Mina Clavero
          • Villa Benegas
  • Mendoza Province
    • MalargĂŒe Department
      • MalargĂŒe District
www.pegmatite.ru (2009) http://www.pegmatite.ru/
    • San Rafael Department
      • Sierra Pintada
Takehiro Touge
  • Misiones Province
    • IguazĂș Department
      • Wanda
  • Salta Province
    • La Poma Department
      • El Quemado mining district
López de Azarevich, V., Fulignati, P., Gioncada, A., & Azarevich, M. (2021). Rare element minerals’ assemblage in El Quemado pegmatites (Argentina): insights for pegmatite melt evolution from gahnite, columbite-group minerals and tourmaline chemistry and implications for minerogenesis. Mineralogy and Petrology, 115(5), 497-518.
  • Santa Cruz Province
    • Deseado Department
Mugas Lobos, Ana Cecilia, MĂĄrquez-ZavalĂ­a, MarĂ­a Florencia, Lira, RaĂșl, HernĂĄndez, Laura Beatriz (2021) Mineralogy and microthermometry of the Escondida, Gabriela and Margarita mineralized structures from the Cerro Moro epithermal deposit, Deseado Massif, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 105. 103077pp. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.103077
    • Lago Buenos Aires Department
Permuy Vidal, C., Guido, D. M., Moreira, P., Ríos, F. J., & Melgarejo, J. C. (2016). Características metalogenéticas de Eureka West, principal clavo mineralizado de la veta Eureka, distrito Cerro Negro, Macizo del Deseado. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina, 73(1), 64-77.
      • Perito Moreno
P&E Mining Consultants Inc. (2007) TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE SAN JOSÉ SILVER-GOLD MINE SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA
      • Virginia Project
Luna, G. L., MaydagĂĄn, L., & de Azevedo, N. V. (2016). MineralogĂ­a y texturas de las vetas argentĂ­feras Julia Norte y Magi, Proyecto Virginia, Macizo del Deseado, Santa Cruz, Argentina. Acta geolĂłgica lilloana, 28(1), 191-196.
    • Magallanes Department
PĂĄez, G.N., Ruiz, R., Guido, D.M., RĂ­os, F.J., Subias, I., Recio, C., Schalamuk, I.B. (2016) High-grade ore shoots at the Martha epithermal vein system, Deseado Massif, Argentina: The interplay of tectonic, hydrothermal and supergene processes in ore genesis. Ore Geology Reviews, 72. 546-561 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.07.026
Bolivia
 
  • Oruro
    • Ladislao Cabrera Province
      • Salinas de Garci Mendoza
USGS Bulletin #1975 (1992)
  • PotosĂ­
    • Antonio Quijarro Province
      • Uyuni Municipality
        • Huanchaca
Salomon Rivas y Federico Ahlfeld (1998) Los Minerales de Bolivia y sus Parajes. (Santa Cruz)
    • Chayanta Province
Alfredo Petrov, field trip observations, 2005.
Kempff, O., Paar, W.H., Tawackoli, S.: "Minerales de Bolivia", 115pp (La Paz, 2009)
    • Sud LĂ­pez Province
      • San Pablo de LĂ­pez
        • Santa Isabel district
Petersen, G.G. (1970) MinerĂ­a y metalurgĂ­a en el antiguo Peru. Arqueologicas, 12 140pp. (Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Arqueologia, Lima)
  • Santa Cruz
    • Ángel Sandoval Province
      • La Gaiba mining district
Betts, John (n.d.) John Betts website listing.
Josep Sanchez-Lafuente collection.
Edgar Marancenbaum specimens.
    • Velasco Province
      • Santa Ana de Velasco
Kempff, O., Paar, W.H., Tawackoli, S.: "Minerales de Bolivia", 115pp (La Paz, 2009)
Federico Ahlfeld y Jorge Muñoz Reyes (1955) Las Especies Minerales de Bolivia. (Banco Minero de Bolivia)
Brazil
 
  • Bahia
    • CaetitĂ©
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Rafael Hernandes CorrĂȘa-Silva collection
    • Cordeiros
Mineralogical Record (1977) 8:382-387
Rocks & Min.: 22:123.
Mineralogical Record (1977) 8:382-387
    • Jacobina
Götze, J. and Möckel, R. (Eds.) (2012) Quartz: Deposits, Mineralogy and Analytics. Springer Geology, 360 pp. (p. 146).
Sauer, J.R. (1982) Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America, 135 pp. (pp. 22, 82-83, 86).
Revue de Gemmologie A.F.G. (June 1979) 59.
    • Sento SĂ©
Local Bahia TV news reports (2017).
    • Tremedal
      • Joanina
Mineralogical Record (1977) 8:382-387
    • vitĂłria da Conquista
      • TĂĄbua farm
Mineralogical Record (1977) 8:382-387
  • Minas Gerais
    • Conceição do Mato Dentro
      • SĂŁo JosĂ© de BrejaĂșba
Rafael Hernandes CorrĂȘa-Silva/Brazilian Rockhounds, Paolo Franchi, and Antonio Manuel InĂĄcio Martins (Martins da Pedra) specimens
  • ParĂĄ
    • MarabĂĄ
      • Garimpo das Pedras
My visit to the location
  • ParanĂĄ
    • Foz do Iguaçu
Geological Survey Professional Paper 327 (U.S. Department of the Interior, 1959)
  • Rio de Janeiro
    • MaricĂĄ
Cassedanne, J., Philippo, S. (2015) Mineral and gem deposits of the eastern Brazilian pegmatites, Volume 2. Publication du MusĂ©e National d’Histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg, 371 pages.
  • Rio Grande do Sul
Rocks & Min.:5:131.
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Rocks & Min.:5:131.
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
Email from Ricardo Fabrin and my experience in the region [Rock Currier 2009]
Betts, John (n.d.) John Betts website listing.
Sauer, J.R. (1982) Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America, 135 pp. (pp. 80-81).
Sauer, J.R. (1982) Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America, 135 pp. (pp. 70, 82).
Rocks & Minerals (xxxx) 5, 131.
    • Morro Reuter
Lapis 29(9), 41-42 (2004)
Rocks & Min.: 5:131.
    • Passo Fundo
Rocks & Min.:5:131.
Betts, John (n.d.) John Betts website listing.
Karel Bal Collection
Strieder, A. J., & Heemann, R. (2006). Structural constraints on ParanĂĄ basalt volcanism and their implications on agate geode mineralization (Salto do JacuĂ­, RS, Brazil). Pesquisas em GeociĂȘncias. Porto Alegre, RS. Vol. 33, n. 1 (2006), p. 37-50.
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
Sauer, Jules Roger (1982) Brazil - Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
  • RondĂŽnia
    • Porto Velho
www.gagtl.ac.uk (2003) http://www.gagtl.ac.uk/gagtl/j28-2.html
  • Santa Catarina
Manfred Bergmann (2009) Lapis, 34, #3, 30-34.
Specimen in the collection of Rock Currier
Chile
 
  • Antofagasta
    • Antofagasta Province
      • Antofagasta
ArfĂš, Giuseppe, Boni, Maria, Mondillo, Nicola, Aiello, Roberto, Balassone, Giuseppina, Arseneau, Vernon, Soyk, Dominik (2016) Supergene Alteration In the Capricornio AU-AG Epithermal Vein System, Antofagasta Region, Chile. The Canadian Mineralogist, 54 (3) 681-706 doi:10.3749/canmin.1600012
        • Escondida
WARREN, I. (2005) Geology, geochemistry, and genesis of the El Pe˜nón epithermal Au-Ag deposit, northern Chile: Characteristics of a bonanza-grade deposit and techniques for exploration. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, New Zealand, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 428 pp.
      • Cachinal
Maksaev V. et altri (1992)
"Yacimientos costeros entre Antofagasta y Taltal"
Revista GeolĂłgica Chilena, n. 2 - Stgo de Chile
Camus, Francisco, Skewes, Milka Alexandra (1991) The Faride epithermal silver-gold deposit, Antofagasta region, Chile. Economic Geology, 86 (6) 1222-1237 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.86.6.1222
  • Atacama
    • Chañaral Province
      • Chañaral
        • Las Bombas
Ruiz Fuller C.-Peebles F.
"GeologĂ­a de los yacimientos MetalĂ­feros de Chile"
Fondecyt, Stgo de Chile, 1988.
  • TarapacĂĄ
    • Tamarugal Province
      • Pozo Almonte
        • Cerro Challacollo
TOM HENRICKSEN , Geo, RUSSELL SMITH R.P. (2002) CHALLACOLLO SILVER PROPERTY TECHNICAL REPORT.
Peru
 
  • Ancash
    • Bolognesi Province
      • Huallanca District
        • Chiurucu
Lapis 32 (12) 44
    • Casma Province
      • Casma District
Petersen, G.G. (1970) MinerĂ­a y metalurgĂ­a en el antiguo Peru. Arqueologicas, 12 140pp. (Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Arqueologia, Lima)
  • Huancavelica
    • Angaraes Province
      • Julcani District
Egil Hollund collection.
    • Castrovirreyna Province
      • Castrovirreyna District
        • Castrovirreyna mining district
Lewis Jr, R. W. (1964). The geology, mineralogy and paragenesis of the Castrovirreyna lead-zinc-silver deposits, Peru (OFR No. 64-103). US Geological Survey,.
Lewis Jr, R. W. (1964). The geology, mineralogy and paragenesis of the Castrovirreyna lead-zinc-silver deposits, Peru (OFR No. 64-103). US Geological Survey,.
      • Pampa Blanca District
        • Mt Ullpac (Mt Ollupac)
Hyrsl, Jaroslav, Rosales, Zolina (2003) Peruvian Minerals: An Update [Peru]. The Mineralogical Record, 34 (3) 241-254
Hyrsl, Jaroslav, Rosales, Zolina (2003) Peruvian Minerals: An Update [Peru]. The Mineralogical Record, 34 (3) 241-254
  • JunĂ­n
    • Yauli Province
      • Morococha District
Betts, John (n.d.) John Betts website listing.
  • Lima
Rob Lavinsky.
  • Pasco
    • Pasco province
      • Cerro de Pasco
        • Atacocha mining district
Hyrsl, Jaroslav, Rosales, Zolina (2003) Peruvian Minerals: An Update [Peru]. The Mineralogical Record, 34 (3) 241-254
  • Puno
    • Melgar Province
Mlynarczyk, M. S. (2005). Constraints on the Genesis of Lode-style Tin Mineralization: Evidence from the San Rafael Tin-copper Deposit, Peru (Doctoral dissertation, McGill University).
Uruguay
 
  • Artigas Department
John S. White (2013) Mineral Mysteries: "Skunks" and Related Phenomena, Rocks & Minerals, 88:4, 368-372.
Giulio Morteani, Y. Kostitsyn, C. Preinfalk, H. A. Gilg (2010) The genesis of the amethyst geodes at Artigas (Uruguay) and the paleohydrology of the GuaranĂ­ aquifer: structural, geochemical, oxygen, carbon, strontium isotope and fluid inclusion study. International Journal of Earth Sciences 99:927-947
Betts, John (n.d.) John Betts website listing.
Fabre, Jordi (n.d.) Personal communication.
GĂŒbelin, E., Wolgensinger, M. (1976) Edelstenen. Uitgeverij Artis, Brussel (in Dutch).
Fabre, Jordi (n.d.) Personal communication.
Fabre, Jordi (n.d.) Personal communication.
Jordi Fabre specimen
L.C. Duarte, L.A. Hartmann, M.A.Z. Vasconcellos, J.T.N. Medeiros, T. Theye (2009) Epigenetic formation of amethyst-bearing geodes from Los Catalanes gemological district, Artigas, Uruguay, southern Paraná Magmatic Province. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 184:427–43
Rob Lavinsky
    • Tres Cerros de Santiño
Fabre, Jordi (n.d.) Personal communication.
 
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