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Amethyst from
Laurens County, South Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
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 Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:355274
Long-form Identifier:1:3:355274:2
GUID (UUID V4):9eeb8dc8-481c-4449-9439-f2f20a36adc6
References
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Book (edition)
CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM...arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized in...where they found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals...through matrix rock. Polished Fairburn agate from South Dakota. \\ jfc^ ^ ^ * Emerald in matrix. Emerald...precious variety of beryl. Amethyst and agate geode. Purple or lavender amethyst crystals line cavity,
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...that opals were unlucky long unfashionable, and amethyst lost some of its made them when high status...create a steady market and a sentithe abundant South mental regard for that gem. make Rarity helps...another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with / 1 for example,
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 ...Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont, North Carolina, with locations in their respective states. ...basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho...ivory and carmine enclosing a turbulent mass of amethyst. I bought it some years ago for a few shillings
Book (volume)
the state, insomuch as both the Black Hills of South Dakota and the scenic Badlands thrust long spurs...the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townď‚ľagate, 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
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...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...to a pocket of crystals. North Carolina and the Black Hills of South Dakota are also regions attractive...mines: 3 Mine portal at Fenice Capanne, Grosseto, south of Florence, Italy. f ..1.': * * •• *> ^'^
Book (volume)
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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Journal (issue)
........................191 by R. P. Richards Amethyst occurrences of the eastern United S ta tes......Geophysical Sciences The University of Chicago 5734 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637 The final...Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...overall light smoky shade, and one from Saline County, Arkansas, failed to turn color at all. Crystals...“Hot Springs area” * “Hot Springs area” Lincoln County Veta Grande Claim, Yuma Co. Arkansas Arkansas
Book
topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...to a pocket of crystals. North Carolina and the Black Hills of South Dakota are also regions attractive...Solenhofen Germany (Right) Stalacllte of chalcedony from South Africa ~ • Z,~ J; • 1- _,.. - ... ( , •'...ac,d burns. ,t s prudent 10 wear gloves 45 Amethyst quartz as 1t looked before cleani ng (left) and...left to nght Jasper from Nepal rose quartz and amethyst quartz from Brazil carnelian from India Bollom
Report (volume)
........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards...Mr. D. H. Newland, State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota...Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota... .Prof. E. C. Perisho...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;
Book
6 CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________.........._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T I N...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m...o o r e , M o n t g o m e r y, Randolph, Macon South C a r o l i n a : Chesterfield, L a n c a s t e
Report (issue)
Cudgegong river, at Mudgee and other points in New South Wales." 1 HISTORY OF CORUNDUM IN NORTH AMERICA...yards above the works at Track Rock Mine, Union county, Ga., there are several slabs, one of which is...HISTORY OF CORUNDUM. KIG I. Track Eock, Union County, Georgia. The dum in first authentic date...it was then discovered ship of Newlin, Chester county, Pa. in the townFollowing the discovery of however...explorers may be mentioned Rev. W. Jencks, of North Carolina, and Dr. H. S. Lucas, of Massachusetts. To these
Report (volume)
....................................... North Carolina. ........................................................ South Carolina......................................:.................... South Dakota.......Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; to list all the literature...edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon, C...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908
Report (volume)
...-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina ______________________________________________.............................._........... North Carolina ___..__._....._..._______..__._.____..._.____........^....................... 116 116 North Carolina ................................................-----..--.......-........-..--.-........--..-. South Carolina -...-.......:..........-.....-----....---.--.... .... ................................ North Carolina ...._.......-._..---...-....-_.._-......_-..
Book (edition)
from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North Carolina 7. Eldorado Bar, Montana 8. W...Hiddenite, North Carolina 10. View of American Gems, Inc. property, Hiddenite, North Carolina 11. Test pit...emeralds, Hiddenite, North Carolina 12. Digging for emeralds, Hiddenite, North Carolina 13 . Drawing of beryl...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and
Report (issue)
of SenegaL ___________________ ----Republic of South Mrica ___________________ _ Cape of Good Hope Province...omali Republic ________ - ____ -_---------- -- South-VVestAfrica _________________________ _ Swaziland...-----------------Queensland and New South Wales _______ _ South Australia ____ -------------------Tasmania...------------------New Zealand ______ -----------------------South Island_----------------- ________ _ North Island_____...________ _ Southeastern Alaska ___ ------------South-central Alaska _______________ _ East-central Alaska
Book (edition)
the con dition of affairs, more especially in the South and in the States and Ter ritories of the far West...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...extends from the south prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance...distance of 60 miles. Down to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below...being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater thickness
Book (volume)
Gemstones 10 Gems of the Silica Group including Amethyst, Agate and Opal 11 Turquoise and Lapis-Lazuli...Crystals and Cut Stones of Rock Crystal, Citrines and Amethyst : : : : : : : . 166 XVI XVII Opal: Cabochon-cut...peridot, aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline, zircon and amethyst in company with all other stones which do not...of gem crystals, particularly rock crystal and amethyst, although the latter is often found in vughs....lithiumbearing pegmatites of the Pala district of San Diego County, California, from which much of the beautiful kunzite
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...fora revision of the complete list of Minnesota county names. Franklin L. Riley, Mississippi Historical
Report (volume)
with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...Historical Library, Helena, Montana, for data concerning county and town names in the State. Eugene Howell, by...Battle, Department of History, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for complete list of town names. E. F. Porter...counties. Nearly all the information concerning county names in this State was furnished by him. John...State. A. S. Salley, South Carolina Historical Society,. Charleston, South Carolina, for much material
Report (issue)
Francisco, California. Daily Grass Valley Union, Nevada County, California. Daily Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada...Standard, Eureka, Humboldt County, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 10. 11. 12. County Tribune, California. California...California. Inyo Independent, Inyo County, California. Arizona Gazette, Phoenix, Arizona Territory. Ventura...days in visiting gold mines in Georgia and North Carolina, and some of the iron and coal mines in Alabama...create a good feeling between the North and the South, in which sense it was worth more to the nation
Report (issue)
Appalachia__________________ North Carolina_____________________ South Carolina_____________________ Georgia____________________________...__________ Pennsylvanfa_______________________ South Carolina_____________________ Tennessee__________________________...Deposits in North Carolina__________ Deposits in South Carolina and Virginia____________________________ Resource...quarry face in limestone, 160 feet high, 4 miles south of Franklin, W. Va__ ______________ __ _____ _____...pinnacles beneath soil cover, Bluegrass, Highland County, Va_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Report (Issue volume)
State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...Geological Survey. North Carolina: Division of Land Resources, North Carolina Department of Environment...Environmental Management. South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey. South Dakota: South Dakota Geological.... . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • 359 North Carolina, by Steve W. Sikich, P. Albert Carpenter, Ill... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • South Carolina, by Steve W . Sikich and Norman K. Olson .
Report (volume)
Conserv. Devel., Div. Mineral Res. BulL-North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development, Division...Transactions. Ottawa. S. Dak. Acad. Sci. Proc.-South Dakota Academy of Science Proceedings. Vermillion...Vermillion, S.Dak. S. Dak. Geol. Survey Rept. Inv.-South Dakota Geological Survey Report of Investigations. Vermillion...Adcock, Floyd Jones. P. W. C[urrey] field, Runnels County, Texas, in Abilene Geol. Soc., Geological contributions...Akmal, M. Gawid. The White (Multi-Pay) pool, Taylor County, Texas., in Abilene Geol. Soc., Geological contributions
Report (volume)
Society and the North Carolina Academy of Science. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, N. C. Empire...of Kentucky Geol. Survey County Rept. - Kentucky Geological Survey County Report. University of Kentucky...Analysts. Houston, Tex. Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. - Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science...Science. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles County Mus. Nat. History...History Quart.- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Quarterly. Los Angeles, Calif. Louisiana Water
 
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