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Aquamarine from
Leiperville, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA


Classification
Species:Beryl var: Aquamarine
Formula:Be3Al2Si6O18
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aquamarine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Leiperville, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:148764
Long-form Identifier:1:3:148764:0
GUID (UUID V4):e1d38519-dc58-4848-9a61-6e605e3428e1
Nearest other occurrences of Aquamarine
20.1km (12.5 miles) Woodlawn Quarry, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities near West Chester...Providence, and other places in Delaware and Chester counties, Pennsylvania, were also probably for the most...and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of the Philadelphia...Philadelphia Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Massive quartz pseudomorphs after Large smoky...pegmatite of the Eight Mile Park area of Fremont county, Colorado; while pink chalcedony has been found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inches in length. (2) Deshong's qusrry, Leiperville, Delaware County. Ia,rge microcline crystals were obtained...surface and opaque, but clear and exhibiting a good aquamarine color where broken across. 184 THE AMENICAN...mile northwest of Capella Hill, Alsace township, Berks County. Nickeliferous pyrrhotite and augite are...Creek, 1 mile west of Spies Cburch, Alsace township, Berks county. Only inferior specimens are now obtainable...3)l miles southwest of Pricetown, Alsace Township, Berks County. Fine limonite, stalactitic and mammillary
Book (edition)
mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville...Luttrell, Another of .78 carat, light yellow, Union County. was reported found in 1888 on the Henry Burris
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A PENNSYLVANIA STATE MINERAL By RICHMOND E. MYERS Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Downloaded...August 2017 Reprinted from Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, pages 140-146. Vol. XXXIV...XXXIV, 1960 At the spring meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science held at Schwenksville in 1959...ardent Pennsylvania rockhounds. The question was raised, "What is the state mineral of Pennsylvania ?" We...other states would be justified far more than Pennsylvania in adopting any one of them. Lansfordite and
Journal (issue)
rejoice quite yet. The main features listed for Grand County, Colorado, for example, are gravel pits and coal...won't appear (the Green Ridge Pegmatite in Grand County, described in Stephen Voynick's book is not listed....... I usually start by entering the State and County. A "Commodity" field allows one to search by element...names of all of the "Copper" localities in the county (27 of them) to see that the listing was under...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
abandoned working of the Congo coal mine in Perry County, Ohio. The sample, as received, was & beautiful...inches in length. (2) Deshong's qusrry, Leiperville, Delaware County. Ia,rge microcline crystals were obtained...surface and opaque, but clear and exhibiting a good aquamarine color where broken across.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Leiper’s quarry at Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Peters 1984). When the spessartine...to 7 cm across occur near Middletown, Middlesex County, and massive spessartine and relatively small crystals...localities in Figure 2. A classic Avondale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, spessartine specimen with a major 2...[OL *PU JPUUH[P4PULYHS:VJPL[` Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Detailed work by Lindsley and Peters...the exceptional garnets from Deshong’s quarry, Leiperville, and Sycamore Mill may be either almandine or
Journal (issue)
follows : “ During the past few months, Lincoln County, North Carolina, has furnished more crystals of...trapezohedrons. Collectors should be grateful to Lincoln County, and to the workers there, for this highly interesting...crystals, single and in groups, were found inCatawba County, with an amethystine capping on a milky or clear... Figure 4 shows a good example from Alexander County. These “ dislocated ” crystals appear to have...mile northeast of Henry Post Office in Lincoln County, on March 19th, clear and other crystals that weighed
Book
famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...because many collectors also prize a fine piece of aquamarine as a very distinctive gem. The emerald may be...with the emerald, but they differ in color. The aquamarine is bluish green, the heliodor is golden yellow...yellow, and morganite is red or pink. Aquamarine is found in greater frequency and in many more locations...Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah. Other
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
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...misleading. A blue crystal may be dia- mond, aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline, cyanite, or apatite. Conversely...pink hue (right) from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado. MOTTLED AGATE from Chihuahua, Mexico...usually veined with black. This is from Siskiyou County, California. z'^m-: LABRADORITE, the feldspar...as Lake Superior agate. SODALITE from Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, is deep-blue mottled with flesh-colored
Report (volume)
............................ 16 34 42 81 97 Delaware............................................................................................ Pennsylvania...............................................value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...and Ehrenfeld, Frederick, Minerals of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Top. and Geol. Survey Comm. Kept. No...Oberlin College, Oberlin. Prof. L. G. Westgate, Delaware. Oklahoma____Prof. D. W. Ohern, Norman. Mr. C
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APPALACHIANS diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, aquamarine, garnets, p e a r l s : T o t h e r o c k h o...Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania: S c h u y l k i l l R i v e r Vi r g i n i...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets...blue crystals of aquamarine. Excited collectors took home from old quarries in Pennsylvania and Maryland
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...be misleading. A blue crystal may be diamond, aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline, kyanite, or apatite. Conversely...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show...called bediasites from Bedias, a town in Grimes county. Gold is a subject by itself, but because the gem...6 Alabaster Composition 3.2 (ap'-a-tite) Aquamarine 2.6 to 2.7 (ak-wa-ma-ren') 38 beryl to blue
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE,
Report (volume)
value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University...Oregon............Prof. A. J. Collier, Eugene. Pennsylvania.... .Mr. R. R. Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence...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 (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, area...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, area...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
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Survey) Chester County, Pa.: Alabama; Texas; Montana: Humbolt County, Nevada; Beaver County, Utah; Loudon...~unty, Virginia; Wake County, North Carolina; Albany County, Wyommg; and Kern County, California. Natural...realgar and usually with it. It is found in Iron County and Mercur, Utah; also in Yellowstone Park in hot...Counties, California; Idaho; Humbolt, Nevada; Iron county, Utah. It is found also in Mexico. Stibnite is...Vermont; Haddam, Connecticut; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Chelan County; Washington; Pitkin and Climax, Colorado;
Book (volume)
references, among them may be mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...emerald crystal . Turner Emerald Mine . Mt. Antero aquamarine matrix specimen . Mesa Grande morganite crystal...pale blue variety of beryl known popularly as aquamarine, is mineralogically identical to emerald but
Book
Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
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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...of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic the Delaware quadrangle of...tourmaline (f) in — aquamarine pegmatite (g) Mount Antero, 12.000 (h) Chaffee County, Colorado (i) ...(quarry, mine, canyon) district where found (township, county, (i) how obtained (g) state) details)
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Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana...Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee...Issachar). Fourth row: beryl (probably bluish aquamarine or pink morganite; assigned to Zebulon), onyx...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user
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apatite 67, 67, 68 apophyllite 102, 102, 103 aquamarine 92, 92 aragonite 45, 45 arduinite 119, /2/ beudantite...suppliers are, in order, the USSR, Canada, and the USA (South Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California)...example Arizona and Utah). Fine crystals come from Pennsylvania and Colorado, and very large crystals and...massive pyrite is found at Ellenville, Ulster County, New York. This very widespread mineral is to be...and from localities in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Niccolite, millerite Niccolite
68 carpholite 98 apophyllite 102, 102, 103 aquamarine 92, 92 aragonite 45, 45 cassiterite 34 disthene...suppliers are, in order, the USSR, Canada, and the USA (South Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California)...example Arizona and Utah). Fine crystals come from Pennsylvania and Colorado, and very large crystals and massive...massive pyrite is found at Ellenville, Ulster County, New York. This very widespread mineral is to be...from localities in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Niccolite, millerite Niccolite
 
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