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Amethyst from
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Park
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 Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:243741
Long-form Identifier:1:3:243741:5
GUID (UUID V4):310151db-6751-468d-ac58-163eff4df17f
Localities for Amethyst in this Region
Ridge Avenue and School Lane Quarries, East Falls, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Falls of Schuylkill, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
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Report (issue)
DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
Journal (issue)
found in cavities, and in the terse idiom of Oxford County he told the signs and wonders of this world-famous...West Chester, in East Bradford Township, Chester County, Pa., when John Rutter, David Townsend, and Lewis...has discovered coal. 'In Newlin Township in this county it is abundant about the co rundum locality, and...Northern New Charles D. Nims, of' St. Lawrence County, New York, was the dis coverer and distributor...blasts shook the hills while the pilgrims from Pennsylvania waited for the harvest. Collections on both
Report (volume)
stones that react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great
Book (volume)
Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. TIKIS Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, BY JOHN...(funth's "Preliminary Report on tlir Mineralogy of Pennsylvania,*' luted n* ...Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Academy MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1. SILVER. (4)i According...page in Dr. Genth's Report. MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 5. GALEN1TK. (10) Galcnite occurs in many...near Shannonville. Montgom- MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. According to P. Frazer, Jr., chalcocite (in
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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...Bradshaw Mts.) near Yavapai Co. Onyx Marble MINERAL PARK, Maricopa Co. Turquoise MORENCI, Modoc Point, Greenlee...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite
Book (edition)
«s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott Stepanski and Karenne...Book Co. 315 CLOVERLEAF DRIVE, SUITE F BALDWIN PARK, CA 91706 Copyright © 2000 Gem Guides Book Company...changes due to man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other...Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE NO. 1.................................... Ringing Rocks Park.................... Wissahickon Valley Garnets.
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES BULLETIN M5 LEAD AND ZINC ORES of PENNSYLVANIA Henry a;...revival of interest in mining lead and zinc in Pennsylvania notwithstanding that all of the old lead and...the occurrence of lead and zinc ores in Pennsylvania and in other parts of North and South America...is re counted that: lead ore was mined in Blair County in 1778 lo supply bullets for the Revolutionary...mined near Phoenixville. within 25 miles of Philadelphia. The ore at Bamford and at New Galena was discovered
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the precious metals trade shed light on the Philadelphia jewelers of the early nineteenth century and...Harman at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. At the Winterthur Museum in Wilmington...and enjoyable. The Society of Jewelry Historians USA in New York has provided a clearing house for information...tortoise combs.* Mrs. Mary Anderson of Accomack County, Virginia, owned two amber necklaces.’ This light...Great and Stately Wills, p, 259 alace,” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, July 1959
Journal (issue)
interesting modifications. Quartz Crystals containing Amethyst Stilblte. well ddincd. moving bubbles. in groups...showinJ! interesting modifications. Quartz Crystals Amethyst containing moving bubbles. in groups of unrivaled...compri,;e all that were ever found in the ·' Old Park '' Passing- mider the Girard aYe. bridge on the...of the river, we enter the '' East Park." This section of the park rnns north as far as \\'issahickon... we L'll\er the scctiou kuow11 as the '' \\'est Park.·· this (li,·i.-;io11contillllL"S a,; fa1 sotith
Journal (issue)
light possible. HERE ARE THE FACTS SUBSTANCE AMETHYST EMERALD RUBY, SAPPHIRE DIAMOND TITANIA INDEX...2 Road Y. Keep left. Right branch goes to Squaw Park mining district, uranium and vanadium. 08.0 Abandoned...boom country, and the right branch leads to Squaw Park mining district where carnotite and vanadium claims...river. Bill learned the machinist's trade in Pennsylvania when he was 17 and first came to Grand Junction...(Sometimes it is also called the "Lost City of Coconino County"). The story told by Haines following this chance
Journal (volume)
Indiana, 1873, 390. Condition of, in Gray and Jno. W. Park: Process of Spelter *47 | Blast Furnace Practice.... . . . . . . . . . 85 Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, ite Pig Iron: r" Production, as practised at...- - - * - - - - - - - - - - solo'is', of Pennsylvania. " ******* Geology of the Black Hills . ....ÂŁ al in Patagonia . . . . . . . 99 || Mariposa County, Hite's Cove Mine 53 | Hoisting Engine, The Lidgerwood...Lidgerwood, *Hoosac Tunnel, Tri-Nitro Glyce * | Kern County, The Bright Star and rine at the....: ........:
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England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...natrolite from the Dallas Gem mine, San Benito County, California. For more on this locality see vol...Box 10404 Denver, CO 80210 303-758-2022 Mexican Amethyst B & W Minerals Golden Minerals 5609 North Pike...corner of the Ant­ werp quadrangle in Jefferson County, New York. The water-filled open pit (Fig. 1) appears
Journal (issue)
livestock show, Richfield, Utah. Sep. 1-3—Morgan county fair, Morgan, Utah. Sep. 1-31—Beehive Midway, fairgrounds...Open Golf tournament, Reno, Nevada. Sep. 3-6—Elko county fair and state livestock show, Elko, Nev. Sep....dances, San Ildefonso, New Mexico. Sep. 9-11—Juab county fair, Nephi, Utah. Sep. 9-11 — Southern Utah livestock...livestock show, Cedar City, Utah. Sep. 9-11—Iron county fair, Parowan, Utah. Sep. 9-12—Antelope Valley...Mexico. Sep. 15-16—Tooele county fair, Tooele, Utah. Sep. 15-18—Roosevelt county fair and rodeo, Portales
Report (volume)
76 . Cumberland County.......................................... 76 Franklin County.......................... Hancock County............................................. Kennebec County .........;.................. Knox County................................................. Lincoln County ........................ Oxford County............................................... Penobscot County...................... Piscataqnis County ........................................... Somerset County.................
Book
Extensive hydrothermal areas in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; Wairakie, New Zealand; Japan; Iceland;...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....Iceland, New Zealand, Japan, and Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S.A, calcium-rich zeolites can be deposited...seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald
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Extensive hydrothermal areas in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; Wairakie, New Zealand; Japan; Iceland;...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....Iceland, New Zealand, Japan, and Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S.A, calcium-rich zeolites can be deposited...seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald
Journal (issue)
written another novel with New Mexico setting—Amethyst Spectacles. It deals with the charm of the Taos...rattlesnake. Its poison is very potent. Photo by National Park Service. Sacred Rock at Walpi where the Snake...permitted. Photo by Crandall, courtesy National Park Service. into the poison canal. The old fangs are...Siskiyou In the last Desert I note what you say county for many years, and nearly always about sleeping...tragedies. The other day Rudyard, scouting around in a park of bottles and containers (in which, when it rains
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fortunate to have some savvy and patient guides. In Philadelphia, Carol Spawn at the Academy of Natural Sciences...finally started pounding out pages, three of my Philadelphia Inquirer colleagues—Paul Nussbaum, John Fried...greatest curiosities of the early history of Onondaga County,” Dr. Boynton concluded. A few days later, James...anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania and a leader of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences...Simon Cameron hearing. things?” “What here,” Pennsylvania senator told Henry during an 1861 Smithsonian
Journal (issue)
THE DESERT MAGAZINE This photograph of Dr. Park was taken in his hobby room as he examines one of...rings he cut from single gem stones. Dr. William S. Park of Las Vegas, Nevada, has passed on to his final...rockhound fraternity I had heard of Dr. William S. Park long before I went to Las Vegas, Nevada. I knew...Jones and I crossed the lawn to the veranda of the Park home I spied the first signs of the collector. Near...of Mrs. Mary Park. She showed us through the hall to her husband's hobby room. Dr. Park arose to greet
Journal (volume)
ENGINEERS. Vol. I. MAY , 1871, TO FEBRUARY, 1873. PHILADELPHIA PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE, AT THE OFFICE OF... VOL. I. MAY , 1871, TO FEBRUARY , 1873 . PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE, AT THE OFFICE...OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 1123 GIRARD STREET. PHILADELPHIA : PRINTED BY SHERMAN & Co. PREFACE . The present...1871 , August, 1871 , TROY November, 1871 , PHILADELPHIA February , 1872 , NEW YORK May , 1872 , PITTSBURGH...Furnace Slags. By KENNETH ROBERTSON, M.E. , PHILADELPHIA MEETING . The Manufacture of Iron and Steel
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gems in the Fitzwilliam rarely often used, amethyst the natural done have received declared: ...Alfonso la Iberia, pp. 12. 14. Lapidario Philadelphia Venice, 13. M. Banco Bogota: Travels ... F. The 1913. Curious Lore and London: Philadelphia 20. ofPrecious J. B. 1730. 2 vols. Gemme... E. A. W. Budge, phia: 27. Henry pp. Philadelphia Michigan London: 17. or a Bhattacharya.... Amsterdam. 64, Indien, ou Egyptian Magic. Park: le 176 pp. University Fac- Books. 234 pp
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Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. In Nevada along the Virgin River in Clark County, and in distorted...distorted crystals from Humboldt County. From Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California. In the Permian basin...near Silver City, New Mexico; Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona; in the Rand district and in the Calico...Calico and Barstow mines, San Bernardino County, California. A mass of cerargyrite weighing over six tons...Bullfrog district, Nye County, and in the Rochester district, Halides 14 Humboldt County. In the Silver City
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
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_____________________ _ Alamosa County __________________________ _ Arapahoe County _________________________...Archuleta County _________________________ _ Baca CountY-----------------------------Boulder CountY------...CountY----------------------~----Chaffee County _____________________·______ _ Clear Creek County _______________________...Conejos CountY---------------------------Costilla County ___________________________ _ Custer County ___...____________________________ _ Denver County ___________________________ _ Dolores County ___________________________
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hunt." A few years ago, while searching in Wayne county, Utah, he chanced upon a link in the 150-year old...ARIZONA. Photo courtesy The Wigw a m , Litchfield Park, Arizona. LETTERS C o m m e n t from Desert M...Ute Indian chief ico Former name of Zion national park Hopi Indians Primitive club-like A Spanish unit...Minnesota I saw a mountain peak today all pink and amethyst And felt a wonder as I saw it knew I'd kept a...corporation workers is being built near Litchfield Park, financed by Valley National bank. Entire project
 
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