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Amethyst from
Mt. Pleasant, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Hamlet
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 Mt. Pleasant, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:255036
Long-form Identifier:1:3:255036:7
GUID (UUID V4):37a6a807-40d6-4b56-ad3d-79256eb48d6e
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
15.7km (9.8 miles) Parkesburg Quartz Occurence, Parkesburg, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
45.7km (28.4 miles) Pocopson, Pocopson Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
46.9km (29.2 miles) Brinton's Quarry, Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
56.9km (35.4 miles) Boothwyn, Upper Chichester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
60.1km (37.3 miles) Collegeville Amethyst Locality, Collegeville, Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
62.4km (38.8 miles) Media, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
77.0km (47.9 miles) Ridge Avenue and School Lane Quarries, East Falls, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
77.9km (48.4 miles) Falls of Schuylkill, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
85.0km (52.8 miles) Ballard Green Quartz Occurrence, Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
References
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Journal (issue)
CHAPTER: Toby Seim; pnwgemcollectors@gmail.com PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER: Joe Marchesani; Jmarch06@comcast.net...Lithic & Lapidary Society Show at the Richland County Fairgrounds. We did so in the afternoon in the...outing was just this past Saturday in Monmouth County, at the famed Ramanessin Brook and Big Brook, for...Brook and Big Brook, Holmdel and Marlboro, Monmouth County, NJ Date: Sat Jun 22 BULLETIN FRIENDS OF MINERALOGY...National Limestone Quarries, Middleburg and Mt Pleasant Mills Quarry Sites Date: Sat May 4 Clubs represented:
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...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
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(notably Rocky Hill and Lambertville) and two Hudson County localities, Laurel (Snake) Hill quarry, Secaucus...Lee. The geology and mineralogy of the two Hudson County localities have already been described in detail...Localities: Historical Background Bergen Hill, Hudson County The area known as Bergen H i l l consists of several...Francisco Brothers quarry in Great Notch (Little Falls Township). Bergen Hill is located within the Palisades...from Manchester (1931). 1) Pennsylvania Railroad cut (1880s), Mt. Pleasant; 2) Bergen Archways (1906-1910)
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Mineral Show and Sale sponsored by the Lin­ coln County Gem and Mineral Society. Na­ tional Guard Armory...California. Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive. Informa­ tion: Jill Lloyd, Orange County Fair, 88 Fair...Annual Ute Moun­ tain Gem and Mineral Society Show, County Annex Building, 103 North Chestnut. Informa­ tion:...Fredericks, P.O. Box 196, Cutchogue, Society. Payne County Fairgrounds, 3 mi. East New York 11935. of Stillwater...Wisconsin. 20th Annual Harper, P.O. Box 67, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa Gem and Mineral Show. Lakeland High School
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
Journal (issue)
........................191 by R. P. Richards Amethyst occurrences of the eastern United S ta tes......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... RPR #1565 Rykart (1977) Rykart (1971) La Table Mt. Blanc, Chamonix Savoie Haute-Savoie France France...“Hot Springs area” * “Hot Springs area” Lincoln County Veta Grande Claim, Yuma Co. Arkansas Arkansas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Joplin, Missouri. Mrs. James Fox discussed a fine amethyst from Red Feather Lake, Colorado, which she had...Burlington; Harvey Morrow, New London; Hamp Shook, Mt. Pleasant; and William Mathers, New London. Articles of...Mrs. Ralph Mills, and Frederick Crane, all of Mt. Pleasant. Dr. E. J. Wehman and Miss Donna Johnson, Burlington...Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. Hemp Shook, Mt. Pleasant. N E W LONDON JOURNAL, New London, Iowa, Thursday,...Society, is affiliated with both the University of Pennsylvania and the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia
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Dome, Tennessee. Because t h e a l t i t u d e o f Mt. M i t c h e l l is o n l y 6,684 feet, people seed...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...rubies, sapphires, aquamarines, garnets, topaz, amethyst and golden beryl are among the historic gems of...Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and mined an amethyst deposit in South...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets
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New Mexico 88031. March 12—Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. Micromount Swap-Sell-Learn sponsored by the...the Rock & Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County. Northminster Presbyterian Church, 140 Tren­ ton Road. Information:...Information: Ralph Thomas, 11 Riverdale Road, Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067; 215/295-9730. March 12, 13—Burien, Washington...Exhibition Hall March 25-27, Flint, MI April 15-17, Mt. Clemens, MI April 23-24, Cincinnati, OH April 30-May...by the West Texas Gem and Mineral Society. Ector County Coliseum, Exhibit Build­ ing A, 42d and Andrews
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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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"Sticks and Stones and Dinosaur Bones." Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive. Information: Dave A...Stone" sponsored by the Eugene Mineral Club. Lane County Fairgrounds, 13th and Monroe. Chairman: Nettie...Mineral Show sponsored by the Kern County Mineral Society. Kern County Fairgrounds, South P Street. Chairman:...Columbus Rock and Mineral Society, the Road. Licking County Rock and Mineral Society, the Rockwell International...Hill and South 10th Street. Information: 1303 Pleasant Avenue, Ya­ kima, Washington 98902. May 14, 15—Endicott
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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
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Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Book (volume)
references, among them may be mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio...Department of Conservation; and on the Four Peaks amethyst deposit in Arizona by Dr. F. W. Galbraith of the...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...and, more important, how to get to them!—a most pleasant chapter in my life would not have been written
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (issue)
strontianite from the National Limestone Quarry in Mt. Pleasant Mills, PA, were offered for free distribution... epidote, pumpellyite and feldspar, chlorite, amethyst, chalcedony, and calcite. Wayne acquired the agates...WI, and elsewhere. They were found in Keweenaw County at the Wolverine #2 mine dump (now taken away for...are some of the prizes for 2013: #1. Two-strand amethyst necklace with matching earrings, by former EFMLS... 16–17: GLMSMC Annual Mineral Show, Montgomery County Fairgrounds, Rockville, MD. Micromineral demonstrations
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be estimated from the pale rectangular step cut amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Press Publishing Company P.O. Box 2399, Missoula, MT 59806 1-800-234-5308 + IDE DS AED 3) June Culp...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache
Report (edition)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY OF 0144 00141189 1 v < 2 £ m- c oi; c» tt*s“S S Si! at tss^s isl^j...1 ' s WJ= ~S 5! s „3 &«eq Sjg® . . PENNSYLVANIA 1 .8 ^2»SS 3 d 5-s &s z l|lt« 7* < OF ...GEOLOGY REPORT 1976 33 MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Alan R. Geyer Robert C. Smith, John H....Graphics by Albert E. VanOlden COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TOPOGRAPHIC...II Copyrighted 1976 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if
Report (issue)
Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located in the Newark basin and vicinity, Pennsylvania ..................... 110 F. Section F: Occurrences...located in the Gettysburg basin and vicinity, Pennsylvania ..................... 147 G. Section G: Occurrences...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2...stream, or town. County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude Information in the county, state, quadrangle
Book (volume)
beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...Quartz (milky, rose), Spodumene;  W 7 mi., the Tin Mt. area, to Deer Camp rd., turn in ¼ mi.: (a) area
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be estimated from the pale rectangular step cut amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...& Patricia Gray, Graystone Enterprises, Missoula, MT; William D. Gregorio, Fayetteville, PA; Jeanne Gurski...Duane L. Johnson, Rocky Mountain Soapstone, Butte, MT; Chris I. Johnston, Royal, AR; Robert W Jones, Scottsdale
Journal (issue)
DAY MONEY IACK I GUARANTEE 8x6 All■lane.,_.. Amethyst Fine Quality 9x7 .10 1.50 1.50 .,, 2.00 ...Perldot Axlnlte Llmonlte Pseudomorph Conet"etlon Amethyst progressing through 220, 400 and 600 GROUP No...Included with catalogII • ■OST ITEIS POSTPAID TO USA Df1TIIATIOIS I ALPHA FACETING SUPPLY, INC. • 100%...Indian Reservation where the rural scenery is pleasant. The freeway provides access to the Little Big...MIDWESTERN STATES Ohio Otto E. Ehrhart-Paulding County Hi.storical Society - City Hall, North Main Street
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859 nearly black with sporadic...of geology at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant. S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R 1986 251...Smithfield or Lincoln. A c ­ tually, Smithfield Township is correct for specimens col­ lected before 1871;...N E M I N E R A L SPECIMENS Western fHnifrals Amethyst Quartz, Pyrite & Chalcopyrite Uruguay, South...171 MON-SAT: WORLD-WIDE JrTutr Hturral f$\\tt\mt\\B l^iprtHltEtug i n 11-9 SUN: 12-5 LOCALITIES
 
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