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Amethyst from
Highway 22, Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA


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 Highway 22, Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:317807
Long-form Identifier:1:3:317807:2
GUID (UUID V4):d268ed71-c2b0-40b3-a4db-df6a8ccb92f7
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Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Tellurobismuthite ............................................................................. 22 22 22 23 24 26 26 28 32 34 34 34 34 35 35 36 36 40 40
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the Kalamazoo Geo­ logical and Mineral Society. County Center Building, Kalamazoo Fairgrounds, Kalama­...Mississauga, Ontario. Show Chair­ the Franklin County Mineral Club, Green­ man: Joe Pearce, Apt. 5, 305V4...Comts with hindy hex rubbtr drum. Asssmblld rtady to usa. Mod. RBT 3 — 1 Barral. Ship Wt 5 Lbs. — $24.90....1977-Macon, Georgia. 3rd Annual Georgia Rock Show and Swap sponsored by the Mid-Georgia Gem and Mineral...Mineral Society. Georgia State Farmers Market, Macon, Georgia. Show Chairman: M. J . Jones, Route 1, Dry
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8th Annual Mineral and Gem Show of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society Inc. Orangetown Middle...Society, Inc. Sears Roebuck parking lot. U.S. Highway 22, Watchung, New Jersey. Show Chairman: William..."Galaxy of Gems and Minerals" sponsored by the Beaver County Rock and Mineral Society. Student Union Building...Birmingham, Michigan 48009 October 15,16, 1977-Lexington, Kentucky. 14th Annual Gem, Mineral and Fossil...Lafay­ ette High School, 400 Lafayette Parkway, Lexington, Kentucky. Show Chairman: Jim Ellis, 1708 Scarborough
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Show of the Gila County Gem and Mineral Society. Gila County Fair Grounds. Highway 60. Show Chairman:...Show, Sarasota Exhibition Hall. Tamiami Trail (Highway 41). Show Chairman: Frank Cox, 3980 - 8th Ave....Minerals and Fossils spon­ sored by the Williamson County Gem and Mineral Society. San Gabriel Community...Mineral Show. Altamonte Mall in Altamonte Springs. Highway 436 off 1-4. Show Chairman: Frank Cox, 3980 8th...0 9 , San Diego, California 92103 February 2 1 , 22, 1976-Vero Beach, Florida 1 • irst Annual Gem and
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Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Maryland, Inc. Gaithersburg Agricultural Center...Arts at the Greenvale School, Park Drive at Route 22, Eastchester, N . Y . Free admission. No Dealers..."MAINE'S TREASURE CHEST" Gems and Minerals of Oxford County By Jane Perham Stevens ADVANCE ORDERS TAKEN FOR...Mineral Heritage." Hawkeye Downs, 6th St. S.W. (Highway 30 and 218), Cedar Rapids. Show Chairman: Truman...1976-Columbus, Georgia. Peachtree Mall Gem and Mineral Show. Manchester Expressway (Highway 80) and Cody
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Marble Peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, in Pima County, Arizona. A note from him reads: "I have done some...taken from the Cherokee district placers in Butte County, California. Mineral Information Service, July...magazine until I get settled in Tucson." GEORGIA: The Georgia Mineral Society N E W S LETTER in its...Littlefield of Stonewall in old Campbell County (now Fulton County), sent in an interesting specimen of rutile...seven miles south of College Park on the Roosevelt Highway." The Editor of the NEWS LETTER is Dr. A
Book (edition)
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ....16, 28 .... 18, 28........... Wissahickon Valley Garnets....... 3 20 22 24, 29 26, 29 30 32 34 36 38, 40 41 43 45 48 50... 4 i Map Symbols Interstate Highway U.S. Highway (H) & State Highway (PA/NJ) lt38ol Township Road (PA)...Road (PA) EH] Forest Road (PA) | 626 | Spur 563 County Route (NJ) PHI Interchange I___ jQ Town or Park...38 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Shelocta Siderite
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Newsletter $2.00 from the Mill Creeli. Quarry Polk County, Oregon John Cornish 40 Cedar Glen Lane Port Angeles...located in Polk County, off of Highway 22, just east of Buell (Fig. 2). From Highway 22 tum onto the well-marked...Creek. Approximately two miles from the highway one passes the county-maintained Mill Creek Picnic Area. Just...map showing access to Mill Creek Quarry from Highway 22, near Buell, Oregon, drawn by Don Howard. Co4tinued...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com
Report (issue)
RESOURCES THE POWER OF OUR IDEAS COVER Left: Amethyst - Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specimen measures 4.5...Page occurrence Warren quarry Occurrences along Highway 86 Wanapitei Lake quarry Vermilion River placer...Mine Pronto Mine Jasper conglomerate occurrences, Highway 546 Glagoma Mine Cheney Mine Gould Mine Havilah...Algoma Mine Silver Lake occurrence Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine Dzuba Thunder Bay occurrence Pass Lake Road...occmTence Hawk Bay occurrence Occurrences along Highway 71 Wendigo Mine ReginaMine Kakagi Lake occurrences
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the other Nations, but it would appear that the USA alone will soon fill the sky with numer­ ous types...area is large, embracing practically all of Cherry County, Nebraska. The wood is widely scattered. Often...hornblende. The “Moonstone" and Labradorite of Marathon County arc colorful stones which take a good polish, but... Other heat response gems include citrine and amethyst quartz, pink topaz and a number of others. In... San Juan County, the Colorado mining County, is proud to boast that it is the only county in the United
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Localities Beaches Map of Oregon Beaches JACKSON COUNTY A Mineral Mecca Mop of Josephine and Jackson Counties...Locality ~hodonite Table Rock Mountain JOSEPHINE COUNTY Josephinite Oregonite Althouse Creek CENTRAL OREGON...Ochoc::i D;ggings Post District Antelope Locality County Quarry Brown's Ranch Crystal Hills Clarno Road...18 18 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 28 28 29...Mile Hill Sunflower Flat EASTERN OREGON Malheur County Sucker Creek Locality Skull Spring Fossils Mop
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alpha-supply.corn -" .... • NW Federation Show King County Fairgrounds Enumclaw, WA August 31, Sept 1 & 2...lab AMETHYST 4mm round 95 t Green TOURMALINE 3mm round 95 CITRINE 12mm Texas star (2max) $22 RUBY...lop/bollom 'FREE MATCHING' by color, cul and clanlyl GEORGIA: 20th annual show; Golden Isles Gem & Mineral Soclely;...Gems·. Puyallup Valley Gem & Mmeral Club: King County Fairgrounds, Fri. 10-5. Sal 10-5, Sun 10-5: admission...demonstrations. displays, swapp,ng, lluorescent mlnerals, county store, Junior ac1ivi1ies, NFMS convenhon. field
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at Dallas. Rev. Kehler is director of the Fannin County Lapidary School, maintained by the State of Texas...volume now, locality on The Dalles-California Highway. but a valuable addition to the library of any...center of the City of Prineville and take State Highway 27 which is the road leading to Post, Paulina and...locality on July 11, 1948. The place is in Jefferson County, Oregon, about fifteen miles airline distance southeast...Newton counties, Missouri; Chero­ kee county, Kansas and Ottawa county, Okla­ homa. Lead and zinc are the
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Colorado ROSALIE F. GOLDMAN People and Places— 8 22 25 42 Cowgirl, Flying Bishop, Road-Builders First...today in Grand Canyon and north of Castle Cliff on Highway 91. z BIOGRAPHY Of 9 FAHTASTIC LANDSCAPE By...found in Grand Canyon and in House Range in Millard County. THE CRUST BENDS DOWNWARD, the waters come. Southern...Similar Chapter I strata is visible alongside Highway 91 in southwest Utah. From Bright Angel Creek I...extended eastward to a shoreline roughly paralleling Highway 91 from the Arizona border north. Although later
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shallows. As you cross America, your smooth paved highway loops rhythmically across high dry ridges where...fossil-hunting localities, organized by state, county, township, section, or other landmark, together...appear as filling in bone cavities, among them amethyst and quartz crystals, chalcedony, opal, aragonite... where workmen have found fossils within their county of jurisdiction. FLOAT AS AN INDICATOR The experienced...to 40 million years ago. (Photo: Oregon State Highway Commission.) FOSSIL COUNTRY This eastern Washington
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revolutionary it may appear. NEVADA EXHIBITS The Clark County Gem Collectors of Las Vegas, Nevada will sponsor...reports pertaining to North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Fissionable materials, mainly monazite...Black Sands, in North and South Carolina, and Georgia as mapped from Airplnne, Economic Geology, Scpt...quantities is in the southeast corner of Ellis County, Kansas. These are near the northwest corner of...on your •vacation this year BARGE’S Right on Highway 30 2618-20 Broadway Baker, Oregon New Mexico Agates
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I was operating mining properties in the Amelia County district of Virginia. I had an opportunity to visit...still a remarkable piece, from Buckingham, Ottawa County, Quebec. The older I become, the more enraptured...ROSE TOURMALINE $4.25 oz. AQUAMARINE .... AMETHYST.............. $4.50 oz. AFRISITA . $2.50 oz...collection additions. “DESERT ROSE” from San Diego County, California . . . Gray crystals in interesting...Denver, Colo­ rado, go to Sadalia, on Highway 87. At Sadalia take Highway 105, going south for ex­ actly 13
Report (issue)
Thomas M. Crandall ...... . Georgia .. Blood Mountain Roadless Area, Georgia, by Robert P. Koeppen and...Michelle K. Armstrong Chattahoochee Roadlcss Area, Georgia, by Arthur E. elson and Robert A. Welsh ......... Cohutta Wilderness, Georgia and Tennessee, and Hemp Top Roadless Area, Georgia, by Jacob E. Gair and...................... . Overflow Roadless Area, Georgia and orth Carolina, by Robert P. Koeppen and Michael...Area, Georgia, by Michael P . Foose and Robert M. Thompson . Tray Mountain Roadless Area, Georgia, by Arthur
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I ITALIAN BAR, CA ~ox~-<§ 191,Als ~ Nov. 18 - 22 S'mNTOtlf, AZ DUISENBURG, CA DEC. 31 • JAN. 2...Smltty's Metal Detectors 4730 Highway 22 Universal Specialties 1920 Highway 48 613 Meridian SI. & Coins...Bullernut Court Fontana Sliver & Mining 148 Kings Highway (435)879-2939 BAKER CITY, 97814 (410)987-0502 8585...(218)751-3819 682 E. Stephens BURLINGTON, 98233 6916 Lee Highway FLORIDA BLOOMINGTON, 55420 (505)287-4982 Paystreak...Haller, Inc. PO Box 140159 Co ral Gables. FL 3311 4 USA Tel: (305) 444--4617 Fax: (305) 445-7551 hallerusa
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Spain and More 192 2000 - 2009 Africa and the USA 256 2010 - 2020 More lime with Minerals and Shows...and small traces of copper minerals etc. Wednesday 22 March 1978 - Merehead Quarry. Doulting. Somerset...Clay group office based in St Austell. Wednesday 22 April 1978 - George & Charlotte Mine, Morwellham...and a few drinks, and then went to bed. Saturday 22 July 1978 - Prenteg, Tremadog. Wales (roadside exposure)...vein with lots of minor secondary minerals. Friday 22 September 1978 - Hemerdon Mine, Plympton. Devon
 
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