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Amazonite from
Moonstone Beach, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA


Locality type:Beach
Classification
Species:Microcline var: Amazonite
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amazonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moonstone Beach, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:362612
Long-form Identifier:1:3:362612:2
GUID (UUID V4):6f403f15-be72-4914-9aea-552190788a04
Nearest other occurrences of Amazonite
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘKingston Hill, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
78.7km (48.9 miles) ⓘHewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
79.4km (49.3 miles) ⓘGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
89.5km (55.6 miles) ⓘPaxton Way, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
90.1km (56.0 miles) ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
90.3km (56.1 miles) ⓘAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI (unaccessioned lot)
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Fay, Gordon S. (1972) The Rockhound's Manual - A handbook for the gem and mineral collector. Barnes & Noble, New York.
Book
appreciation is also extended to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, especially to Miss...York State, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the south- ern states are actually heavily mineralized, and...Good specimens of various ore minerals abound in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Missouri. Native copper,...petrified wood, turquoise, moss agate, garnet, opal, moonstone, topaz, and carnelian. Hawaii is builtup of volcanic...as Australia, Germany, England, Japan, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, and Italy. Within recent years
(1944, May) The Mineralogist Vol. 12 (5) The Mineralogist Pub. Co.
Journal (issue)
COPY, 20c I MAY - 1944 ill CONTENTS Redondo Beach Schweitzer Texas Mineral Museum New Mexico Localities...ago and, if one judges from the crowds at that beach, it was most welcome news to hundreds of persons...persons seeking interesting rocks. Redondo is a small beach town about 20 miles southwest of Los Angeles. Due...quantities of stones that the beach is covered with them for some distance along the beach. Then, due to some other...so interesting about these rocks that crowd the beach of a Sunday and cause many a soaking to the unwary
(1950, August) The Desert Magazine Vol. 13 (10) The Desert Publishing Co.
Journal (issue)
pueblo, New Mexico. Aug. 2-5—Sanpitch Pow Wow and County fair, Manti, Utah. Aug. A—Summer Corn dance and...Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico. Aug. 11-12—Millard County fair and Days of the Old West, Deseret, Utah. Aug...dance, Zia pueblo, New Mexico. Aug. 17-19—Cache County fair, Logan, Utah. Aug. 17-30—Western Navajo Arts...Mexico. Aug. 23-26—Salt Lake County fair, Murray, Utah. Aug. 24-26 — Summit County fair, Coalville, Utah. Aug...Aug. 25-26 — Davis County fair, Farmington, Utah. Aug. 25-27 •— Nevada Horse Shows association, Reno
(1938) California Journal of Mines and Geology Vol. 34. State Division of Mines
Journal (volume)
classes Mines and mineral resources of a given county or area (describing kind, character, distribution...of these minerals Number of total value of the County mineral products 11 18 18 20 Imperial Inyo ...Inyo and ties. San Bernardino counties. In Inyo County high-grade magnetite ore was being mined from the...being shipped to San Francisco. In San Bernardino County high-grade hematite was being mined from Cave Canyon...southern California Imperial County. The most active mining district in the county was the Cargo Muchacho
 
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