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Amethyst from
Schaar farm, Buffalo Ridge, Amherst County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Farm
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 Schaar farm, Buffalo Ridge, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:370059
Long-form Identifier:1:3:370059:4
GUID (UUID V4):f17e35be-ae18-4185-a1cf-cacfd2437088
References
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Book (volume)
This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between Newark (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum...include the highly colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry...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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional
Book (volume)
This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint Ridge, between Newark (Licking Co.) and Zanesville (Muskingum...include the highly colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry...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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional
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...87Arsenopyrite, Fluorapatite (fluorescent orange). BUFFALO GAP, entire region W 37 mi. to the WY line, in
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...many maps included contain such specific details as farm roads, mountain paths, stretches of stream beds... LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^ K Gem Hunter's ...ivory and carmine enclosing a turbulent mass of amethyst. I bought it some years ago for a few shillings...were unlucky long made them unfashionable, and amethyst lost some of its high status when the abundant
Book
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...Geological Surveys Distribution Branch. 1200 Virginia 22202. Those S for Eads Street. Arlington...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...ninety-degree angles. These are prized as ornaments. Virginia and Georgia are major sources of such crystals
Journal (issue)
The Mineralogical Record, Inc., © 2022 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $40...Collected by George Stacy; Jeff Scovil photo. Amethyst, 12 cm, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Collected... 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection no. C6649;...Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality for spectacularly...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing
Book
D1stn but1on Branch 1200 S Eads Street Arl Ington Virginia 22202 Those for areas west of the M1ssIssIppI...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...ninety-degree angles. These are prized as ornaments. Virginia and Georgia are maior sources of such crystals...woods---i:!ven 1f the land is unfenced. If it is a farm, assure the owner that you won 't harm anything...ac,d burns. ,t s prudent 10 wear gloves 45 Amethyst quartz as 1t looked before cleani ng (left) and
Book
Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Appendixes 615... jasp-agate, jasper, quartzite, rock crystal, amethyst, chrysoprase, opal, etc.), serpentine, and steatite...and lapis lazuli, clear red carnelian, purple amethyst, and rock crystal-all mounted in heavy gold settings...pods of a desert plant. A third was of turquoise, amethyst, and hollow gold balls held together with gold...bracelet had brown limestone beads mingled with amethyst and turquoise. About 3500 B.c. the Egyptians were
 
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