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Quartz from
Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:993446
Long-form Identifier:1:3:993446:7
GUID (UUID V4):0d02f4ad-988a-4515-84c1-bd8432290590
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Crump's Quarry, Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Feldspar Quarry, Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware 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...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
Journal (issue)
support, protect and expand the collection of mineral specimens and to further the recognition of the...and aesthetic value of minerals and collecting mineral specimens. Inside This Issue President’s Message...Chapter Reports 21-22 Best Paper Thank You 22 Mineral Show in Poland 23 Minerals of Western Europe –...– Wrap up (Tucson) 24-25 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show Awards 25 Friends of Mineralogy Tucson Awards 26...the Editor 27 Mineral Hill Field Trip Report 28-30 Fluorite (Dodecahedron) with Quartz, Erongo Mountains
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...occur in Berks countv, at North Reading, in Oley township, and on Cushion Mt. 2. Native copper east of...GRAPHITE. (8) Graphite occurs, with gneiss and quartz on A.Johnson's farm E. from Feastcrvillc, Bucks
Report (issue)
and Other Mineral Deposits in Serpentine Rocks Of the Piedmont Upland Maryland, Pennsylvania And Delaware...districts ______ -._-_____-_____-___._. Montgomery County, Md_-_-_---_---_-_-----------_-__--_-_-_Soldiers...Philadelphia district....._._.-_.-.--. ___________ Mineral deposits___-___--_-_-___-.-------_---_---_-----_-_-_----Geologic...State Line district__-------___..____.___._... Cedar Hill (Geiger) quarries._--_.-_-----__.____ West Chester...descriptions_______________________________________ Montgomery County, Md___-_______________________.__ Etchison mine_____-_-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Localities of Philadelphia and Vicinity Author(s): Theodore D. Rand, William W. Jefferis and...org/terms 174 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. MINERAL LOCALITIES OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY. BY THEODORE...Philadelphia has long been famned for the number of its mineral localities and the remarkable abundance and variety...large part of Philadelphia is covered with the Delaware River gravels and clays, but most of the streams...about two miles up stream to Fairmount, whose bold hill is composed of a gneiss which apparently rises
Journal (issue)
.2200 232.5252 .‘mem 7.5mm aTHEssLa MINERAL COLLECTOR. [Entered as Second-Class Matter at the New York...variety of forms, showing as completely as in the mineral crystals a system which admits of classification...crystal forms says :—"The most valuable for study are quartz and fluorite. But the most abundant and delicate...regions of Europe and America, and the high THE MINERAL COLLECTOR. 33 Alps, the Pyrenees, and the Carpathians...glide is put together.” 34 THE MINERAL COLLECTOR. For the MINERAL COLLECTOR. RECIPE FOR A PUDDING.
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES Bulletin M 18-C THE MINERALS of PENNSYLVANIA NON-METALLIC... CONTENTS Introduction Asbestos Barite Franklin County Fulton and Bucks Counties Corundum Page 1 1 5...Phosphate minerals Cumberland County Juniata County 18 23 25 25 26 Potash 29 Quartz-Mint 32 Rock salt ... 36 Crawford County Elk County 36 37 Erie and Forest Counties 38 McKean, Potter, Susquehanna and...Tourmaline 48 49 50 Uranium-bearing minerals Mineral resources reports NON-METALLIC MINERALS By R
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the Geological Survey's annual report entitled " Mineral Resources of the United States" (the volumes for...of a century. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States have been enormously...showing the composition and character of each mineral and the location of. its principal deposits. Many...These are only examples of notable changes in the mineral production of the United States and of correlated...changes in the appraised value of some of the mineral deposits. In this list, as in the earlier lists
Report (volume)
............................ 16 34 42 81 97 Delaware............................................................................................ Pennsylvania...............................................the Geological Survey's annual report entitled "Mineral Eesources of the United States" for 1882 and 1887...more until 1914. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States were enormously...resources of the country. Many changes in the mineral industry other than increase in production have
Book (edition)
ALBERT STATES WILLIAMS, Jr. ABSTRACT FROM "MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES CALENDAR YEAR 1687"—DAVID...UNITED A PARTIAL LIST OF ORES, MINERALS. AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES OF INDUS TRIAL IMPORTANCE, ARRANGED...are based upon those published in the volume of Mineral Resources for 1882, pages 6G4-775, and very closely...principal occurrences of the ores, minerals, and mineral substances of industrial importance of the several...original lists were compiled, the rapid growth of the mineral industries of the country, changes in the channels
Book (volume)
375 9 f-2. 162 fiQl c, THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA PART TWO JOHN ETEKMAN < 1 > w Q O UJ 5...>CQ uf S B o i s UJ THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA PART TWO CHEMICAL ANALYSES JOHN EYERMAN EASTON... CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA: PART 1 490: 425: 426: A:...Easton; pink Lenni, Delaware county VIII crystals green crystals. Rocksville, Bucks county light green crystals...crystals. No. 1 shaft, St. Peter's, Chester county radiating, columnar crystals of light green to pink
Report (volume)
the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...may be determined by scratching it with another mineral or with a knife blade. This may mutilate tllQ StOne... 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only increasing...is the mineral nearest the diamond in hardness. Because much dust is composed of silica (quartz, 7 on...scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals are harder in one direction than
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
107 ) from the pegmatites at QUARTZ, silica, Si02, is an essential mineral in the granite pegmatites. Massive...Massive, white, or smoky colored crystalline quartz often makes up the greater bulk of the mass of pegmatite...are of pink or the rose quartz variety. Rock crystals, or the colorless quartz crystals, are often found...found as well as are smoky quartz crystals in the cavities of druses which occur in many pegmatites. Amethyst...Amethyst, the purple colored variety of crystalline quartz, usually is found in crystals in cavities or pockets
Report (issue)
term "serpentine"- ___--___-____-______--_-_____ Mineral names used in this study.______________ _____ Geological...___________ Clinochrysotile (Globe-type), Gila County, Ariz___________________________________________...Stillwater County, Mont_________________________ Clinochrysotile and lizardite (deweylite) Forest Hill, Harford...Harford County, Md____________________ Clinochrysotile and lizardite, Morris County, N.J_______________...Clinochrysotile and lizardite, variant form, Morris County, N.J.____________________________ Lizardite plus
Journal (issue)
p4,, Over two million residents Arizona's Pinal County welcomes everyone as a V.I.P.!!! ?ieU S ~ , ae...MINERALS MAY-JUNE 1978, Volume 53 Number 3 PENNSYLVANIA! EXECUTIVE EDITORS Rudy Bradbury John Hanahan...Hanahan Jr Richard S. Mitchell GUEST PENNSYLVANIA EDITOR Delbert L. Oswald FOUNDER Peter Zodac MANAGING EDITOR...Schmerling 94 Pennsylvania- A Geological Gem Beth Schooler 99 The Paleontology of Western Pennsylvania Richard...Chert in Western Pennsylvania Richard L. George 108 Rare Earth Minerals from Pennsylvania Ralph G. Wells
Book (edition)
comprehensive information and is designed to lead amateur mineral collectors to America's precious and semipre-...describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...are in Yet the fascination and lure of these mineral treasures continues as strong as ever. Who with...times, jewels were privileges of the rich. The mineral sources were tightly guarded secrets, as were
Book (edition)
materials have been found 58 119 Glossary of mineral terms 173 Sources of information 175 Books...by buying from the large stocks advertised by mineral supply houses. It's fun and profitable 1 Perhaps...from rocks, which are mixmres of minerals. Each mineral has physical characteristics peculiar to itself...gem and rare enough stand stone material, a mineral must be beautito be worth keeping, and hard enough... mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which would
Book
3 -N APPALACHIAN MINERAL & GEM TRAILS 3 3 By June Culp Zeitner 'NS 3 v' r,. -S.’ Vv '• li ...unequalled i n hospitality. Many friends, gem and mineral clubs, and gem and m i n e n d dealers and suppliers...u m s i n t h e 1 j t r Numerous g e m a n d mineral shows held throughout the Appalachian states each...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...streams and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones
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...landsvertebrate fossil remains;  Pine Ridge, areaQuartz concretions, agates, petrified wood, fossils, etc
Book (volume)
gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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, area...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Report (volume)
oil with electric logs: Airphoto interpretation, mineral Hamilton, R. G., 2. reconnaissance: Lueder, D....Geophysical data for geologic Fleischer, M. , 6. Clay mineral investigations, applistudy: Dunlap, R. C. , Jr...G. G., 10. Human relationships in future W. H. mineral procurement: DavidExploration methods, general:...ADDRESSES Continued ADDRESSES Continued Idaho, mineral deposits: Hulin, Mineralogy of uranium: Frondel...inexhaustible resources: mann, H. E., 6. Holman, E. Mineral deposits, concepts, reOur shrinking globe: Landes
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gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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, area...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Report (volume)
...................... ................. Macon County .........._. ...........,..-...........-.............. .......... .1...................... Clay County.. ...............................................tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ ................................ .... ........... .... .................. . Pennsylvania........'...............-.-........... ......................................... ........ 80 Delaware..................... ........................
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V ft > Z r > 0 c o m * 1 Woe AMERICAN MINERAL GUIDE & S' is 531 o K C O SQ Cc .-1 r u...American Mineral (5uidc to Notable Collecting Areas and ©ircctoru Cn of American Mineral & Gem Collectors...BY Western Mineral Exchange Seattle, Washington 1941 t Copyright 1941 WESTERN MINERAL EXCHANGE PKISTKD...our United States of particular interest to the mineral collector. (2) To itemize those minerals occuring...included in the amateur collections of our American mineral hobbyists and collectors; (3) To list and offer
Report (volume)
POWELL, DIRECTOR LISTS AND ANALYSES OF THE MINERAL SPRINGS OF THE UNITED STATES / [A PRELIMINARY................................. .............. Mineral springs ................... .................................................................. Mineral springs........ ............._................................................... ....... 18 Mineral springs... . . ......... . ......................Massachusetts .......... . . . ...................... Mineral springs.......................................
 
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