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Amethyst from
Media, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 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 Media, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:311268
Long-form Identifier:1:3:311268:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Amethyst in this Region
Blue Hill, Media, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
3.8km (2.4 miles) Blue Hill, Media, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) Boothwyn, Upper Chichester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) Ridge Avenue and School Lane Quarries, East Falls, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) Falls of Schuylkill, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) Brinton's Quarry, Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) Minshall Painter's house, near Pocopson, Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
22.1km (13.7 miles) Pocopson, Pocopson Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) Collegeville Amethyst Locality, Collegeville, Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
47.6km (29.6 miles) Parkesburg quartz occurrence, Parkesburg, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
62.4km (38.8 miles) Mt. Pleasant, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
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