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Amethyst from
Eonyang, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea


Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz18
- var Smoky Quartz 14
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eonyang, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Photo GalleryView Gallery (28 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:87356
Long-form Identifier:1:3:87356:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Amethyst in this Region
Tong-Kol Mine, Eonyang, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusion study of an amethyst deposit in the Cretaceous Kyongsang Basin, South Korea K. H. YANG1,*, S. H... Pusan National University, Pusan, 609-735, South Korea 2 Department of Earth Sciences, College of Education...National University, Pusan 609-735, South Korea ABSTR ACT The Eonyang amethyst deposit is thought to be spatially...biotite granite of the Cretaceous Kyongsang Basin, South Korea. The euhedral quartz crystals in cavities in...evolution involved during the formation of the amethyst. The intersection of the isochore representing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Inclusion Study of W-Mo Forming Sannae-Eonyang Granite, Korea Jung Hun Seo 1, * , Yevgeniya Kim 1 , Tongha...Inclusion Study of W-Mo Forming Sannae-Eonyang Granite, Korea. Minerals 2021, 11, 888. https://doi.org/10...University, Inharo 100, Michuhol-Gu, Incheon 22212, Korea; evgeshik.kim@gmail.com (Y.K.); eastriver827@gmail...+82-328-607-557 Abstract: The Upper Cretaceous Sannae-Eonyang granite crystallized approximately 73 Ma and hosted...the Sannae W-Mo deposit in the west and the Eonyang amethyst deposit in the east. The granite contained
Journal (issue)
sapphire sapphire deposits deposits of of New New South South Wales Wales inin the Australia and and those...1987. Blue and yellow sapphire from from Kaduna Province, Nigeria. Journal of Gemmology 20, 7/8, 427-42...22, 4 204 Hematite inclusions in Eonyang amethyst from Korea Korea Prof. Dr Won-Sa Kim, FGA Prof. Dr...Rep. of Korea Department of Geology, Chungnam National University, Daejon 305-764, Rep. of Korea Abstract...Abstract Eonyang and Brazilian amethysts sometimes makes Eonyang amethyst is the highest gem grade material
Report (issue)
translucent helvite crystals from Tongbei, Fujian Province (known for a few years now). Cahnite crystals...district, Gilgit-Baltistan (Gilgit-Baltistan is the province formerly called “Northern Areas”). Elbaite from...khyberminerals.com) picked up two nice lots of amethyst specimens—one new, one old—from places in the...is a pleasant, “different” sort of amethyst—and from Japan. Amethyst, 6.4 cm, from Namarisawa, Ashio-machi...================ Amethyst, 11.6 cm, from Eonyang, Kyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. Khyber Minerals specimen;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Quartz-Amethyst Hosted Hydrocarbon-Bearing Fluid Inclusions from the Green Ridge Breccia...brecciated granite blocks are cemented by quartz-amethyst euhedra (<10 cm in longest dimension) bearing...amber coloured oil inclusions within the quartz-amethyst crystals. Fluid inclusion studies using Transmitted...hydrothermal fluid flow that formed the quartz-amethyst vugs formed at T~390 ◦ C assuming a trapping pressure...Keywords: hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions; quartz-amethyst euhedra; Snoqualmie Granite; North Cascade 1
Book
cm ...... Nome A N/h-4~( across. Alpe di Siusi, South Tirolo, Italy. Localibi F;z,o,-,_tS~0 ..... '9................ . (CV,vf O \ A 12 x 7 cm pale amethyst druse from Argentera massif, Gesso valley, Piedmont...magnesite (variety breunnerite). Vizza valley, South Tyrolo, Italy. Paolo Martinotti's biography P...fact, Paolo managed to acquire several samples of amethyst from Traversella, Cuasso al Monte, Oropa and Sardinia...and hyaline quartz from Val d'Aosta and Cuneo province, quartz with magnesite from Dosso
Report (issue)
of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Title (facing) Page Amethyst mouse with gold tail, 130 grams, 6.3 cm wide Carved...Brazilian amethyst Private collection, Robert Weldon photo © 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5...3, Table of Contents Insets Top: Circa 212 CE amethyst intaglio bearing the portrait of Roman Emperor...Quartz variety amethyst (Japan-law twin), 1.6 cm tall Andilamena, Toamasina province, Madagascar Herbert
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Istvan Gatter Æ Adelir J. Strieder Genesis of amethyst geodes in basaltic rocks of the Serra Geral Formation...Ametista do Sul area, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, amethyst-bearing geodes are hosted by a 40to 50-m-thick...Lower Cretaceous Paraná Continental Flood Basalt Province. The typically spherical cap-shaped, sometimes...cavity. Fluid inclusions in colorless quartz and amethyst are predominantly monophase and contain an aqueous...footwall of the volcanic sequence. The genesis of amethyst geodes in basalts at Ametista do Sul, Brazil,
Journal (issue)
rutile inclusion. (Plate 5, 'The growth of rubies in south-east Kenya'by R.M. Key and J.O. Ochieng, p.484)...surgeon and naturalist in their colony at Cape Town, South Africa. Setting sail from Europe he arrived at the...Capensis, 1807-1812. first described the remarkable South 1807 -1812. He frrst African plants known as the...This pleasant, tropical island, lying immediately south of the Deccan Peninsula of India, has been identified...elinges chogeppu, lankaratte, rubin. "Genuine ruby". Amethyst: scuandi (in Malabar. & Singhal.); Swedish like
Journal (issue)
deposits, such as in the copper mine at Rio Tinto in south-western Spain, it is still mined for the sulphur...ones of brass.' Undoubtedly pyrite was known in South America. Barba29 mentions 'margatita or perytis'...semiautomatic machines and the raw material came from South Tuscany in Italy. The complete history of one cutting... escaped to Germany and followed his family to South America. The company of Golay-Buchel based in Lausanne...the mid 1980s. Today the raw material comes from South America and most of the cutting of high quality
Journal (issue)
kunzite, quartz varieties (e.g. rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, agate), feldspars (e.g. amazonite, orthoclase...The Andranondambo mining area in the Toliara province, south-eastern Madagascar. Photo by E.J. Petsch a...Madagascar, gem-quality corundum occurs in the south-western province of Toliara at Gogogogo (ruby), Ejeda (ruby)...around Antanifotsy (ruby and sapphire), some 100 km south of the capital Antananarivo (Figure 1). An unusual...recovered from a mining area south-west of Betroka also located in the province of Toliara (Koivula et al
Journal (issue)
photos are: amethyst scepters from a mine near Eonyang (formerly Onyang). south of KyoungJu. Korea: scheelite...These pegmatites are located 40 to 60 kilometers south o f Port Hedland, 1600 kilometers no rtheast o f...1905 as ML 84). a bo ut 2 kilometers south-southwest of the south e nd of the Main T a nta lite Lode....peg matite. G reenbus hes, WA is locatcA 250 km south of Perth . T he alluvial products of the pegmatill'...El Desierto. Picoloro Mountain, Daniel Campos Province. Potosi Department. Boli via.·· The mine has reserves
Catalog/List
weighing 10 pounds The largest known faceted gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona...Gold Nugget Tipuani alluvials, Tipuani Larecaja Province, La Paz Bolivia From the exotic locality of La...considerable 86 grams (2.76 oz t), and shaped like South America, this specimen has some visible white rocky...12:00 PM CT 43 72068 Gemstone: Opal - 33.47 Cts. South Wollo Zone Amhara Region Ethiopia This stunning...Bid: $1,500 72069 Gemstone: Opal - 57.30 Cts. South Wollo Zone Amhara Region Ethiopia Opals from Ethiopia
Journal (issue)
Ham Yenl in Yen Bai (formerly Hoang Lien Son) Province. In a five-month period! from November 1989 through...at Quy Chau in Nghe An (formerly Nghe Tinh) Province, south of Hanoi. Stones examined thus far from this...Linh/Binh Dien sapphire mine) in the Lam Dong Province of southern Vietnam! is the only other active...officially under the direct control of the Yen Bai Province People's Committeel most of the activity is by...peasants. In July 1991) authorities of the Nghe An Province People's Committee established four mining enterprises
Journal (issue)
North West - D. M. Brady, Scottish - B. Jackson, South West - R.M. Slater Examiners: A.J. A l l n u t t...of the town of Ambatondrazaka which is located south of Lake Alaotra, about 160 km north-east of the... Geology of the occurrence The region east and south-east of Lake Alaotra is one of the numerous pegmatite...who was Assistant Government Agent, Sabaragamuwa Province in 1848. According to the quotes this tank was...shapes. These include glass, carnelian, agate, amethyst, terracotta, garnet, feldspar, rock crystal, chrysoberyl
Journal (issue)
Update on the Identification of Treated “Golden” South Sea Cultured Pearls Shane Elen pg. 157 On the...atypical absorption features, 33 of 35 “golden” South Sea cultured pearls in a strand were identified...Namibian demantoid garnet • Kyanite from Brazil • South Sea cultured pearls with broken beads • Developments...literature as “Cape Cross,” although it is some 16 km south of Cape Cross. The coordinates of the discovery...occasion, the Premier mine near Johannesburg in South Africa has produced pink diamonds (L. Wolf, pers
Book (volume)
2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series...which they called the Bentley Lake Road occurrence, south of Bancroft. Sharp, flattened rhombohedral ilmenite...Girardville, itself 40 km northwest of Lac Saint-Jean in south-central Quebec, very large and sharp ilmenite Cl)...the town of Amsteg, subordinate drainages running south to Val Caverdiras; ilmenite rose-bearing clefts...western flank of the Tschingelstock, a few kilometers south of the uppermost Maderanertal and near the Brunnital
Journal (issue)
Metales del Oriente examines some of the larger amethyst specimens. The gems in the foreground are: (1)...instrumentation such as LA-ICPMS—once primarily the province of academia—became a fixture in many gemological...unloaded its diamond stocks and a number of its South African mines, and was making plans to shift the...DTC sources, not just local Namibian production. South Africa launched similarly ambitious efforts, beginning...funded to purchase more than a tiny fraction of South Africa’s rough Beneficiation. The 2000s also saw
Book
атм (Oймахмадов, 2007). Месторождение Эоньян (Eonyang) расположено в 3 км к юго-западу от г. Эоньян в...the Barberton Mountain Land, Eastern Transvaal. South African Journal of Geology. 1978. V. 81. P. 211-218...литературы Cairncross B., Dixon R. Minerals of South Africa. Geol. Soc. SA., 1999. 300 p. Clabaugh S...33-49. Garnier V., Giuliani G., Ohnenstetter D. South-East Asian marble-hosted ruby deposits. EUG XI,...implication for origins of a “diffuse igneous province”. Journal of Petrology. 1998. V. 39. P. 369-395
 
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