Blue Hill, Media, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA

Well crystalized radiating cluster of Quartz with leek green coloration, well noted for locale. Specimen from Blue Hill, near Media, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Older collection piece, originally from the Edna D. Doughty collection, also Hugh A. Ford label. Specimen size: 3.1 x 2.2 x 2.3 cm. From the PA Annex of my ...

© 2007 M. R. Heintzelman

3.5 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm. A beautiful and pristine, FLOATER rosette of lustrous, glassy, green, chlorite-included quartz crystals. This is CLASSIC, OLD-TIME material from a VERY UNCOMMON Pennsylvania locality - Blue Hill, Delaware County. Ex. Harold Arndt and Richard Hauck Quartz Collections.

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

6.7 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm. A now hard-to-obtain old-timer, from the Blue Hills of Pennsylvania. This specimen is completely covered with crystals all around. Ex. Richard Hauck and Edna Doughty Collections.

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

I managed to procure a few new samples from this old time locality. The area has been developed over, but careful and persistent searching has proved fruitful.

I managed to procure a few new samples from this old time locality. The area has been developed over, but careful and persistent searching has been fruitful. This is an excellent example of the variety in structure the Quartz from here exhibit. A perfect X and V combination.

Byssolite included quartz cluster comprised of numerous doubly terminated crystals. Self-collected in 2021.

Blue/green byssolite quartz from a small strip of leftover land at this old location

Byssolite-included quartz from Blue Hill. Self-collected March 19, 2025.