Where Amethysts Are Found

The shores of the picturesque basin of Minas, made famous by Lohgfellow's poem "Evangeline," furnish many fine specimens of the amethyst. After the frosts of winter have broken and scaled the face of the bluffs, then is the most favorable time to hunt not only for the amethyst, but for other minerals, such as chalcedony, agate, malachite, calcite, anolcine, apatite, natrolite, etc, found there in the debris at the foot of the