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Albite : Na[AlSi3O8] | |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA Nice 2.5mm albite on matrix. JBS specimen and photo. |
| © 2005 JBS | Photo ID: 37116 View Count: 450 |
Albite : Na[AlSi3O8] | |
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Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA Nice 2mm xl of albite on fairfieldite. Self-collected. JBS specimen and photo. |
| © 2005 JBS | Photo ID: 37115 View Count: 384 |
Albite (Var: Oligoclase) : (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] | |
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Hawk Mine, Hawk-Bakersville, Spruce Pine District, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA 2.4 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm. A gemmy piece. The piece is from the American Museum of Natural History and shows a Bement collection numbering. |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 155007 View Count: 140 |
Albite (Var: Oligoclase) : (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] | |
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Plumtree, Spruce Pine District, Avery Co., North Carolina, USA 9.8 x 7.2 x 5.4 cm. A piece of massive, gemmy feldspar with a pleasing bluish color to it, famously used for carving in old times. It is more historic, than mineralogically interesting, as a sample from North Carolina. Ex. Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia Collection. |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 202037 View Count: 74 |
Allanite, Ankerite : Ca(Fe2+ ,Mg,Mn2+)(CO3)2, Ilmenite : Fe2+TiO3 | |
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Martin Marietta Quarry (11th Street Quarry), Hickory, Catawba Co., North Carolina, USA 12mm allanite crystal in ankerite. The crystal was exposed by dissolving enclosing ankerite with acid. The remaining ankerite develops a rough, hackly surface. The black linear features to the left of the allanite are flat platy ilmenite crystals veiwed nearly edge-on. Some glassy smoky quartz is present on the right side of the picture. From an ... |
| © 2002, Keith Wood | Photo ID: 4322 View Count: 789 |
Alleghanyite : Mn2+5[(OH)2|(SiO4)2] | |
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Bald Knob Deposit (Primary Ore Body; Crouse Knob Deposit), Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA Width of field is 1.7 mm. Collection and photo Jesse Crawford. Composit photo using CombineZP. Equipment Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope. Subhedral grains of reddish brown alleghanyite in matrix from the type locality. |
| © 2008 Jesse Crawford | Photo ID: 230705 View Count: 30 |
Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3 | |
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Martin Marietta Quarry (11th Street Quarry), Hickory, Catawba Co., North Carolina, USA Trapezohedral almandine garnets in quartz. Larger crystal is 2.3cm top to bottom. Unusual for the locality in having been recovered from a quartz vein rather than an ankerite vein. Also rather large for the location. Collected by, photographed by, and in the collection of Keith Wood. |
| © 2002, Keith Wood | Photo ID: 4331 View Count: 701 |
Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3, Chlorite Group | |
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Little Pine Garnet Mine, Marshall, Madison Co., North Carolina, USA 45mm garnet crystal on chlorite schist. Found on 10/26/03 by Everett Harrington |
| © E Harrington | Photo ID: 13303 View Count: 699 |
Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3, Ankerite : Ca(Fe2+ ,Mg,Mn2+)(CO3)2 | |
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Martin Marietta Quarry (11th Street Quarry), Hickory, Catawba Co., North Carolina, USA A 1.6mm wide garnet partially exposed in an ankerite vein within biotite schist. The main crystal is 1.6cm wide, but the outlying garnets to the upper left are also portions of the same crystal, suggesting a skeletal or highly embayed habit. Specimen was not etched, but naturally broke to reveal this crystal. Collected by, photographed by, and in ... |
| © 2002, Keith Wood | Photo ID: 5785 View Count: 621 |
Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3 | |
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Little Pine Garnet Mine, Marshall, Madison Co., North Carolina, USA 41mm garnet crystal found on 10/26/03 by Everett Harrington |
| © E Harrington | Photo ID: 13305 View Count: 565 |
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