Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mt., Burnsville, Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area, Spruce Pine District, Pisgah National Forest, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA

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Beryl : Be3Al2Si6O18, Muscovite : KAl2[(OH)2|AlSi3O10], Quartz : SiO2
	Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mt., Burnsville, Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area, Spruce Pine District, Pisgah National Forest, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA Beryl with Musovite in Quartz; crystal 3.4 cm (both parts combine) x 1.7 cm, matrix 6.0 cm long; collector/photographer Arthur Koch A nice but not terminated green beryl crystal with some accessory muscovite. I'm uncertain as to whether these are two separate crystals, or one that broke apart at some point during formation.
© Arthur Koch	Photo ID: 119272    View Count: 199
Beryl : Be3Al2Si6O18
	Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mt., Burnsville, Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area, Spruce Pine District, Pisgah National Forest, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA A view of a beryl crystal. 5x6 cm
	Photo ID: 248885    View Count: 38
Beryl (Var: Morganite) : Be3Al2Si6O18, Microcline (Var: Amazonite) : K[AlSi3O8], Quartz : SiO2
	Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mt., Burnsville, Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area, Spruce Pine District, Pisgah National Forest, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA 19mm wide morganite beryl crystal with pale amazonite feldspar on a matrix of quartz. The morganite crystal has only pyramidal and basal pinacoid faces - it lacks prism faces. The luster of the crystal is matted and the crystal is backlit to show the color better. Morganite is especially rare at this location, occurring only in the most ...
© 2002, Keith Wood	Photo ID: 4294    View Count: 592
Columbite-(Fe) : FeNb2O6, Albite (Var: Oligoclase) : (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
	Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mt., Burnsville, Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area, Spruce Pine District, Pisgah National Forest, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA A single skeletal ferrocolumbite crystal intergrown with oligoclase feldspar. Maximum dimension of the ferrocolumbite crystal is 8.5cm. The small brown patches between limbs of the ferrocolumbite crystal are small muscovite grains. Some quartz is present in the feldspar at the right side of the photo. Skeletal formation and parallel growth of ...
© 2002, Keith Wood	Photo ID: 4316    View Count: 627
Columbite-(Fe) : FeNb2O6, Albite (Var: Oligoclase) : (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
	Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mt., Burnsville, Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area, Spruce Pine District, Pisgah National Forest, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA A crudely formed but complete 4.7cm long crystal of ferrocolumbite in oligoclase feldspar. The crystal thins in stairsteps toward the top of the photo and has small amounts of residual feldspar in the steps. This is a side view of the same specimen that contains the skeletal crystal shown for this location in another photo (photo 4316). Portions ...
© 2002, Keith Wood	Photo ID: 4346    View Count: 526
Columbite-(Fe) : FeNb2O6, Spessartine : Mn2+3Al2[SiO4]3
	Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mt., Burnsville, Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area, Spruce Pine District, Pisgah National Forest, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA 15x11x3.5mm ferrocolumbite crystal on oligoclase with spessartine. The reflective portion of the crystal was in contact with quartz whereas the rougher portions of the crystal were in contact with feldspar and are coated with a thin layer of sericite. Crystal was exposed when enclosing rock was broken away. Collected by, photographed by, and in ...
© 2002, Keith Wood	Photo ID: 5973    View Count: 476
Columbite-(Fe) : FeNb2O6, Albite (Var: Oligoclase) : (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
	Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mt., Burnsville, Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area, Spruce Pine District, Pisgah National Forest, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA 7.2x3.2x2.8cm crystal of ferrocolumbite in oligoclase. The crystal is highly skeletal in habit with two main arms, between which is more oligoclase. The first arm makes up the lower part of the crystal, and the junction of the two arms is present at the top of the specimen. The opposite arm is on the back of the specimen and fingers of it can be ...
© 2002, Keith Wood	Photo ID: 6038    View Count: 392
Columbite-(Fe) : FeNb2O6, Muscovite : KAl2[(OH)2|AlSi3O10], Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3, Albite : Na[AlSi3O8]
	Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mt., Burnsville, Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area, Spruce Pine District, Pisgah National Forest, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA A 1x1x2cm ferrocolumbite xl in matrix of iron stain albite with muscovite & garnet. Field collected in March / 2009 & owned by Mark Wylie. Photo by Betsy Martin
	Photo ID: 225773    View Count: 47
Elbaite : [Na][(Li,Al)3][Al6][(OH)3|OH|(BO3)3|Si6O18]
	Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mt., Burnsville, Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area, Spruce Pine District, Pisgah National Forest, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA 2mm diameter tourmaline, variable from schorl to elbaite rim
© CWA	Photo ID: 658    View Count: 984
Pollucite : (Cs,Na)2[Al2Si4O12] · 2H2O, Microcline (Var: Amazonite) : K[AlSi3O8], Lepidolite : K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2, Quartz : SiO2
	Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mt., Burnsville, Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area, Spruce Pine District, Pisgah National Forest, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA Field of view 22cm. White to pale buff pollucite makes up most of the specimen. Microcline var. amazonite is present as blocky partial crystals with rims of lepidolite. A small lepidolite veinlet is also present within the pollucite, a frequent association for pollucite occurences in general. Massive gray quartz with some iron oxide staining ...
© Keith Wood	Photo ID: 2277    View Count: 2036