New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA

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Chalcopyrite : CuFeS₂
	New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA Brassy chalcopyrite with possibly an apatite-CaF prism next to it. Specimen came from the give-away table at the November 2008 Cleveland Micromineral Symposium. Photo is about 2.1 mm in length. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart.
© SMS 2008	Photo ID: 200157 View Count: 56
Epidote : {Ca₂}{Al₂Fe³⁺}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇]
	New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA Yellow-green epidote crystal associated with actinolite and other unidentified minerals. Specimen came from the give-away table at the November 2008 Cleveland Micromineral Symposium. Photo is about 2.1 mm in length. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart.
© SMS 2008	Photo ID: 200158 View Count: 52
Goosecreekite : Ca[Al₂Si₆O₁₆] · 5H₂O
	New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA 1.3mm xl on prehnite. JBS specimen and photo.
© JBS 2006	Photo ID: 79296 View Count: 236
Goosecreekite : Ca[Al₂Si₆O₁₆] · 5H₂O, Epidote : {Ca₂}{Al₂Fe³⁺}[O\|OH\|SiO₄\|Si₂O₇], Prehnite : Ca₂Al₂Si₃O₁₂(OH)
	New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA This specimen hosts a pair of sharp, Goosecreekite crystals on a group of Prehnite crystals, accented with Epidote. The Goosecreekite crystals are sharp and lustrous and range in size up to nearly 3mm. These type locality Goosecreekite specimens are very scarce. Specimen size is 5.34cm x 3.8cm x 2.16cm.
© Jasun McAvoy	Photo ID: 257584 View Count: 11
Loudounite : NaCa₅Zr₄Si₁₆O₄₀(OH)₁₁·8H₂O
	New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA .3mm balls of grey loudounite on epidote. JBS specimen and photo.
© JBS 2006	Photo ID: 79545 View Count: 359
Loudounite : NaCa₅Zr₄Si₁₆O₄₀(OH)₁₁·8H₂O
	New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA A small spherical aggregate of loudounite. Photo is about 2.1 mm in length. The specimen was obtained from the give-away table at the November 2008 Cleveland Micromineral Symposium. A label on the egg-carton said to look for ancylite-(Ce), but careful examination under the microscope uncovered this rarity. Associated minerals include ...
© SMS 2008	Photo ID: 198559 View Count: 110
Loudounite : NaCa₅Zr₄Si₁₆O₄₀(OH)₁₁·8H₂O
	New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA Two spherical loudounites that I collected from the giveaway table at the 2009 Cleveland Micromineral Symposium. Image is about 2 mm in length. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart. See child image for a third one on the same specimen.
© SMS 2009	Photo ID: 262786 View Count: 16
Titanite : CaTi[O\|SiO₄]
	New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA Orange-colored titanite (confirmed by SEM-EDS). The small prismatic rod to the right may be apatite-CaF. Specimen came from the give-away table at the November 2008 Cleveland Micromineral Symposium. Photo is about 2.1 mm in length. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart.
© SMS 2008	Photo ID: 200160 View Count: 111
Zircon : Zr[SiO₄]
	New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA Orange prismatic zircon crystal. Photo is about 2.1 mm in length. Specimen obtained from the giveaway tables at the 2008 Cleveland Microminerals Symposium. Analyzed by SEM-EDS, courtesy of Chris Stefano. See child images. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart.
© SMS 2009	Photo ID: 215648 View Count: 98