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Virginia
,
USA
One of the thirteen original states of the USA.
Refs:
- R. V. Dietrich (1990) "Minerals of Virginia, 1990" Dept. of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Richmond, Virginia. 474p.
- Rocks & Min.: 60:164-170.
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Mineral Photos (181)
Site Photos (10)
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Mineral Report for Region
Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page
Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
var: Byssolite
Aegirine
Aikinite
Alabandite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
var: Sunstone
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Alleghanyite
Allophane ?
Almandine
Altaite ?
Aluminocopiapite
Alunogen
'Amphibole Group'
var: Uralite
Analcime
Anatase
Anauxite
'Ancylite'
Andalusite
var: Chiastolite
Andradite
var: Topazolite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Anilite
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
'var: Collophane'
Apatite-(CaCl)
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
var: Francolite
Apatite-(CaOH)
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
Astrophyllite
Augelite
Augite
var: Fassaite
Aurichalcite ?
Autunite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Babingtonite
Barrerite
Baryte
Barytocalcite
'Bastnäsite'
'Bauxite'
Bavenite
Beidellite
Bermanite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
Betafite
Beudantite
Bianchite
Bindheimite
Biotite
Birnessite
Bismuth
Bismutite
Böhmite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Brockite
Brookite
Brucite
Brushite
Bütschliite
Cacoxenite
Calcite
var: Argentine
var: Manganoan Calcite
'Carbonite (of Heinrich)'
Cassiterite
Catapleiite
Celadonite
Celestine
Cerianite-(Ce)
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
'var: Moss Agate'
'var: Onyx'
'var: Petrified Wood'
'var: Plume Agate'
Chalcocite
Chalconatronite ?
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Chamosite
var: Daphnite
var: Thuringite
'Chevkinite'
Chevkinite-(Ce)
Chiolite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chloromagnesite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
'Chrysolite'
Chrysotile
Churchite-(Y)
Claudetite
'Clay'
Clinochlore
var: Diabantite
var: Pennine
var: Ripidolite
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
'Colerainite'
'Columbite'
Columbite-(Fe)
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Conichalcite
Copiapite
Copper
Coquimbite
Cordierite
Coronadite
Corundum
Cosalite
Covellite
Crandallite
Cristobalite
Cryolite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Cuprobismutite
Cuprotungstite
Datolite
'Delessite'
Diamond
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dravite
Dufrénite
Duftite
Elpasolite
'Emery'
Emplectite ?
Enargite
Endellite
Enstatite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Epidote
var: Withamite
Epistilbite
Epsomite
Erythrite
Ettringite
Euclase
Euxenite-(Y)
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Felsőbányaite
'Fergusonite'
Ferricopiapite
Ferrinatrite
'Ferro-aluminotschermakite'
Ferrohexahydrite
Ferrohornblende
Fibroferrite
'Florencite'
Fluellite
Fluorite
var: Chlorophane
Forsterite
Freibergite
'Gadolinite'
Gahnite
Galaxite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet Group'
Gearksutite
Gedrite
Gehlenite
Geocronite
Gibbsite
Glauconite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Goosecreekite (TL)
Goyazite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Grunerite
Gudmundite
Gunningite
Gypsum
var: Satin Spar Gypsum
var: Selenite
Gyrolite
Halite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Harmotome
Hastingsite
Hausmannite
Hedenbergite
Helvite
Hematite
var: Martite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Hessite
'Heulandite'
Hexahydrite
Hisingerite
Högbomite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hübnerite
Hydrobiotite
Hydromagnesite
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite
Hypersthene
'Iddingsite'
Illite
var: Leverrierite
Ilmenite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Jacobsite
Jamesonite ?
Jarosite
Kainosite-(Y)
Kalicinite
Kalinite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Kidwellite
Kinoshitalite
Kobellite
Kornelite
Kröhnkite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Laumontite
Lawrencite
Lazulite
Lead
Leadhillite ?
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite ?
Leucophosphite
Leucoxene
Libethenite
Limonite
Linarite
Lindbergite
Lithiophorite
Löllingite
Loudounite (TL)
Mackinawite
Maghemite
Magnesiochromite
Magnesiocopiapite
Magnesioferrite
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Manganhumite
Manganite
Manganosite
'Marble'
Marcasite
Margarite
Massicot
Masutomilite
Melanterite
Mendozite
Mesolite
'Metahalloysite'
Metavoltine
'Mica Group'
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite
Millerite
Minium
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
'Moonstone'
Mordenite
Mottramite
'Mountain Leather'
Muscovite
var: Damourite
var: Fuchsite
Nacrite
Natrolite
Nelenite
Nenadkevichite
Nepheline
Nesquehonite
Niter
Nitrocalcite
Nitromagnesite
Nontronite
'Ochre'
Okenite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
var: Wood Opal
Orthoclase
var: Adularia
Ottrélite
Pachnolite
Palygorskite
Paracoquimbite
Paragonite
Pargasite
'Parisite'
Parisite-(Ce) ?
Pectolite
Pentahydrite
Pentlandite
Perovskite
Perrierite-(Ce)
'Perthite'
Petzite
Phenakite
Phengite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Phosgenite ?
Phosphophyllite
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Pickeringite
Piemontite
Pigeonite
Pilsenite ?
'Pinite'
Plagionite
Platinum
Plumbonacrite
Portlandite ?
Prehnite
'Prochlorite'
Prosopite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
var: Auriferous Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Aventurine
var: Blue Quartz
var: Bull Quartz
var: Chert
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Prase
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
var: Star Quartz
Ralstonite
Ranciéite
Reyerite
'Rhabdophane'
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhomboclase
Riebeckite
var: Crocidolite
Rockbridgeite (TL)
Romanèchite
Römerite
Röntgenite-(Ce) ?
Rozenite
Rucklidgeite
Rutile
Samarskite-(Y)
Saponite
Sasaite ?
Sauconite
'Saussurite'
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Scholzite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Selenium
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Siderite
var: Sideroplesite
Siderophyllite
Siderotil
Sillimanite
Silver
Smithsonite
'Soapstone'
Sonolite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Spionkopite
Spodumene
Stannite
Starkeyite
Staurolite
Stellerite
Stevensite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Strengite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Sussexite
Sylvanite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szomolnokite
Tacharanite
Talc
var: Steatite
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Mn)
'Tapiolite'
Taranakite
Tellurium
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tephroite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
Thaumasite
Thenardite
Thomsenolite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
Thorite
var: Uranothorite
Thorogummite
Tinticite
TiO2 II
Titanite
Tobermorite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Triplite
Troilite
Trolleite
Tungstite
Turgite
Turquoise
Uraninite
Uranophane
Uranpyrochlore
Vanadinite
Variscite
Vauquelinite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
Vivianite
Voltaite
'Wad'
Wavellite
Weddellite
Whitlockite
Wittichenite
Wodginite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Woodhouseite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xenotime-(Y)
Xonotlite
Yarrowite
Yttrialite-(Y)
'Zeolite Group'
Zincite
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite
var: Hyacinth
Zoisite
var: Thulite
557 entries listed. 407 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).
Localities in this Region:
USA
Virginia
Albemarle Co.
Alberene
Alberene Soapstone Quarry
General Store
Sheepneck Creek
State Road 772 roadcut
Ash Lawn
Orchard
Ash Lawn (2)
Batesville
Castle Mountain
Berkeley Quarry
Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain Creek
Burnley
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10155198)
Campbell
Unnamed Limestone - Dimension Quarry (MRDS - 10252169)
Chamblissburg
Charlottesville
Arlington Boulevard
Barracks Road Shopping Center
Covesville
Roadcut
Martin Marietta quarry
Matthews Chapel
McIntire Park
Neve Hall
Roadcut
Route 29
State Road 631 roadcut
State Road 779 roadcut
U.S. Highway 250 roadcut
Chestnut Grove Church
Cobham
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10208003)