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Morefield Mine (Morefield Pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia Co., Virginia, USA

Latitude: 37°21'38"N
Longitude: 77°54'50"W
A feldspar-mica and specimen mine in the Morefield pegmatite.
Located near Winterham, near Amelia Court House. Started 1929 and owned by S.V. Morefield.

Note: a for-fee collecting area (primarily for kids), which includes salted minerals brought in from outside of the area, is operated here by the owners.

Mineral List

Albite
var: Cleavelandite
Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
Andradite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite

'Apatite'
Bermanite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Goshenite
'Biotite'
Bismutite
Brockite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Chiolite
Chrysoberyl
Columbite-(Fe)
Cryolite
Elpasolite
Euclase
Euxenite-(Y)
Ferro-hornblende
Fluellite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
var: Chlorophane
Galena
Gearksutite
Goyazite
Helvine
Hollandite
Illite
var: Leverrierite

Ilmenite
Kaolinite
Lead
Lindbergite
Masutomilite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
'Moonstone'
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Orthoclase
Pachnolite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
Phosphophyllite
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Prosopite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Agate

var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Ralstonite
Rutile
Samarskite-(Y)
Schorl
Spessartine
Spodumene
Strengite
Sussexite
Tantalite-(Mn)
Thomsenolite
Titanite
Topaz
Triplite
Weddellite
'Zinnwaldite'
Zircon


82 entries listed. 61 valid minerals. 4 erroneous literature entries.

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References

Virginia Minerals, Vol. 46.

Rocks & Minerals (1933): 8: 143-144.

USGS Bulletin 248B (1952).

Brown, W.R. (1962) Mica and Feldspar Deposits of Virginia.

Rocks and Minerals (1985): 60: 165.

Sweet, P.C. and Penick, D.A., Jr. (1986), Morefield Pegmatite Mine Reopens - Virginia's only Active Underground Gem Mine.

Virginia Geologic Survey Bulletin 33.

Minerals of the Morefield Pegmatite, Amelia County, Virginia.
Rocks & Minerals (1993): 68: 232-242.

Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Report 3, Charlottesville, VA: 59-60, 61-94.

Virginia Minerals, Vol. 32, No 2: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA.
Lance Kearns morefield's microlite analysis: Rock & Minerals Vol 68 #4 P 238
Kearns, L.E. (1995) Alumino-fluorides from the Morefield pegmatite, Amelia County, Virginia. Mineralogical Record: 26: 551-556.

Rocks & Minerals (1996): 71(3): 198-199.


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