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Rutherford No. 3 Pegmatite (Rutherford No. 2; Rutherford Mines; Rutherford No. 1), Amelia (Amelia Court House), Amelia Co., Virginia, USA

Ref. (in part): Rocks & Min.: 60:165; AmMin 3:27-28 (1918)
Sinkankas (1968) Geology and Mineralogy of the Rutherford pegmatites, Amelia, Virginia Am Min 53:373-405.
A feldspar mine in pegmatite. Located near Amelia.
Reserve-Resource:: BROWN, W.R. MICA AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA. VA. DIV. OF MIN. RESOURCES REPT. 3, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., 1962, PP. 59-60, 61-94.





Mineral List:
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
var: Sunstone
'Allanite'
Almandine
Analcime
Anglesite
Ankerite
Apatite-(CaF)
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
'Bastnäsite'
Bavenite
Bertrandite
Beryl
Calcite
var: Argentine
Cassiterite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Columbite
Dravite
Euxenite-(Y)
'Fergusonite'
Fluorite
var: Chlorophane
Gahnite
Galena
Helvite
Hydroxylherderite
Illite
var: Leverrierite

Ilmenite
Jarosite
Lepidolite ?
Löllingite
Magnetite
Melanterite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
'Moonstone'
Muscovite
Phenakite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Milky Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
Samarskite-(Y)
Schorl
Scorodite
Spessartine
Spodumene
Stibnite
Tantalite-(Mn)
Titanite
Topaz
Triplite
Uranpyrochlore
Wolframite
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite
var: Hyacinth


74 entries listed. 52 valid minerals.

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