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

Microlite Group
Rutherford No. 3 pegmatite, Amelia, Amelia Co., Virginia, USA

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A feldspar mine in pegmatite. Located near Amelia.

Mineral List

Albite
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
'Allanite'
Almandine
Analcime
Anglesite
Ankerite
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
'Bastnäsite'
Bavenite
Bertrandite
Beryl
Calcite
var: Argentine
Cassiterite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'

Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Columbite
Dravite
Euxenite-(Y)
'Feldspar Group
var: Sunstone'
'Fergusonite'
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
var: Chlorophane
Gahnite
Galena
Helvite
Hydroxylherderite
Illite
var: Leverrierite
Ilmenite
Jarosite

Lepidolite ?
Löllingite
Magnetite
Melanterite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
'Moonstone'
Muscovite
Phenakite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Milky Quartz

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. 53 valid minerals.

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References

American Mineralogist (1918): 3: 27-28.

Brown, W.R. (1962), Mica and Feldspar Deposits of Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Report 3, Charlottesville, Virginia: 59-60, 61-94.

Sinkankas (1968) Geology and Mineralogy of the Rutherford pegmatites, Amelia, Virginia, American Mineralogist: 53: 373-405.

Rocks & Minerals (1985): 60: 165.

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