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Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mines), Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA

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An emerald mine.

Ref.: Rocks & Minerals: 60: 65.





Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Min Rec 36:3 p288]
  		•  Beryl
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Beryl
    var: Emerald
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 60: 65.]
    Site Photo
    Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mines), Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA
    © Keith Williamson
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [Wise,M.A, Dept of Mineral Science Smithsonian Institution,2003, Parageneiss of hiddenite and emerald bearing veins at the Rist Property ,North Carolina]
    Site Photo
    Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mines), Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  'Chabazite'
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Chabazite-Ca
    (Ca,K
     
    2
    		,Na
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Michael A.Wise and Alan J.Anderson,The emerald and spodumene-bearing quartz veins of the Rist emerald mine,Hiddenite, North Carolina,The Canandian Mineralogist, pg. 1529-1541]
  		•  Clinochlore
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		Al[(OH)
     
    8
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Min Rec 36:3 p288]
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Graphite
    C
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Monazite-(Ce)
    (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO
     
    4
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record 32(2) 129-140]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
    Site Photo
    Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mines), Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		• Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Amethyst
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
    Site Photo
    Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mines), Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA
    © D. Richerson
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
    Site Photo
    Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mines), Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Spodumene
    LiAl[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
    Site Photo
    Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mines), Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA
    © JBS 2006
  		•  Spodumene
    var: Hiddenite
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals 79:5 p 344]
  		•  Xenotime-(Y)
    YPO
     
    4
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record 32(2) 129-140]


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