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Beryl from
Bessemer City Quarry, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bessemer City Quarry, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:694754
Long-form Identifier:1:3:694754:5
GUID (UUID V4):b91e7aeb-30a3-45b3-96d0-ccb2e30f91b5
Nearest other occurrences of Beryl
0.8km (0.5 miles) Bessemer City operations (Hallman Mine; Hallman-Beam Mine; Bessemer operations; Lithium Mine), Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) LCA Mine, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Huskins Mine, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Big Bess Mine (M. S. Bess Mine; M. M. Carpenter Mine), Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) J. L. Foster Prospect, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
13.9km (8.6 miles) Mayes Prospect, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
18.4km (11.5 miles) Unnamed Beryl occurrence, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) W. H. Fortenberry Prospect, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) Turner Mine, Lawndale, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tourmaline and/or beryl; excellent crystals have been found at the Martin prospect and Bennett quarry in Oxford...Oxford County. Good crystals up to 25 mm have been found with tourmaline at Chesterfield and other nearby...in crystals up to 1 cm at the Gillette quarry, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Cassiterite as small crystalline...collected from the Conway Granite north of Moat Mountain, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Good cassiterite...been found in the well-known pegmatites of Amelia County and other Virginia localities. Large cassiterite
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Li Exploration: An Example from the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, USA Michael A. Wise 1 , Russell S. Harmon...Li Exploration: An Example from the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, USA. Minerals 2022, 12, 77. https:// doi...20560, USA; wisem@si.edu Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University...University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; accurry3@ncsu.edu (A.C.); dkhashc@ncsu.edu (D.K.) SciAps, Inc., 7...7 Constitution Way, Woburn, MA 01801, USA; mjennings@sciaps.com Piedmont Lithium, Inc., 5706 Dallas Cherryville
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES, JR., DIRECTOR DIVISION... STATE GEOLOGIST Circular 17 BERYL OCCURRENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA BY WILLIAM F WILSON Ooc RALEIGH...MODE OF OCCURRENCE, . . . • . • • . . . . . . 3 BERYL - COMPOSITION AND APPEARANCE* 4 . DOMESTIC BERYLLIUM...USESo 8 o . . . BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN NORTH CAROLINA 9 Varieties * o ••••••••.• Mode of Occurrencec...RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA . H OCCURRENCES OF BERYL IN NORTH CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...•••••
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Foote quarry make it a favorite with mineral collectors. The Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, North Carolina...JACK HANAHAN Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012 I N 1938 T H E F O O T E M I N E R A...Company spodu­ mene mine, hereafter called the Foote quarry, consisted of six small prospect pits, and there...outermost edges of the dumps. The quarry is located in Cleveland County in the tinspodumene belt that is...stretching from Gaffney, South Carolina, to Lincolnton, North Carolina. The material quarried is a qu
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT
Report (issue)
Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through­ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROCKS IN THE TIN–SPODUMENE BELT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, USA Samuel E. SWANSON§ Department of...30605, USA Abstract The Tin–Spodumene Belt (TSB) along the border of North and South Carolina, southeastern...southeastern USA, is composed of hundreds of en échelon dikes intruded into amphibolite-facies mica schist...K-feldspar, quartz, muscovite, and accessory amounts of beryl, manganoan fluorapatite, triphylite, and cassiterite... Tin–Spodumene Belt, fluorapatite, North Carolina, South Carolina. Introduction Spodumene pegmatites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. The locality may also be given as 6 miles east...sent in by Sgt. Brown. Wynne, in southern Cross County is in eastern Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—"Thought you...They all come from the desert area around Plaster City, Calif."—items from Don Erpelding, 5041 Acuna St...specimens very interesting. Plaster City, in S/W Imperial County, is in southern California. GEORGIA—In...letter was printed from Ed Schwab, Rt. 2, c/o Big Beryl Mine, LaGrange, Ga. Another letter, dated March
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Foote Quarry in Kings Mountain, by L A U R A M A R B L E 102 Dorset Way Lyman, South Carolina 29365 ...spodumene mine at Kings Mountain, Cleve­ land County, North Carolina consisted of six small prospect pits, and...Milarite from the Foote quarry. Photo by Lewis Perloff MINERALS North Carolina is one of the premier...HAN AH AN JR. Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012 G E N E R A L DESCRIPTION The geology...tin-lithium belt between Lincolnton, North Carolina and Grover at the South Carolina line. The lithium pegmatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pegmatites are a valuable part of North Carolina's natural heritage, important both for their commercial...mineral enthusiasts. Pegmatites and Alaskites OF NORTH CAROLINA JOHN C A L L A H A N Geology Department Appalachian...Appalachian State University Boone, North Carolina 28608 P E G M A T I T E S A R E O N E O F T H E most...commercially important types of rocks found in North Carolina. Extraction of feldspar, mica, quartz, spo­...hundreds of pegmatites, mainly located in western North Carolina, to try their luck in finding over a hundred
Report (volume)
Indianapolis. Iowa.............. Prof. George F. Kay, Iowa City. Kansas............Prof. Erasmus Haworth, University...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Book (volume)
vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area
Book (volume)
grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area
Report (issue)
up to 42 percent beryllium oxide, and industrial beryl, which can contain up to about 5 percent beryllium...bertrandite (which is supplied domestically) and beryl (which is currently supplied solely by imports)...of the beryllium produced globally, industrial beryl is critical for the production of the very high...bertrandite ore from the Spor Mountain deposit in Utah; beryl is imported mainly from Brazil, China, Madagascar...deposits that have an abundance of the mineral beryl (fig. E2). The primary global provider of bertrandite
Report (volume)
......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is averaging more than 200 visitors per day. NORTH CAROLINA The Catawba Valley Gem and Mineral Qub of Hickory...Hickory visited the Lithium Cor­ poration near Bessemer City (Permission must be secured in advance.) Minerals...Minerals found are similar to those found in the Foote Quarry. The E . F . Uniform Rules Committee appreciates...Woodleaf Quarry offered a number of zeolite and associated mineral specimens. - - - - The Central North Carolina...the New York Southern Tier Geology Club, Johnson City, about the influence Members Bob Nist and Ken Boulier
Report (issue)
1B01YJ JH1lrL~ 11HHJ J\J-rAJii W1.sr B JY1111.Il • CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Field Trip Guidebook 1981 ... October 24-25, 1981 Gaffney, South Carolina - CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1981 OFFICERS +', . I...Schaeffer Duke'Power P.O •. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 0 Secretary-Treasurer: • S. Duncan...Department of Geology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 Chairman of the Membership Committee:...Department of Geology Catawba College Salisbury, No~th Carolina 28144 Field Trip Leaders: J. Wright Horton,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways, Institute...Academic Surge, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA Center for Sustainable Systems, School of Natural...Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA d Systems Analytics and Environmental Sciences, Ford...Company, Mail Drop RIC-2122, Dearborn, MI 48121‐2053, USA b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...including the large Jadar (Serbia) and King Valley (USA) deposits, have estimated resources of about 3.4
Journal (issue)
Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belrnont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor of Environmental...EDITORS Richard D. Dayvault University of South Carolina Frank Mayo Atlanta, Georgia Arthur J. Ehlrnann...Fairfieldite from the Foote mine in Kin!!$ Mountain, North Carolina. Now part of the Smithsonian Collection (NR... The Foote Quarry in Kings Mountain, by LAURA MARBLE 102 Dorset Way Lyman, South Carolina 29365 HISTORY...spodumene mine at Kings Mountain , Cleveland County, North Carolina consisted of six small prospect pits, and
Report (issue)
TIN-SPODUMENE BELT, NORTH CAROLINA Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation...TIN-SPODUMENE BELT NORTH CAROLINA By W. R. Griffitts Prepared in cooperation with the North Carolina Department... BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF THE TIN-SPODUMENE BELT NORTH CAROLINA By W. R. Griffitts CONTENTS Page Page Abstract...Pegmatite dikes in the tin-spodumene belt of North and South Carolina uniformly contain about 0.05 percent BeO...pegmatite contain from 0.0001 to 0.01 percent BeO. Beryl, having 12.0 to 12. 3 percent BeO, is the only beryllium-rich
Book
CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m...n t h e e a r l y 1840's i n b o t h N o r t h Carolina and Georgia. C r y s t a l s were recovered f
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The New York Mineralogical Club, Inc., New York City, observed its 75th birthday on November 16th, 1961...The Lapidary and Gem Society of New York, New York City, held a brag night in September and found plenty...program arranged for the club by the staff of the North Museum. The New Jersey Lapidary Society, Inc., Passaic...the Newark Mineralogical Society, Inc. and the North Jersey Mineralogical Society. The affair began in...Merry Christmas, indeed. ROCKS AND MINERALS The North Jersey Mineralogical Society, Paterson, N.J., in
 
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