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Andalusite from
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27498
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27498:8
GUID (UUID V4):b71b4b87-c5a2-47c4-945d-2dfe7481eea6
Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite
41.1km (25.5 miles) Parsons Mountain Pyrophyllite prospect, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
50.4km (31.3 miles) Boles occurrence, Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
55.5km (34.5 miles) Faulkner Mountain Pyrophyllite prospect, Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Guelph] at 01:09 24 December 2014 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lue minerals are a traditional...well-known locality of this type is, of course, Graves Mountain, Georgia. The occurrence of lazulite in this and...rutile specimens, an attractive lazulite from Graves Mountain has been suggested for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...quartz and generally classed as quartzites (Graves Mountain). Lesser occurrences are in quartz and phosphate-rich...Associated minerals are kyanite, sillimanite, andalusite, rutile, corundum, topaz, dumortierite, garnet
Report (chapter)
GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...AND MINERALOGY OF GRAVES MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA by Vemon J. Hurst ATLANTA 1959 GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF...Number 68 THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF GRAVES MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA by Vernon J. Hurst , ATLANTA 1959 LETTER...His Excellency, S. Ernest Vandiver Governor of Georgia and Commissioner Ex-Officio State Division of Conservation...herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 68, "The Geology and Mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Georgia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...ferberite, and rutile, especially that from Graves Mountain, Georgia. To some, however, the beauty and importance...aluminous schists; and alpine-type pockets. The Graves Mountain rutile nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...quartz, titanite, chlorite, muscovite, kyanite, andalusite, and pyrophyllite. Microscopic rutile inclusions...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren
Report (issue)
GOLD IN EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA , by Vernon J. Hurst University of Georgia with contributions by Kenneth...Plemons Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Georgia Geologic Survey...PDant, Parks GoUd Mine, McDuffie County, Georgia. Photo courtesy Georgia Department of Archives and History...History. GOLD IN EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA by Vemon J. Hurst University of Georgia with contribl!.lltions lby...of the Accelerated Economic Minerals Program GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAl RESOURCES Jl. leonard ledbetter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fields; the remaining two members, sillimanite and andalusite, are also familiar to many collectors. Although...kyanite-rich “quartzite” once exploited at Graves Mountain, Georgia, is also host for some of the world’s...chemical formula but a different structure) with andalusite and sillimanite. Kyanite is widely distributed...replaced by micas, and psuedomorphs of kyanite after andalusite and sillimanite are known from scattered locations...Cumberland County, Maine. Blue-bladed crystals to 2.5 cm long occur at Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Report (issue)
Kyanite, Sillimanite, and Andalusite Deposits of the Southeastern States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 336 Kyanite, Sillimanite, and Andalusite Deposits of the Southeastern States By GILBERT...Gilbert Howry, 1912Kyanite, sillimanite, and andalusite deposits of the southeastern states, by Gilbert...Gilbert Howry, 1912Kyanite, sillimanite, and andalusite deposits of the southeastern states. 1960. (Card...(Card 2) 1. Cyanite. 2. Sillimanite. 3. Andalusite. 4. Aluminum silicates. 5. Mines and mineral resources
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe...rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia has, in fact, almost two hundred mineral species. ...have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The index has been compiled from the literature...be either a report on the economic geology of Georgia or a field guide for lapidaries, it excludes commercial
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 01" GEORGIA POSTAGE WILL BE REFUNDED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY...BULLETIN NO. 46 KYANITE AND VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA By LOUIS M. PRINDLE Associate Geologist, U. S....PRINTING COMPANY ATLANTA, GEORGIA .· .. ·.~ THE COMMISSION OF THE Georgia Department of Forestry... Hrs ExcELLENCY, EUGENE TALMADGE, Governor of Georgia, CHAIRMAN (Ex-Officio) MR. PERRY MIDDLETON, Brunswick... LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA, DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...mineral localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, G eorgia............................ from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection of Maudine and Bob Sullivan;...(Randolph Rothschild and our anonymous donor from Georgia), (2) meticulous financial management and careful...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain Lincoln County, Georgia Robert B. Cook, Jr. Department
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PECORAAND ]. J. FAHEY The material from Graves Mountain occurs as well-formed crystals in quaftzite;...crystals recoveredfrom quartzite at Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Ga. About 16 forms have been reported...r+''' ffi Lc. Frc. 1. Lazulite crystals from Graves Mountain, Ga.,4, view of twinned bipyramid from the...centimeterin diameter and similar in habit to the Graves Mountain occurrence. Well-developed crystals are reported...qlrartz in Horrsjciberg,Wermland, Sweden. In the Graves Mountain specimens available for this investigation
Report (issue)
30 6.34 5.66 Total 99.95 100.00 (1) Graves Mountain, Georgia, USA. (2) (Fe, Mg)Al2 (PO4 )2 (OH)2 with...alluvium and colluvium. Association: Quartz, andalusite, rutile, kyanite, corundum, muscovite, pyrophyllite...Nasüm, Skåne. In the USA, large crystals from Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia; from about 30 km southeast
Report (volume)
Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the...BULLETIN 1019-N Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and...OF MINERAL RESOURCES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANDALUSITE, KYANITE SILLIMANITE, DUMORTIERITE, TOPAZ, AND...further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the sillimanite group. These minerals include andalusite, kyanite, and siHimanite, which have the same
Report (volume)
Some Results of Geochemical Sampling in McCormick County, South Carolina By HENRY BELL III GEOLOGICAL...showing some geologic features in South Carolina and Georgia -------------------------------------------------------·...·-----------Photographs of characteristic rocks of McCormick County __________ Map showing conspicuously alined stream...McCormick and Edgefield Counties, S.C., and Lincoln County, Ga --------------------------------------...probable extensions near the Jennings mine, McCormick County, S.C.. Diagram showing distribution of anomalous
Book
(A material ;ure 2. Faceted rutile from Zegi Mountain, Pakistan. The stones are very dark, but with...systems that exhibit polymorphism such as Al2$íO5 (andalusite-sillimanite-kyanite) and SíO2 (quartz-cristobalite-tridymite)...RJL3422 Formation and Geochemistry 2 1 At Zegi Mountain, Pakistan, crystals are found in a ghly corroded...localities include: the McGuire pegmatite, Park County, Colorado; the Etta and Peerless mines, near Keystone...albite, recovered from corroded pegmatite at Zegi Mountain, Pakistan. RJL3359 22 F o r m a t i o n and
Report (issue)
banded rhodochrosite 8. Aluminum ore, bauxite, Georgia 9. Native copper ore, Keweenawan Peninsula, Mich... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Kings Mountain district, North Carolina14 South Carolina......... Graves Mountain, Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 White Mountain, California...Yuma County, Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Santa Cruz County, Arizona...presence of some layers containing black biotite. Andalusite, in blocky grains of 1 mm or less, is present
Catalog/List
Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½ x½ £1.50 5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall...Mongolia. P.D.WellNo I , near Ajo, Pima lxl £4 County, Arizona , U.S.A Ribane Mine, Mozambique £8 Mt...Close, Cobham.Surrey England KT! I 2NL Boron, Kem County,Califomia U.S.A Madagascar Ix! £2 lxl £7. S0...ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic, Turkey 1/,x½ £S ½...2x2 £6 Davis Mountains,Maricopa 5mm £3 County,Arizona, USA Hilarion Mine , Lnurium,Greecc ½ • £3 lxl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE OCCURRENCE OF ANDALUSITE MINERALS AT WHITE AND RELATED MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA. PAULF. KEI•R...INTRODUCTION. TI-IE andalusite mine near White Mountain, California, is at presentthe only andalusite mineof commercial...California- ",,,• '"'> F•. •. The andalusite mine is located in Mono County, C•ifornia, east of the Sierra...Nevada Mountains and on the west side of White Mountain. Nevadaline (Fig. •). The main mine plant is...C. D.: A note on a depositof andalusitein Mono County, California; its occurrenceand technical importance
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Tres Cerritos, California, USA. 3.037 (8), 4.53 (4), 8.97 (3), 2.400 (3b), 1.828...99.80 Chemistry: (1) Tres Cerritos, California, USA; corresponds to (Al 1: 97 Fe3+ 0:01 )§=1:98 (Si 3:65...schistose metamorphic rocks. Association: Kyanite, andalusite, topaz, mica, quartz. Distribution: Some localities...near Ottr¶ e, Ardennes Mountains, Belgium. In the USA, found near Ogilby, Imperial Co., at Tres Cerritos...Chester¯eld Co., South Carolina; on Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia. From Ibitiara, Bahia, Brazil, in
Report (issue)
SURVEYS MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION SILLI ANITE Andalusite, Kyanite, Sillimanite By E. R. VARLEY, Ph.D....silicates, the principal members of which are andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite, all with the formula...the formula 3Al 20 3 .2Si02• On calcination, andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite alter to mullite and...state of affairs and the term kyanite includes andalusite, dumortierite, sillimanite, and other mullite-producing...often used in a similar group sense to include andalusite proper, kyanite and sillimanite. The Sillimanite
Book (edition)
and often gems can be found. valuable For the mountain ranges and level for the ist to States contain...Miss Katharine M. Gohn E. W. M. Johnson of Lincoln, of Mesa, Ariz., Frank Bogart Bean of Madison...the mother rock. In general, the United States mountain them. is divided geologically into the areas...plains between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee...in which spare North America. States, all the Georgia to they were created by volcanic fires. Others
Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...Rutile crystal from Graves Mountain, approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF........................................... 104 Andalusite .................................... ; .................................................. 170 County Index ........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
penetrate the commercial andalusite depositsl located on the west slope of White Mountain in the Northern Inyo...Inyo Range, Mono County, California. The andalusite deposits occur in pre-Cambrian meta-quartzite,2 and...to c [0001]. 1Kerr, P. F., The occurrence of andalusite andrelatedmineralsat WtriteMountain, California:Econ...614-642,1932. 2 Lemmon, Dwight M., Geology of tlre andalusite deposits in the Northern Range, Calif om ia :...mineral lining vugs in qnartz veins that cross the andalusite zones. Although not abundant, the mineral has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BearingMineralsin the CarolinaSlateBelt, SouthCarolinaand Georgia HENRY BELL U.S. GeologicalSurvey,National Center...schist;abundantaluminoussilicates suchaskyanite,andalusite,pyrophyllite,and topaz;zonesof iron-enrichedrocks;and...occurringwith kyanite contains1,000 ppm tin. At Little Mountain, cassiteriteand hematite are presentin rocksconsideredto... 297 dant aluminoussilicatessuchas kyanite, andalusite, pyrophyllite,andtopaz;zonesof iron-enrichedrocks;...lower unit of the slate belt, such as the Little Mountain and the Cedar Creek-Blythewoodarea where massivesulfide
Report (edition)
937 403 THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OF GEORGIA GEORGIA GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES , MINING AND GEOLOGY...ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 101 OF A3 0 84 о .8 пo n GEORGIA GEOLOGY FROM 1960 THROUGH 1964 by Howard Ross...will be augmented as new subjects are published GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES , MINING AND GEOLOGY Jesse...Bulletin Number 84 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY FROM 1960 THROUGH 1964 by Howard Ross...University , Atlanta , Georgia ES MINNIINNG G MIN MENT G AND EOLOG Y ATLANTA 1972 GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF
Report (edition)
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY FROM 1960 THROUGH 1964 by Howard Ross Cramer Emory University...Atlanta, Georgia STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Joe D. Tanner, Commissioner GEORGIA GEOLOGIC...1972) BULLETIN 84 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGIA GEOLOGY FROM 1960 THROUGH 1964 by Howard Ross...Ross Cramer, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia INTRODUCTION This bibliography is a continuation of, and...Annotated bibliography of Georgia geology through 1959, published by the Georgia Department of Mines, Mining
 
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