 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Virginia's Old Dominion Soapstone Quarry ALBEMARLE t /fTr C Ch I arlottesville COUNTY'-' v VIRGINIA Lewis...(Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville). These specimens were collected...collected by various people who have visited the quarry over the past 15 years. A preliminary description...University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 INTRODUCTION T h e Old Dominion soapstone quarry, located...located i n southern Albemarle County, Virginia, is part of one of the richest soapstone belts in the world |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...1988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 1 988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA PART I I : CARBONATES, SULFATES, AND PHOSPHATES By R. S. MITCHELL...BLAND, JR. Department of Geology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Following the scheme introduced...given to minerals tals in vugs and as crusts, in soapstone which contain the somewhat complex anionic groups...the from the old Alberene quarry. In the carbonates, sulfates, and phosphates new quarry at Alberene white...ultraviolet Class V. Carbonates 1. Magnesite. Yellowish magnesite radiation, occur in veins at the Superior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Minerals of Albemarle County, Virginia PART I: NATIVE ELEMENTS, SULFIDES, HALIDES, AND OXIDES By...Department of Geology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Albemarle County is near the center of Class...Class I. Native elements. Virginia in the Piedmont physiographic 1- Silver. Native silver specimens have...edge of the n ° t been found in Albermarle County, county follows the crest of the Blue Ridge but according...the gathe James River. The county seat is Char- lena which occurs in the old Faber leadlottesville which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCAL INDEX Although perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species. and D. A L L E N P E N I C K , JR. Virginia Division...Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S V I R G I N I A M I N E R A L L...world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R . V . Dietrich. A l |  | | Journal (issue) | | February 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R. V. Dietrich. Although...of the index. Some of the famous localities in Virginia, such Updated from Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 60...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | town and also on the eastern side of the new soapstone quarry. (11) On a fire trail which intersects State...(12) On State Road 755, 0.6 mile east of Albemarle Soapstone Company. The specimens here are large and...are common in the driveway at the Esmont slate quarry. Black, resinous, amorphous limonite masses, with...1961) and Old Dominion soapstone quarries, and on similar veins in the Esmont slate quarry and elsewhere...elsewhere in the county. (To be continued) CALIFORNIA ASBESTOS INDUSTRY Within the last year, a full-fledged |  | | Report (issue) | | the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound |  | | Journal (issue) | | problem, and it is not uncommon for students to pull old books from Harvard’s vast library stacks and find...generations of mineral collectors to enjoy. Issues of 2 old publications such as The Mineral Collector and editions...Bavaria, Germany (1) Blue Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, 57-59% California (2) 67-80% Poland, Maine (3)...glucinium calcium phosphate and fluoride, from Oxford County, Maine. American Journal o f Science, 3rd Series...Iron-Manganese Phosphates of the Williams Pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (1975) P.B. Leavens and T.A. Simpson, |  | | Journal (volume) | | ournal. H. Engineering and Mining Talc and Soapstone. Principal of the Cornwall School of Metalli¬...Coal Mining in West Virginia. Natural Gas in West Virginia. Petroleum in West Virginia. Zook, Jesse A...Burlington Virginia. Thos. L. Watson, Charlottesville Washington.... Henry Landes, Seattle West Virginia.. I...Pennsylvania . South Dakota.. Tennessee. West Virginia.. Name and Address. G. B. Tucker, Commissioner...25 Lithia. Ammonia and Ammonium Sulphate. 26 Magnesite. ... Antimony. 33 Manganese. Arsenic. 46 Mica |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins... and large ilmenite masses could be seen on the old dumps. In 1975-1976, Brunet collected sharp, black...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns |
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