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Tobermorite from
Road cut, Doe Hill, Highland County, Virginia, USA


Classification
Species:Tobermorite
Formula:Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2 · (Ca · 3H2O)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tobermorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Road cut, Doe Hill, Highland County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:370718
Long-form Identifier:1:3:370718:0
GUID (UUID V4):bdd7205b-025f-473a-986d-2313c9f5c1b4
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ward's Natural Science Establishment 3000 E . Ridge Road, Box 1712 Rochester, New York 14603 and topaz have...specimen material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun­ tain...of other Montgomery County Locations which differs from the more common Dug Hill material from near Avant...Avant in Garland County. Here it occurs in various shades of light green with some almost pale yellow...the radiating structure that predominates at Dug Hill. The spheres of wavellite average about 'A inch
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ward's Natural Science Establishment 3000 E . Ridge Road, Box 1712 Rochester, New York 14603 Milarite The...ROCKS AND MINERALS Saponite, Michigan Standpipe Hill was the source. On April 5, 1 9 8 1 , Duane Leavitt...smectite group o f clays are found only rare­ Jackson County. Received were two specimens. The first l y in...Connecticut, it is refreshing to k n o w of new Virginia occurrences of this species from miarolitic cavities...Helens ash (100X) state. " T h e mineral is tobermorite and was found in white, fine-grained, small
Report (issue)
OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs in a pegmatite...quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional reference, Patchick (2) p. 237. This...diagrams. 1, AMPHIBOLES ACTINOLITE San Bernardino County: 3, Additional Wrightwood, reported by Berkholz...locality in alluvium, near 21. HORNBLENDE Inyo County: 1, In large prismatic crystals up to 2.5 inches...Panamint Range, McAllister (4) p. 52. San Bernardino County: 2, Pargasite variety of hornblende occurs in coarsely
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CalOSilS04601SHZO tacharanite CalZAlZSi lS0SlolSHZO tObermorite CaSSi6016(OH)z °4HZO ZEOLITES DEFINED /9 Zeolite...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald...L. Speckels. across, on cowlesite from the Neer Road Pit, Goble, Oregon, U.S.A.; SEM photo by Donald
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CalOSilS04601SHZO tacharanite CalZAlZSi lS0SlolSHZO tObermorite CaSSi6016(OH)z °4HZO ZEOLITES DEFINED /9 Zeolite...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald...L. Speckels. across, on cowlesite from the Neer Road Pit, Goble, Oregon, U.S.A.; SEM photo by Donald
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formed experimentally by the decomposition of tobermorite (Taylor 1959, Buckner et al. 1960, Speakman 1968)...2) from a prominent outcrop in a cut along the Málaga–Campillos road (A–357). From a structural point...migmatites with serpentinized spinel peridotites. The road-cut exposes many granitic dykes injected in the ultrabasic...also optically observed in microcracks that cross-cut xonotlite veins and the serpentinite fabric. At the...samples of xonotlite were collected along the A–357 road (Málaga–Campillos), as indicated in Figure 3. CT:
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consequence of the highway construction across Nabi Musa hill in 2006, the buried veins filled by Cr6+-substituted...newly discovered in the Mottled Zone: Nabi Musa hill 5 km southeast of the Maale Adummim area (Fig. 1)...oxides from the CM rocks and precipitation of tobermorite and other calcium silicate hydrates (CSHs), ettringite...et al. 2010) (Fig. 1). The MZ sequence is densely cut by veins that contain calcite, aragonite, ettringite...low-grade Hatrurim rocks, at the foot of Nabi Musa hill, May 2007; the lens cap is 6 cm in diameter. Abbreviations:
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torrent." 7.0 Small dunes on terrace to left of road. These dunes are present in the widest parts of...materials of the Wabash valley train. 7.7 The road descends about 15 ft t o the present flood plain...were deposited. Cnotinue west on gravel road, climbing hill to upland of Tazewell drift. 11.6 Ground...13.3 Warren-Tippecanoe county line. 14.2 Turn left (south) off black-top road just before reaching church...on outskirts of village of Green Hill. Proceed south on gravel road. 16.0 Turn right (west). 16.2
Book (volume)
Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to hill ridges, increasing steadily in elev. From 1,000’...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides, ridges, cut banks, tributary...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rare-earth pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake...on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). i i • I...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in...(Kennedy, 1892). Zavala, 3 miles N E of Zavala, road outcrop of Eocene clays and sands; gypsum* (crystals)
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Journal (issue)
University of Brighton, Cockcroft Building, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4GJ. JOURNAL MANAGER: Rob Bowell...Kirkbride, Cumbria, CA7 SJH. C. M. LEPPINGTON, 1 Harrot Hill, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 OBL. Abundant green...Journal of the Russell Society (2003) A GreatUngy Hill A Coomb Height Legend o o o Granite, greisen...Caldbeck Fells, British Museum Publications, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BO. Davidson, W. F. and Thomson, N...and other smelters down the valley were used in road -making and for pier construction at Port Talbot
Book (volume)
United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 first printing December.............................................499 Virginia .....................................................................................525 West Virginia ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...............................
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ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Journal (issue)
MINERAL NEWS Compiled by Peter Briscoe: 108 Mansfield Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 3AA David McCallum:...trending mineralised zone near the summit of Screel Hill, where pale purple pyramidal crystals, typically...Weardale, CharlesClarkcollection. Weardale in county Durham is well known for beautifully crystallised...FirestoneLevel. representatives from Durham Council, Durham County Archaeology, the British Geological Survey, the...Crich in Derbyshire. Unlike most fluorite from the county, the Crich specimens are fluorescent. Figure31
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...L&ngban minerals, and (of course) Franklin-Sterling Hill minerals, plus a major collection of mineral books...eology Museum Colorado School o f Mines Curator: Virginia A. Mast Tel: (303) 273-3823 G o ld en , Colorado...1997 Natural History M useum o f Los Angeles County M useum o f G eology D irector: Philip R . Bjork...$10 v.8/#6 California Issue Benitoite, Gold L.A. County Museum, Himalaya mine $10 v.9/#3 Kalahari rhodochrosite
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the ClaraMine in Germany,Laurion in Greece,Broken Hill in NewSouthWalesand Langbanin Sweden.The secondtype...recommendation, ground and polished a feldspar from the county of Larvlk, noted that It had the same property...pegmatites is situatedin the northernescarpmentof the hill Gurpekollen,just 400m westof the farmhouses at Oksum...crystallographicstudy of rosenbuschite by Peacock(1937)in USA,followed by a note by Kraus ( I 940).The crystal...ranite from Laven wascarried out by Mason ( 1957)in USA. During the first half of the 20th century, Norwegianmineralogists
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The varicoloured marble along the fresh Zmaileh road-cut sampling site indicates the sedimentary nature...fluorapatite, ettringite, thaumasite, afwillite, tobermorite, zeolites, Zn, Cd sulphide/ selenite and Cr-smectite...CO3-F-apatite, K-apophyllite, Cr-smectite, Quartz Tobermorite-11A, apophyllite, plombierite, Opal-C Calcite...Ellestadite Brushite CSH and cash phases Afwillite Tobermorite(s) Jennite Tacharanite Katoite Bultfonteinite...Langmuir, D. 1997. Aqueous environmental chemistry; USA, Prentice Hall. McKay, A. and Miezitis, Y. 2001.
Report (issue)
geology of Magnet Cove igneous area, Hot Spring County, Ark. Map showing relation of igneous rocks of..._--__-_---__--_-__. 48 Chemical analysis of tobermorite from eudialyte-nepheline syenite pegmatite._...square miles in the northeastern part of Hot Spring County, Ark. This heart-shaped complex is easily accessible...knowledge of the petrology, intrusive history, streams cut the ridges. Rock float is abundant on and structure...generalized geology of the Magnet Cove area, Hot Spring County, Ark. 659634 62 2 3 MILES ALKALIC IGNEOUS
Book (volume)
United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 December, 1996 ii A.............................................408 Virginia .....................................................................................429 West Virginia ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
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United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 December, 1996 ii A.............................................408 Virginia .....................................................................................431 West Virginia ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Book (edition)
Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...on the market. The mines at Bisbee, in Cochise County, have produced large quantities of gem-quality...mineral stamp issued in 1992. At Morenci, in Greenlee County, gem-quality azurite was also commercially recovered...stalactitic formations were cut across the grain and when banded material was cut parallel to the grain. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
family of minerals from the Sunday Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado. Canadian Mineralogist, 49, 1253–1265...from the Sunday mine, Gypsum Valley, San Miguel County, Slick Rock District, Colorado, U.S.A. The Slick...associated minerals are: hillebrandite, afwillite, tobermorite, hibschite-katoite, hydrocalumite, ettringite‑group...)Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)5(H2O)4, was discovered at the road-cut of Buer syenite pegmatite of the Larvik plutonic
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5.95 and quickly informative.”— “Practical Virginia Kirkus RANGE GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERALS A by...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...and cities whose names still remain on oil company road maps. Yet, were you to risk a ruptured oil pan,
Report (issue)
been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely...other reasons related to personalities, funds were cut off. Not until 1880 was a somewhat equivalent agency...color" from Cherokee Flat, Butte County); and to borax ("Lake County, in large crystals in the clay of
 
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