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Tourmaline from
Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA



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Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Comments:Micro brownish crystals. Identified by Lance Kearns, Geologist, JMU as Dravite variety. Brander Robinson Collection
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:393543
Long-form Identifier:1:3:393543:9
GUID (UUID V4):931c3e4f-52ba-4641-abba-ac56a0492cc0
References
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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)
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
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
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the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Engineering Experiment Station Series, dealing with Virginia Mineral...Mineral Localities: Virginia Mineral Localities (1960 Edition) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement...(Supplement I) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement II) Virginia Minerals and Rocks (3rd Edition) Ex LIBRIS...\I i! II II BULLETIN OF THE ·, I !V I ii VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Engineering Experiment Station...Series No. 151 Ii !I ·1 " ii :c H I I I I ! VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITIES ( SUPPLEMENT II ) By Richard
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^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...forming a ridge north of Route 7 near Dranesville, Virginia. Figure 7. Locations of mineral deposits in...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60
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Geology of the Northern Part of the Culpeper Basin, Virginia and Maryland by K. Y. Lee U.S. Geological Survey...Geology of the Northern Part of the Culpeper Basin, Virginia and Maryland; by K, Y, Lee Introduction The Culpeper...here, cover about 1060 km , of which 82% is in Virginia and the remainder is in Maryland (Fig. 1). Figure...subdivided the red bed sequence of sedimentary rocks m Virginia which he thought to be entirely of Triassic age...age, into the Manassas Sandstone below and Bull Run Shale above. Jonas (19281 adopted the name New Oxford
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Depositional Sequences of Northern and Central Virginia, by A. S. Furcon -----------------------·----...Sequatchie in the Chickamauga Limestone in Walker County, Georgia. In northwestern Georgia Butts and Gildersleeve...Formation in the Chickamauga Limestone in Dade County, Georgia. There, Croft (p. 8) divided the Chickamauga...established by Miller and Brosge (1954) in southwestern Virginia and mapped in the northwestern part of the Tennessee...Beekmantown (Kingsport-Mascot) of Tennessee and Virginia and the Cotter and Powell Limestones of Arkansas
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JL / Culpfeper and B arbour sville Basins, Virginia and Maryland C7 ll.S. / PAPER Triassic-Jurassic...Stratigraphy of the Culpeper and Barboursville Basins, Virginia and Maryland By K.Y. LEE and AJ. FROELICH U.S...stratigraphy of the Culpeper and Barboursville basins, Virginia and Maryland. (U.S. Geological Survey professional...Geology Culpeper Basin (Va. and Md.) 4. Geology Virginia Barboursville Basin. I. Froelich, A.J. (Albert...................................... 20 Mountain Run Member .........................................
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metamorphosed rocks of the northern Culpeper basin, Virginia by K. Y. Lee and A. J. Froelich Open-File Report...1. Index map of Culpeper basin and vicinity, Virginia and Maryland, showing location of Figure 3. Figure...metamorphosed rocks of the northern Culpeper basin, Virginia by K. Y. Lee and A. J. Froelich Geology of the...north from the Rapidan River near Madison Mills, Virginia, across the Potomac River and terminates near...in the northern part of the Culpeper basin in Virginia, one from the thermally metamorphosed aureole
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Explore our website! October Meeting Program: Virginia Mineral Project (details on page 5) In this issue...Field trip report: Manassas quarry .................. p. 17 Manassas quarry geology, part 1 .............morphologies. Let’s explore it together. Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Ancient Uses and Etymology... Botryoidal hematite from the Red Mountain Mine, Augusta County, VA. Photo: Bob Cooke. Hematite rose on quartz...specimens came from Chubb Lake in St. Lawrence County, NY, in the late 1990s. Like many other showy hematites
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the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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
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the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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
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is a trade-off: do you grab yet another black tourmaline or do you pick up that odd piece with green crnd...something from that is not the usual amethyst/ tourmaline/ topaz stuff, but actually rea l minerals that...y ve ry au racti ve; many may prefer a large tourmaline, but some of th ese he lv ite s peci m ens would...arranged alphabetically by mineral species. the n by county within each species, simi lar to the format followed...''The Flower of Brazil" c rystal of cranberry red tourmaline, perfec tly perched on a matrix of snow-white
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............................................. Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................minerals of the United States: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 585, 1914. 5 6 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE UNITED...Minerals of California: California State Min. Bur. Bull. 67, 1914. George, R. D., Common minerals and rocks...occurrence and uses: Colorado State Geol. Survey Bull. 6, 1913. 8 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES
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assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina, and other Eastern...Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South Carolina...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg
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Clark, of the Gem and Mineral Society of the Virginia Peninsula, is serving a second year of his term...existence. Mrs. Marguerite R. Collyer of the Rockland County Gem and Mineral Society remains as Chairman of...Boston, to a beryl mine, which had been freshly bull-dozed awaiting the collectors. On the way a stop...location about a mile up the mountain to hunt for tourmaline, both black and watermelon colored. The second...here—including crystals and various other minerals, and tourmaline, pink and green and black. Before leaving Maine
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Pleare return thie publication to the Virginia Geological Survey when you have ao furthcr uc for it....COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Bulletin 38 Kyanite in Virginia Geology of the Kyanite Belt of Virginia lrY ANNA I. JONAS Economic...JOEL H. W.ATKINS UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA t932 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATTON...DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Gaolosist Bulletin 38 Kyanite in Virginia Geology
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.........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin......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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
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STATE OF VIRGINIA CONSERVATION AND DEVEI.OPMENT COMMISSION VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Wilbur A. Nelson...Belt Northeastern Piedmont Virginia By John T. Lansdale (Jniversity, Virginia IgI XICA!g COMPANY, PRIX'ER3...CorrrroxwEAr,TH oF VrncrNra Virginia Geological Survey Universitl' of Virginia Cl,arlottesville, Va., Februarl'...recommend {or publication as Bulletin 30 of the Virginia Geological Survey Series of reports a manuscript...the gold-pyrite belt in northeastern Pieclmont Virginia. The area involvecl comprises approximately 600
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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...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
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addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination of these pegmatites. ...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...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
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Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado ................................185 by...M. Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada .........................................minerals from Fairfield, Utah; zoned liddicoatite tourmaline from Madagascar; meteorites of all kinds; banded...negative crystals within quartz from Fonda, Montgomery County, New York. Notice that these also are bounded by...VISITORS AUTHORITY 700 Festival Way Elko, Nevada 89801-USA 1-800-523-5317 1-702-738-4091 ~Y~ ANTIQUARIAN &
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.. Deze maand wordt eastoniet van Pennsylvania, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover vindt U elders...31/1-1/2 1/2 1/2-17/2 F F F F F NL F F NL F NL USA 7-8/2 7-8/2 7-8/2 14-15 15/2 F F I NL B 29/2 ...Baumann Prospect, Chickencoop Canyon, Tulare County, California, USA 171-175 Sulfur isotope analysis for the...copper prospect, near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia 225-233 Friedrich (Federico) Ahlfeld (1892-1982)...phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada, USA 241-254 Peruvian minerals : an
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COMMONWDALTE OF VIRGINIA VIRGINTA CONSERVATTON COMMTSSTON VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN,...53 Barite Deposits of Virginia By R.AYMOND S. EDMUNDSON UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA t938 I \e RICHMOND:... RICHMOND: Dwrsror cR Puncn.rsp arvo puxrrr.rc 1938 VIRGINIA CONSERVATION COMMISSION Wrreun C. Her,r,, Chai...recommend for publication as Bulletin 53 of the virginia Geological Survey series of i'eports the manuscript...Geologist of the Virginia Geological SurveY. This re=port is the first issued on barite in Virginia. It describes
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Production in Virginia (Preliminary) - 1988l The total value of mineral production in Virginia in 1988 was-2...Chesapeake, produce cement in Virginia. Riverton Corporation in Warren County produces masonry cement at...sources. Salesare made to building supply dealers in Virginia Clap m 0 u u l l d s h a t ~ 1.049 -.I.. Coal...consumption by producers) - from U.S. Bureau of Mines. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and...Cement Company operates a plant in western Botetourt County. The facility manufacturesportlandcementfrom locally
 
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