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Albite from
Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA

Description
Comments:	A complex pegmatite. Average grain size ranges from about 7mm to 1M. Muscovite highly fractionated. Tourmalines exhibit bent, broken, and "healed" forms. Apatite is highly fluorescent under sw UV light, a yellow-orange color. Has been mined for mica an
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Miller, J.W. and Allen, C.W. "Mineralogy of the Ray Mica Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina." UNCA, 2001. (to be published by NCGS)
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Ray Mica Mine (Wray Mine), Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA

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