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Calcite from
Limestone quarries, Anniston District, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Limestone quarries, Anniston District, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:294752
Long-form Identifier:1:3:294752:5
GUID (UUID V4):3b678855-76ae-4465-b365-3ac1031e8df9
References
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Report (volume)
each of the States, the State lists begin with Alabama and end with Wyoming. Under each State the minerals...minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual...specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included, because they...statements regarding their respective States: Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas...compilation. ALABAMA. Aluminum. See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum
Book (edition)
together. 9194 MIN 44 690 MINERAL RESOURCES. ALABAMA—Mined. Mineralogical name. Coal, var. bitu minous...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xl—crystal xled—crystallized xline—Crystalline ALABAMA — The following letter dated Jan. 3, 1953, comes...sample was taken about 15 miles south of Anniston, Alabama, where the rock had been cut away to make...make way for a highway. Veins of white and pink calcite (intermixed) were also found in the rock. The pink...Mineralight." for the first time in the limestone quarries at Crestmore, near Riverside, Riverside Co...sers" area, Sonoma County, Calif. It was noted by M. Vonsen in CALIF. JOUR, O F Alabama. A second letter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Lime Bluff Quarry at Muncy. These are limestone quarries, and offer more than 20 possible minerals...done. A field trip is planned to Perryville for calcite and celestite. The Gem and Mineral Society of Syracuse...at Lincoln, Nebraska, was shown by the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca. James Warren, Sr...malachite. Mem­ trip for beryl was to the Case Quarries, bers Glenn and Kathleen Bolick of the Portland...Junior Exhibit. Also the Club went pan­ the Wayne County Gem and Mineral ning for gold at Play more Beach
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ranks first in the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of...Other collectable minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center...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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Book (volume)
ranks first in the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of...Other collectable minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center...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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SEND THEM I N . ALABAMA—Galena occurs in limestone 5 miles west of Jacksonville in Calhoun Co., Ala. It...on the Post territory which covers most of Yuma County, Arizona, and a small area in California."—letter...Liggett military reserjade deposits in (Monterey County) Cali- vation are some of the very few found on...Middlesex signed to conserve the stone for removal County, Conn., was sent in by Richard by legitimate collectors...label. GEORGIA—The following garnets from Coweta County, peared On p. 9 Of GEORGIA NEWSLETTER, Spring 1956
Book (volume)
............... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama ....................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map .....................................................................................2 Alabama Stream Map ............................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..........................................
Book (volume)
.................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Book (volume)
.................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States ALABAMA Alabama comprises two geological regions. The northeast...California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced its own gold rush, largely unprofitable...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
maPeter Young, Box 601, Kentfield, terial, butterfly calcite on a rare shade of Calif., has visited the bastnasite...tunnel located west of Tucson. There were also calcite and aragonite crys- site in massive form, occurs...near Glen wood, Pike ROCKS AND MINERALS, p. 123. County, Arkansas. Mr. Young also sends a note on a Downloaded...August 2017 ALABAMA—Nice specimens of turgite on limonite have been found at Piedmont, Calhoun Co., Ala...development near Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, Calif. Molybdenum Corporation of America is at
Book
____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _ 3 VI 1 1 1 1 2 9...Newton, Wa l t o n , F a n n i n , F o r s y t h Alabama: C l a y, Cleburn, Coosa, Tallapoosa, C h i l t...i n , Dawson, Banks, Clayton, Lee, Tw i g g s Alabama: St. C l a i r , Lee, Shelby Pearls r a n k a s...e d S t a t e s w e r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood...S t . Johns, Peace. Alabama: B l a c k Wa r r i o r, Coosa, N o r t h , Alabama, Locust, Tennessee, Tallapoosa
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 Downloaded by [The University of Manchester...00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production of zinc is enormous...Geology and Geography at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. He welcomes suggestionsfor this column and can...sphalerite after galena, tetrahedrite, barite, and calcite have been found; hemimorphite and smithsonite pseudomorphs...diverse array of deposit types that include skarns, limestone replacements, Mississippi Valleytype, volcanogenic
Book
II: Where to Find Gems and Minerals in L.\merica Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut...included amber (most precious of the ancient gems), calcite, fluorspar, jadeite, pyrite, quartz family minerals...steatite (massive talc), as well as basalt, granite, limestone (and/ or sandstone), marble, and the clay minerals...from an ox tail. The fourth bracelet had brown limestone beads mingled with amethyst and turquoise. About...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 CELESTINE Downloaded by [University...at 13:58 04 February 2015 Maybee Quarry, Monroe County, Michigan C elestine, the only commercially significant...Department of Geology at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. 112 ROCKS & MINERALS members of which have the...variety of minerals, including strontianite, gypsum, calcite, dolomite, fluorite, and sulfur; clastic rock units...gypsum and as casts after halite and calcite are known, as are calcite, quartz, barite, and sulfur pseudomorphs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral and Science Club, Tampa, went to Pasco County, Fla., for agatized coral. The Club presented Mineral...Kiski Club program. (The subject?) The Tompkins County Gem and Mineral So­ Area Gem and Lapidary Club...considerably. The great talent what?) The St. Lawrence County displayed by our members who show their Rock Mineral...field The Rock and Gem Society cussed the limestone quarries of Pennsyl­ of North Jersey, Wharton, is...preparing to earn the Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Nature Badge The Morris Museum Fairless Hills
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
janet15cliford@gmail.com CALCITE from the American Midwest Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee ...complexity of form. It is the major constituent of limestone, most cave formations, and many fossil shells...minerals as barite, fluorite, galena, and sphalerite. Calcite crystals are classic components of Mississippi...the continent can boast the same diversity of calcite. Yet, connoisseurship of fine minerals is not just...may occur. With this in mind, we have nominated calcite from the interconnected Elmwood/Cumberland/Gordonsville
Book (volume)
are all undisturbed sedimentaries: sandstone, limestone, shale and clay, with the oldest formation lying...Eastern Nebraska has few gemstone localities, but quarries, gravel pits and other excavations throughout...investigate for geodes, chert nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville
Book (volume)
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...Fall River Co., all regional side rds., look for limestone outcrops and ridgesFairhill agates;  in Bull
Report (chapter)
Society, London, Special Publications Indiana Limestone: America’s Building Stone Nelson R. Shaffer DOI:...lyellcollection.org/ by guest on January 11, 2019 Indiana Limestone: America’s Building Stone Nelson R. Shaffer* Indiana...ED M A N U SC RI PT Abstract: Indiana Limestone is one of the most used and versatile building...available in pleasing colors and textures. Indiana Limestone is used extensively for important buildings, homes...U.S. stone buildings were built with Indiana Limestone. This stone has been used for significant, even
Report (volume)
States________--__._-_______________________________ Alabama.____________________________________________________...commercial domestic production is from Nye County, Nev., and Stevens County, Wash. Magnesite occurs also in New...occurs in commercial quantities only at Gabbs, Nye County, Nev. Dolomite, the double carbonate of magnesium...a sedimentary rock, commonly interbedded with limestone. The term "high-grade," as used in the present...present in the limestone valleys of the Appalachian Mountains, extending from Alabama to New Jersey.
Book (volume)
sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Book (volume)
sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I—fluoresces xled—crystallized ph—phosphoresces ALABAMA—Gold has been mined at a number of localities near...but take a fishing pole." CONNECTICUT-From a limestone quarry near Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn., we...white xline limestone that was sent in by Jason G. Clark, West Cornwall, Conn. In the limestone are large...specimens of green fuchsite in limestone have been found in the marble quarries of the Georgia Marble Co....13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but
 
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