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Blue Quartz from
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Blue Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Iridescent coatingⓘ2 photos of Blue Quartz associated with Iridescent coating at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Blue Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:321709
Long-form Identifier:1:3:321709:2
GUID (UUID V4):113ea9ce-769d-4f90-bb28-03b00b28868f
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
deposits of the Al 2 SiO5 minerals in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...deposits of the ALSiOs minerals in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces. Bibliography: p. 112-116. (Continued...Deposits in quartzose rocks _________________ Kyanite-quartz deposits . ._._ __ ____ _________________ Petrography...Sillimanite-quartz deposits _________________________________ Andalusite-pyrophyllite-quartz deposits ______...gneiss_________________ ______________ Deposits in quartz veins and pegmatites-_.-_____-_ _____ Residual
Report (issue)
dolomite. It occurs in simple and geniculated forms in quartz veins and stringers in the metamorphic crystalline...metals in the pegmatite body at Baringer Hill, Llano County, Tex. Because of its resistance to atmospheric...common rock-forming silicate minerals, including quartz. Where formed in metamorphic rocks by regional...the commonest associate of rutile is of course quartz, but with these are other titanium minerals, especially...far as known, to the central portion of Chester County, in the extreme southeastern part of the State
Report (issue)
GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...GEORGIAy By Geoffrey W. Crickmay ATLANTA 1952 GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES...Number 58 GEOLOGY OF THE CRYSTALLINE ROCKS OF GEORGIA By Geoffrey W. Crickmay ATLANTA 1952 ic ::I...herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 58, "Geology of the Crystalline Rocks of Georgia," by Dr...Crickmay, a former Assistant State Geologist of Georgia. The report embodies the results of research extending
Book (edition)
and often gems can be found. valuable For the mountain ranges and level for the ist to States contain...Miss Katharine M. Gohn E. W. M. Johnson of Lincoln, of Mesa, Ariz., Frank Bogart Bean of Madison...ice, every blood red glow, every touch of green, blue, gold or royal purple. Gem stones have been the...gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Keystone Trap Rock Quarry at Cornog, Chester County, Pa. thru the courtesy of the owners Messrs J....specimens were obtained, principally of the unusual blue quartz, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, epidote, allanite...Limestone Products Company, Lime Cr,est, (Sussex County) N . J. There were 187 persons registered, the...malacolite, norbergite, phlogopite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, quartz, ruby corundum, scapolite, titanite, tourmaline...Shulman. The Loux family's showing of local (Bucks County) fossil wood was outstanding. There was also a
Journal (issue)
our tourmaline. Dale [Sweatt] went down off the mountain today and rented the two largest safe deposit...he carefully pried away the jagged, iron-stained quartz rock from the ever-widening seam. It finally opened...came from a single cavity lined with crystals of quartz, orthoclase and lepidolite, accompanied by small...smooth crystal faces. At first I imagined them to be quartz crystals. But then, with the aid of a flashlight...1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens are Washington
Report (issue)
Gneiss-syenite contact on the northwest side. Mars Mountain.. .. Gt!"g . 90 . 9l 9t Distribution Megascopic...Amherst-Nelson counties Mineralogical characters. Quartz ....i...i 16l f93 Megascopic character. Introduction...General statement. Principal rock groups. Hypersthene quartz syenite. . . .;. . . General character. .. 233...Fig.2. Detailed view of same exposuro of biotite-quartz monzonite^-gneiss near VI. Fig. ' 1. Photomicrograph...biotite-quartz monzonite-gneiss Bryant's liouse. . north of FiE.3. Photomicrograph of biotite-quartz monzonite-gleiss
Report (issue)
geology of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces__ Martic thrust block Catoctin-Blue Ridge anticlinorium Origin...uscovite schist from west of phenix, Charlotte County; B, Biotite-muscovite schist from northwest of...from Crane Creek; south of Hixburg, Appomattox County; B, Columbia granite near Cub Creek, east of Red...County______ 8 Kyanite quartzite from Baker Mountain, prince Edward County*__ I Massive kyanite in kyanite-bearing...Weathered kyanite-bearing rock on Ridge Mountain, Buckingham County; B, Melrose granite, east of McKeever
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Blue Minerals Exploring Cause & Effect Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 01:50 12 December...plesiosaur, a 140-mm-wide × 4-mmthick slice of the blue variety of cordierite known as iolite exhibits lovely...two of the mineral’s three hidden colors. Crystal Blue Persuasion: Scratching the Surface of Color F ...above, our world is dominated by blue, so it is no wonder that the color blue is favored by many across cultures...present overview narrowly focuses on a selection of blue minerals and aims to do so with some exploratory
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cementing them as inserts in 1967. Midwest, Rocky Mountain and into the regular stencil he had some of Texas...Achievement was won by A. Worth Hobby, M.D., Atlanta, Georgia. He also took First Place in Class C-12 in the...Washington over Labor Day week end. The Rome, Georgia Mineral Society spent an evening discussing the...October the Club had a dandy field trip to Graves Mountain, Georgia for rutile, lazulite, kyanite and many...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Maryland traveled to Cornog, Pennsylvania under
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are the Cape May "diamonds"—quartz crystals on the ocean beaches. Bright blue vivianite occurs, with some...Camden County makes handsome polished specimens. Quartz found near Trenton and in Monmouth County must...are similar in the other claypits of Middlesex County. Some feldspar and amphibole minerals are found...from their dumps, and the limestones of Sussex county outside of Franklin produce a variety. An occurrence...Beemerville, and arsenopyrite occurs in Warren county. Dr. Alfred C. Hawkins, practicing mineralogist
Book
_ _ .... ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _...y ' s f i r s t g o l d r u s h a t Dahlonega, Georgia. S o m u c h gold w a s f o u n d b y eager prospectors...t a r t o f t h e C i v i l W a r . O t h e r Georgia counties a n d n e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e...f gold! Gold c a n s t i l l be f o u n d i n Georgia a n d i n t h e r i v e r s a n d streams o f i...e , S p a r t a n b u r g , U n i o n , Oconee Georgia: Cherokee, Dawson, L u m p k i n , M c D u ff i
Report (issue)
German Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Georgia Geologic Survey...OF THE DAHLONEGA GOLD BELT Jerry M. German .( Georgia Department of Natural Resources J. Leonard Ledbetter..... . 16 18. Hydraulic mining near Auraria, Georgia .................................................Tables Table 1. Average modal composition of New Georgia Group lithologies in the study area .............elements in the study area with those in northeastern Georgia and in the Greater Atlanta area. . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
against the Blue Ridge Mountains. Syria is about 82 miles from Washing­ ton, D . C ; it is a gorgeous...and the traveler can find delicious food at Graves Mountain Lodge, which is on Route 670 between the post...green and rose-colored unakite, red jasper, blue quartz, and green epidote. Mrs. Smith used to have a...subscription. C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S : T o the Georgia Mineral Society on the occa­ sion of its Fiftieth...page 203) house at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Congratulations, also, to consulting editor Curt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as inclusions accompanying blue lazulite and many other minerals in blue metaquartzite occasionally used...stone. The crystals were very small and embedded in quartz so that they could not be extracted mechanically...H2O and CO2. 1. Introduction Lazulite-bearing blue quartz from Madagascar has been known for decades on...Morteani & Ackermand (2006), minerals associated to quartz and lazulite include phosphates (lazulite, chlorapatite...investigation of faceted gemstones of lazulite-bearing blue quartz from Mount Ibity [sometimes also spelled Bity]
Journal (issue)
on agate. Some with smoky quartz xls on agate. Others with blue white quartz xl interiors. Associate minerals...$1.25. AURICHALCITE, Mapimi, Mex. Very choice sky-blue feathsjv xls. 1x2 $1.00, 2x2 $1.50, 2x3 $2.25. HEMIMORPHITE...green xls on limonire. xl 35 C, 1x2 15C, 2x2 $1.50. QUARTZ PSEUDOS AFTER MIMETITE, Mex. White pseudo x1 on...crystals on matrix. 1x2 75C, 2x2 $1.25. ROSASITE, Mex. Blue-green spherules and botryoidal on matrix. 2x2 $2...crystals on quartz from Magnet Cove. 2x2 $2.00, 2x3 $2.75, 3x4 $5.50. Larger available. QUARTZ “HERKIMER
Report (issue)
GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...Number 51 SILLIMANITE AND MASSIVE KYANITE IN GEORGIA (A Preliminary Report) By A. S. FURCRON Assistant... Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. ·~· LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines...herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 51, "Sillimanite and Massive Kyanite in Georgia," by Dr...of Mines. The report announces the discovery in Georgia of two economically-important refractory minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper Minerals The junior Division of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., Suffern, heard a...Rock Quarry and were rewarded with finds of blue quartz and massive garnet In Memoriam: Norval C. Hoge...for his clock of jade. The Society went to Graves Mountain Lodge at Syria, Virginia, for unakite The Chesapeake...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, were entertained at a Christmas party...large group from attending the field trip to Chubb Mountain. Everyone seemed to be finding something to take
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
against the Blue Ridge Mountains. Syria is about 82 miles from Washing­ ton, D . C ; it is a gorgeous...and the traveler can find delicious food at Graves Mountain Lodge, which is on Route 670 between the post...green and rose-colored unakite, red jasper, blue quartz, and green epidote. Mrs. Smith used to have a...subscription. C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S : T o the Georgia Mineral Society on the occa­ sion of its Fiftieth...page 203) house at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Congratulations, also, to consulting editor Curt
Report (volume)
units in the geologic belts of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces of South Carolina UNITED STATES...stratigraphic sequences________________________ Blue Ridge province_______________________________________...Quartzite_________________________________________ Quartz-microcline gneiss____________________________ Intrusive..._ _ _ _ __ _________ __ __ __ __ ______ Kings Mountain belt _ _ __ __ __ ____ __ _________ __ ___ _____...____ __ ____ ____ ________ ____ ___ __ _ Yorkville Quartz Monzonite________________________ Unnamed granites
Book
casess 34 Site 2. Iwan Creek Mine & Rock. Shop—Quartz, Crystals .o2.<...0c5.c0tsunc dieop.4poecgeqnnnctteen--...ecass 35 Sites). [he Crystal ceen I rading Co,—Quartz Crystals, x55. 4..0cses5enasa8basonttoussenct eastecanrs...oeareees 27 Site 5 The Starfire Mine Quartz Crystal Mine—Quartz Crystals.............cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens...eeeeens 38 Site 6 Weener Crystal Mines & Ranch—Quartz Crystals .............sastenrssecerceecancsneenscacsncenesacs...Site Crystals .........:csseseeseesees Al Mine—Quartz Crystal and Shop Rock Ridge Fiddler’s Site 8 P
Catalog/List
in quartz. under 1/, x ½ £2 y K Al S0/4 OH _ _ magnification there arc small cr stals _ __ County. _...Zcolite . 40 ----£1 ---· 2 6 Al'iATASE single dark blue micro crystal on Chlorite Virtuous Ludy mine.Devon...IxI£4 TiO --- - 37 ANC\'LITE Cc Ix1/, £2.50 Ix I£4 County. Rich pinkish fine grai ned mass in calc i te Dark...England 2x2£1 2x3 £ 1.50 Ri ch white 10 faintly blue masses Ca S0/4 -- ---- - - ------ ------- ---------...Austell,Comwall large I x2 Quilc rich. blue-grey masses in Quartz APATITE Ca PO/4 F wi1h minor Mica __
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois....Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada...........Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Berkeley...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;
Catalog/List
\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix. £5 PbSiO/3 County. Arizona. U.S.A 2x2 1x2 sop Kragero Norway Rich...······ · •• . . • 3 ALUNITE Rich orange masses in quartz, under Flu.x Canyon,Santa Cruz lx2£10 ½x½ £2 lxl....maenification there are small crystals · - · .County. A:fiZC>i:i--=a=--- 60 AMAZONITE Attractive green...grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Ix½ £2.50 Ixl £4 37 ANCYLITE Cc CeSr CO/3 ·. __...Staffordshire England lx2 S0p Rich white to faintly blue masses 23 Al'\HYDRITE CaSO/4 2x3 £9 Sjogruvan Grythyttan
Report (volume)
............................................. Georgia..................................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Florida-______Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia,_____Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Idaho______.Mr...Nebraska____.Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada_____Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, Lodi, Cal...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
 
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