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Rhodolite from
Sugarloaf Mountain Mine, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Almandine-Pyrope Series var: Rhodolite
Formula:Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sugarloaf Mountain Mine, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:363165
Long-form Identifier:1:3:363165:2
GUID (UUID V4):64ac44fb-bf91-4e4a-aa78-a4ca12a08165
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodolite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Ruby City Mine (Sugarloaf Mine), Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
22.5km (14.0 miles) Bonanza Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
23.0km (14.3 miles) Gregory Ruby Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
23.5km (14.6 miles) Mincey Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Holbrook Ruby Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) Ned Wilson Branch, Mason Mountain, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) Dale and Demkos Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) Caler Creek Ruby Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
25.6km (15.9 miles) Jacobs Ruby Mine, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
26.8km (16.7 miles) Gibson Mine (Gibsons Ruby Mine), Alarka, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
References
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Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals
Report (issue)
Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through­ out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during
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.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT
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Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [et al...Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II
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Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Knoxville l°x2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina 2. Paleozoic metamorphic facies map
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CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...a f e w l i k e these, — hiddenite, turquoise rhodolite, w i l l i a m s i t e , a n d i t becomes unmistakable...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o
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Minneapolis. Mississippi.......Prof. E. N. Lowe, Jackson. Missouri..........Dr. H. A. Buehler, Rolla. Nebraska...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....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;
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...to list more than fifteen hundred localities in North America where gems can be found. This is the only...included contain such specific details as farm roads, mountain paths, stretches of stream beds, and easily identifiable...amateurs alike had not gone out to every corner of North America, discovered the rich gem resources of the...Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont, North Carolina, with locations in their respective states
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tH MSTONESof - NORTH AMERICA ~ VOLUME olor phot raphs yo. Erica and. Harol d Van I [iL Albuquerque...87109 N.M. N_E. Bivd. Gkapats GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA ~ NASMI EPPA GEMSTONES OF THE WORLD...+ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, by John Sinkankas ON@“THE VOLUME III COVER North American gems from...(25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75
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Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington MA 01803, USA First published 1962 Second edition 1970 Third edition...Canada, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, the UK and the USA, making this a truly international collaboration...First Edition For two decades, an earlier work of mine – Practical Gemmology – has proved a useful elementary...Roger (Chapter 1) Hughes, Richard W. (Chapter 5) Jackson, Brian (Chapters 11, 12) Mercer, Ian (Chapter 2)...in density and 25–40 km in thickness, but under mountain chains such as the Himalayas it may reach 65 km
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......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
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GElV!§TONE§ (())f NORTH AMERRCA VOLUME III GElV[§TONE§ OF TXiE ,voRLD §ERIE§ SERIES EDITOR... GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, VOLUME III by Joh11 Sinkankas ON ~rf-IE co ·vER North An1erican gems...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...and pinkish purple (I .3 5 et). GEMSTONE§ (O)f NORTH AMERICA VOLUME III John Sinbanbas Colar Photography...Qurrli~y Books, Inc.) Sinkankas, John. Gen1stones of North An1erica. Vol. III/ John Sinkankas. p. cm. lncludes
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locations: A directory to co!le.cling sites in North America MINERALS AND GEMS A COLOR TREASURY FORCOLLECTORS...not just a picture book. Rather, it is a veritable mine of information, telling everything the collector...directory listing over fifteen hundred localities in North Am erica where gem specimens may be fou nd. Interspersed...you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary arrangements...LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES
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Director Bulletin 747 GEOLOGIC LITERATURE ON NORTH AMERICA 1785-1918 BY JOHN M. NICKLES PART ll...'> fPs>nP.r r.ovP.r) GEOLOGIC LITERATURE ON NORTH AMERICA, 1785-1918. By JoHN M. NicKLEs. pART II...anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...Geographic Society 1 2 GEOLOGIC LITERATURE ON NORTH AMERICA, 1785-1918. Ohio St Univ · Ohio State University...and arachnids: Scudder, 85i Geologic history of North American continent: Hall, 69, 83m; White (C A),
Journal (issue)
Norton. First Vice-Presldent 11945 Magnolia Blvd .• North Hollywood. CA 91607 Lee Hollinshead. Second Vice-President...is priced at only . . . $.85 per lb. BLACK SPIDER MINE TURQUOISE - All ring size stones, mostly of a medium...- ALL ORDERS MUST INCLUDE A 12.00 fee If In the USA - all others Including Canada must include full...First Vice-President, CFMS 11945 Magnolia Boulevard North Hollywood, California 91607 Robert S. Elliott, Milton...to be held October 11 and 12 at the Washington County Fairgrounds Building, Dewey, Oklahoma. To give
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY PETROLOGY, AND MINERALOGY...Page. 5 6 11 383 393 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY, PETROLOGY, AND ...Proceedings, vols. 8 and 9. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 1, no....vol. 10-14. London, England. 8 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY. Institution of Mining Engineers:...Geological Survey: Eocene; Miocene; Garrett County; Cecil County; and vols. 4 and 5. Baltimore, Md. Mazama:
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long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite
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Bibliography of North American Geology, 1950-1959 By RUTH REECE KING, ELISABETH S. LOUD, MILDRED CHALLMAN...GEORGIANNA D. CONANT INTRODUCTION This bibliography of North American geology lists publications that appeared...(including Alaska and Hawaii), the rest of the North American continent including Greenland, the West...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general nature,...not if they deal with foreign areas. Articles on North America by foreign' authors are included regardless
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Author: Gem Cutting- A Lapidary's Manual Gemstones of North America Mineralogy for Amateurs Van Nostrand 's...Distances 4. Plotting a Position 5. Land Subdivisions, USA 6. Land Subdivisions, Canada 7. Student Rock and...in Granite Terrain View of Mount Antero-White Mountain Weathered Granite View Near Ramona, California...Pegmatite Pocket Graphic Granite Specimen Hjmalaya Mine Gem Pocket View of Hercules Mme Outcrop View of...Crooked Creek Stream Beds Alluvial Deposit Sapphire Mine Entering a Gem Pocket Specimen Deposits Topaz Pocket
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Author: Gem Cutting-A Lapidary's Manual Gemstones of North America Mineralogy for Amateurs Van Nostrand's Standard...Distances 4. Plotting a Position 5. Land Subdivisions, USA 6. Land Sutxiivisions, Canada 7. Student Rock and...in Granite Terrain View of Mount Antero-White Mountain Weathered Granite View Near Ramona, California...Graphic Granite Specimen Himalaya Mine Gem Pocket View of Hercules Mine Outcrop View of Mount Apatite Pegmatite...Crooked Creek Stream Beds Alluvial Deposit Sapphire Mine Entering a Gem Pocket Specimen Deposits Topaz Pocket
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of Gem Cutting—A Lapidary’s Manual Gemstones of North America LINE DRAWINGS AND DIAGRAMS BY THE...Distances Plotting a Position Land Subdivisions, USA Land Subdivisions, Canada Student Rock and Mineral...Granite Specimen 89. Himalaya Mine Gem Pocket 90. View of Himalaya Mine Outcrop OL. View of Mt. Apatite...IMESy 116. Talis 118. Alluvial Deposit Sapphire Mine Entering a Gem Pocket Specimen Deposits Topaz Pocket...Nephrite Specimens 120. Yogo Gulch Sapphire Mine 121. Mine Workings and Dumps 122. Ultraviolet Light
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Identification of Ore Minerals, 2nd ed., Elsevier-North Holland, New York, 1971. The word “opaque” may also...Asia 12. Middle East 13. African Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15. Australia 16. Antarctica...Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania...Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia AL AK AZ...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver
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recognized publications and reflect, in general, North American usage, although some British and Australian...are, for the most part, restricted to those of the USA. Old and obsolete terms are defined when possible...through accessory structures (such as tops or mountain summits over a region have approximately bullae...that tapers to a sharp point, accumulation mountain mountain of accumulation. acid adj. (a) silicic, (b)...aventurine (esp. “aventurine feldspar”). adret A mountain slope so oriented as to receive the maxi¬ advolute
 
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