 | | 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 |  | Bosi, Ferdinando, Skogby, Henrik, Hålenius, Ulf, Ciriotti, Marco E., Mills, Stuart J. (2022) Lowering R3m Symmetry in Mg-Fe-Tourmalines: The Crystal Structures of Triclinic Schorl and Oxy-Dravite, and the Mineral luinaite-(OH) Discredited. Minerals, 12 (4) 430 doi:10.3390/min12040430 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Structures of Triclinic S Structures of Triclinic Schorl and Oxy-Dravite, and theluinaite-(OH) Mineral Mineral...Mg-Fe-Tourmalines: The Crystal Article Structures of Triclinic Schorl and 1 Dipartimento d 2 Department of Dipartimento...Claim), ied samples we North Bend, King County, Washington, DC, USA. Biaxial (−) crystals representative...(Australia) can be considered as the triclinic dimorph of schorl, as its chemical chemical compo Lowering R3m Symmetry...Mg-Fecomposition corresponds to schorl, and thus it should be referred as schorl-1A. Similarly, the triclinic |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fe3+ at the Y and Z sites, thus shifting from a schorl-dravitic composition to a bosiite one. The second...consists of a dominant Journal Pre-proof presence of schorl-dravitic tourmaline, however, with a scarce occurrence...the general formula XY3 Z6 (T6 O18 )(BO3 )3 V3 W (Henry et al. 2011), in which X = Ca, Na, K, vacancy; Y...schorlitic-dravitic composition (Fig. 5b, from schorl-dravitic compositions towards depletion of Al and...foitite, oxyschorl and oxy-dravite, 4.81 and 5.27 in schorl and dravite, but significantly decreasing from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wise County, Virginia Figure 1: Sandstone showing a zone rich in pyrite ooliths (5X) from roadcut along...Gap, Virginia. W. P. Porter photograph. R I C H A R D S. M I T C H E L L University of Virginia Charlottesville...Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 W I L L I A M P. P O R T E R P. O. Box 1521 Wise, Virginia 24293 T H E O...base of the Cayuga group (Silurian) in Wise County, Virginia, has been known many years (Stose, 1923)....Although very rare, detrital grains of zircon and schorl also are present, and X-ray diffraction analyses |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes...Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls and pipes; red and yellow ochre...(originally Hackleton's Rock) at Lincoln, Provi dence County, in 1640. Limestone was quarried there and "burned" |  | | Book | | 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...Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens |  | Kolitsch, Uwe, Andresen, Peter, Husdal, Tomas Andersen, Ertl, Andreas, Haugen, Astrid, Ellingsen, Hans Vidar, Larsen, Alf Olav (2013) Tourmaline-group minerals from Norway, part II: Occurrences of luinaite-(OH) in Tvedalen, Larvik and Porsgrunn, and fluor-liddicoatite, fluor-elbaite and fluor-schorl at Ågskardet, Nordland. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift, 50. 23-41 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and fluor-liddicoatite, fluor-elbaite and fluor-schorl at Agskardet, Nordland Uwe Kolitsch, Peter Andresen...from Norway, occurrences of luinaite-(OH), fluor-schorl and other members have been reported (Kolitsch...(1890). The following species were detected: schorl, fluor-schorl, luinaite-(OH), "luinaite-(F)", dravite...inclusions in a polished section of a Langesundsfjord schorl sample. As in our previous study the chemical compositions...& Tillmanns 20'10, Ertl et al. 2010, Henry & Dutrow 2011, Henry et al.2O11, Ertl & Tillmanns 2012). This |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz, Manhan River mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil...branch of the Calumet and Hecla mine, Houghton County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum (Michigan...JulyIAugust: Vanadinite and wulfenite, Old Yuma mine, Pima County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Point claim, Lake George intrusive center, Teller County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Rhodochrosite, area 28, level 20, Eagle mine, Gilman County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen on loan to the Colorado |  | | Book | | milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence...Parks and Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please..."breccia pipes". These are most abundant in King County and contain inumerable quartz crystal lined cavities |  | | Book (volume) | | 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 Warsaw...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...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 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 Warsaw...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...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (issue) | | Barite: Yellow Lake South Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York Michael Walter mwalter9@twcny.rr.com...Lawrence County, New York (Walter & Chamberlain, 20 11). An article prepared for the RoadCut Series in...Yellow Lake South road-cut, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York. 15 cm. Collected by Michael Walter,...Yellow Lake South road-cut, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York. 25 cm. Collected by Michael Walter,...Yellow Lake South road-cut, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York. 9.4 cm. Collected by Michael Walter |  | | Journal (issue) | | texture is cut by late veins of quartz, feldspar and schorl. At the 230-meter level, near the quartz core,...potassium feldspar, in some cases with associated schorl. Parallel growths aligned to the c axis are common...mainly of a large quartz core surrounded by abundant schorl and vuggy hydrothermally altered cleavelandite...appear identical in habit to crystals from Amelia, Virginia, described by Sinkankas (1968). They occur scattered...mineralogy of the Rutherford pegmatites, Amelia, Virginia. American Mineralogist, 53, 373^405. 0 The Mineralogical |  | | Journal (issue) | | 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection no. C6649;...Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality for spectacularly...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens...and FLECK, G. (1980) The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineralogical Record, 11 (4), 231–232 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by...Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed...for the other pegmatite gem mines in San Diego County, the collapse o f the Chinese tourmaline market...work to the Spaulding dike (for spessartine and schorl), and to the Little Three main dike (for elbaite...quartz and albite, with less abundant K-feldspar and schorl. Muscovite and almandine-spessartine garnet are |  | | Report (issue) | | Topographic and Geologic Survey was able to respond to county health officials with details down to the level...zones at a house in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, which came to the authorities’ attention as having... . . . . . . . . . . . . Quarry L, Northampton County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...C. K. Williams quarry, north part, Northampton County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Granitic.... . . . . . . . . . Chapel Hill anomaly, Berks County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | Novak, M., Skoda, R., Filip, J., Macek, I., Vaculovic, T. (2011) Compositional trends in tourmaline from intragranitic NYF pegmatites of the Trebic pluton, Czech Republic: an electron microprobe, Mossbauer and LA-ICP-MS study. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (1) 359-380 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.1.359 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Czech Republic Abstract Tourmalines (dravite – schorl – uvite – povondraite) from intragranitic pegmatites...melt’s composition. Keywords: tourmaline, dravite – schorl – uvite – povondraite, electron microprobe, Mössbauer...Nous avons caractérisé les tourmalines (dravite – schorl – uvite – povondraïte) des pegmatites intragranitiques...la Rédaction) Mots-clés: tourmaline, dravite – schorl – uvite – povondraïte, microsonde électronique...stability-field in PTX conditions, and refractory behavior (Henry & Dutrow 1996, London et al. 1996, Slack 1996). |  | | Book | | many years the mines and fields of St. Lawrence County have furnished museums and many lucky mineral col...been depleted through the the years, St. Lawrence County continues to supply many beautiful specimens to...types and mineralized zones of the St, Lawrence County area, A detailed discussion of the geology is beyond...and metamorphic rocks are found throughout the county, the latter prevails. Since more than three-fourths...(metamorphosed gabbro) is present locally across the county. Gabbro is a dark igneous rock composed chiefly |  | | Book | | WARWICKITE OCCURRENCE 3 7 DIAMOND LAKE ROADCUT 3 8 GRACE LAKE ROADCUT 3 8 DESMONT MINE 3 9 ESSONVILLE... epidote, garnet, pyroxene 26 BOWER'S POINT ROADCUT Herschel augite, calcite, scapolite, titanite...titanite, tourmaline, uranothorite 39 DIAMOND LAKE ROADCUT Herschel feldspar, hornblende, mica, pyroxene... ESSONVILLE ROADCUT Monmouth fluororichterite, phiogopite, diopside, calcite FARADAY HILL ROADCUT Faraday...pyrite, scapolite, sodalite, zircon GRACE LAKE ROADCUT Dudley tremolite/actinolite, diopside, phiogopite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Raven Hills Court, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919 USA; tel: (303) 598-1233 66 The Mineralogical Record...crystals abound at the locally famous High way 62 roadcut just north of Bancroft, and in numerous other col...vein-dike near Long Lake in Olden Township, Frontenac County. Tabular pseudo-orthorhombic euhedra up to 10 cm...crystal (1.6 x 2 cm) from Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario. George and Susan Robinson specimen. menite...itself is for the type locality near Perth, Lanark County, Ontario.) Huge crystals of microcline up to half |  | | Report (issue) | | of rock crops out at the eastern edge of the roadcut along Rte, 2-202 just west of the Highland Avenue...Andalusite(?) *0rthoclase iActlnollte Schorl Pyrrhotlte(?) T Schorl T T Pyrrhotlte(?) T Graphite ...yellow lines on the geologic map appears in the roadcut between two hills towards the northern end of Bearsden...nearby. A couple of schorl grains are present in the same vein. One euhedral schorl grain is pale yellow...dissected by graphite stringers as in 55-NH-6a. Schorl is also similar to that in 55-NH-6a; it is pale |
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