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Strontianite from
East Stone Gap Quarry, East Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Strontianite
Formula:SrCO3
Comments:Calcian variety.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Strontianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view East Stone Gap Quarry, East Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:63617
Long-form Identifier:1:3:63617:9
GUID (UUID V4):bf1a0b8d-5af5-4247-837c-67d536451840
Nearest other occurrences of Strontianite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Belton Quarry, East Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Roadcut(3), East Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Roadcut(4), East Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) Roadcut(1), East Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA
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Journal (issue)
May 1983 No. 2 STRONTIUM MINERALS FROM WISE COUNTY, VIRGINIA - AN UPDATE 2 1 D. Allen Penick and Lynn...celestite and strontianite, have been found in relative abundance in the area around East Stone Gap i n W i...i s e County, V i r ginia. Celestite is strontium sulfate (SrS04) and contains 56.4 percent strontium...base and poor parallel to the prim. The mineral strontianite is strontium carbonate (SrCK) ) and contajns...percent strontium o x i L . ~ l the l strontianite in W i s e County is probably calciostrontianite where
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CARBONATE MINERALS OF VIRGINIA By J. ALEXANDER SPEER Department of Geology Virginia Polytechnic Institute...Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 INTRODUCTION Simple anhydrous carbonate minerals are...orthorhombic structure, form the minerals aragonite, strontianite, cerussite, and witherite. Calcium occupies...otavite Ca 1.06 calcite Eu I.25 Sr 1.27 strontianite Pb 1.32 cerussite Ba 1.43 witherite JUNE...and strontianite forms accicular hexa­ gonal pyramids (Figure 2g). Both witherite and strontianite exhibit
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
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 (issue)
yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard
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
Report (issue)
of Mineral Resources Charlottesville, V a. West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Morgantown, W....commodities-Continued Construction materials-Continued Crushed stone, by Robert G. Stansfield, George E. Fish, Jr., and...Resource potential______________________ Dimension stone, by William L. Newman, Robert G. Stansfield, and...________ Tennessee marble belts______________ Virginia marble belts________________ Murphy marble belt________________...__ Valley and Ridge slate belt__________ West Virginia slate belt______________ Pennsylvania slate belt______________
Report (volume)
Bettie S. Hackman, Virginia M. J ussen, Elisabeth S. Loud, Mildred Challman Mead, Virginia S. Neuschel, and...and Virginia E. Rees. · The "Bibliography of North American Geology" comprises the following bulletins:...and Geology Bull. Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology County Rept.Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Mineral Resources...Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin and County Report and Mineral Resources Report. Moscow, Idaho...Department of Resource Development Water Bulletin. East Lansing, Mich. Michigan Univ. Inst. Sci. and Technology
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if the material is used as a gem or decorative stone. Rock names consisting of a single word were easily...root names here, for example, the terms rock and stone. Examples such as howlite rock, prehnite rock, dumortierite... and rhodonite rock, or Eilat stone, Petoskey stone, and stomach stone are listed alphabetically according...modifying term and not under the terms rock or stone. An effort has been made to determine the position...the Lewis Brooks Collection at the University of Virginia. Other color photographs, where credit is specifically
 
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