| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | 'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Tourmaline data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Cliff Blanton Mine, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 801993 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:801993:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9d9862cb-7a94-4b81-a915-36b6ecec1da5 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline |
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| 2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘBowen Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 6.7km (4.1 miles) | ⓘTurner Mine, Lawndale, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 6.8km (4.2 miles) | ⓘW. H. Humphries Prospect, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 9.4km (5.8 miles) | ⓘShelby Quarry, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 9.4km (5.9 miles) | ⓘJoe E. Humphries Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 14.0km (8.7 miles) | ⓘLattimore Mine, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 14.6km (9.1 miles) | ⓘPlantation Emerald Mine (Old Plantation Mine; Turner Mine; Tarper Mine), Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 15.2km (9.5 miles) | ⓘMaurice Mine, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA |
| 15.4km (9.6 miles) | ⓘHawkins Branch Cassiterite occurrence (Meadow Creek occurrence), Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
| 16.3km (10.1 miles) | ⓘArchie Norman Mines (Wyatt Mines; W. H. Thompson Mines), Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEI PEGMATITE GEOLOGY OF THE SHELBY DISTRICT NORTH CAROLINA by \ Wallace R. Griffitts > \ I ...Metamorphic rocks....................... h- Carolina gneiss ..................... Ij- General features... 108 Beryl ......................... 110 Tourmaline. ...................... 111 Garnet. .........volume. .................. 27 k. Minerals of the Shelby district .......... In pocket ILLUSTRATIONS Fitsure...Index map of the Shelby district. ............ 1 2-. Geologic map of the Shelby pegmatite district |  | | Book | | 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...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...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m |
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