Novaculite from
Silver Valley Mine (Spring Valley Mine), Silver Valley, Cid Mining District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Chert var: Novaculite | |
| Formation: | Primary | |
| Comments: | The cited reference gives a question mark after the term "novaculite". See my messageboard discussion for May 20, 2019. The rock is highly improbable to be sedimentary, hence a variety of chert - a strictly sedimentary rock term - does not fit. Rather the abundant material being referred to is almost certain to be rhyolite. The largely uniform light grey color reduces the amount of interest in it as a lapidary material, but it can and has been used for that. | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Unconfirmed/Questioned | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Novaculite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Silver Valley Mine (Spring Valley Mine), Silver Valley, Cid Mining District, Carolina Slate Belt, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 924612 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:924612:6 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 5c288209-e530-4059-bf26-31ad4b7a4b9b | |
| References | ||
