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Sapphire from
Iredell County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Sapphire
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphire data
Locality Data:Click here to view Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:351905
Long-form Identifier:1:3:351905:9
GUID (UUID V4):9145538e-1990-46c9-a732-c8f4d3fde270
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Ruby Sapphire Oriental Emerald Oriental Amethyst Oriental Topaz Pink Sapphire Asteriated Sapphire Jasper...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have
Report (issue)
.'.' .., 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
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
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 (volume)
'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340
Report (volume)
varieties.......---..-.-..-..-...-,.-..--..-.....Sapphire or gem corundum ........_...'...................of a gem..................................... Sapphire as a gem ......... ................_............the United States ......-.- -.....-...-...... Sapphire or gem corundum .--.-.----..--........--..............-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina ______________________________________________........_.. Sapphire .............-................................_........... North Carolina ___..__._
Report (volume)
............................................. Sapphire or corundum gems ....... ..-.............................................................. North Carolina sapphires^......... ..........._.................... North Carolina..... .... ........................... ................. Macon County ................ .......... .1...................... Clay County.. ...............................................tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ .............................
Book (edition)
t^^*l IDOCRASE lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS 4 GEM...a distinguishing and a value-fixing is star sapphire and the chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly...plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been...were Shop, Chicago. Cabochon-cut Note star sapphire. fine lines radiating from top of cut stone...stone which give the name it of star sapphire. A crystal and a cut specimen of kunzite. Found in California
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES, JR., DIRECTOR DIVISION...GEOLOGIST Circular 17 BERYL OCCURRENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA BY WILLIAM F WILSON Ooc RALEIGH 1962 CONTENTS...USESo 8 o . . . BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN NORTH CAROLINA 9 Varieties * o ••••••••.• Mode of Occurrencec...RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA . H OCCURRENCES OF BERYL IN NORTH CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...•••••...••.• Ashe County,* ... 0 o * * • o o Burke County* • * • . • . • • • * • • Catawba County* • « . » *
Book (edition)
Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...last few years a great ties and minerals in Iredell and Alexander, and and value T of the mineral...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...interesting mineral localities and minerals in Iredell and Alexander, and much of counties And the...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
09:35 10 October 2014 Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado O wing to its diverse paragenesis and...zircon crystals from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz specimen from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, John Smolski photo...syenite in the Litchfield-Gardiner area, Kennebec County (King and Foord 1994). Zircon crystals to 2.5 cm...Mineville, Essex County, and crystallized specimens have been collected at Deer Hill, Orange County, and at Fine
Report (volume)
North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905
Report (issue)
0, I y. 50 .r rVv, rv O. ^ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE...BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK AND CHARLES E. HUNTER...UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER L. STUCKEY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK AND CHARLES E. HUNTER
Book (edition)
.......................................... North Carolina ....................................................................... _............ . North Carolina ..................................................................................... . North Carolina ........................................................................................ . Sapphire ................................................mined in the United States during 1912 was Montana sapphire, of which there was a large output for use both
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.......................................... 475 North C arolina.............................................477 Analyses of allanite from Virginia and North C arolina........................ 478 Gulf S tates..................................... 480 Roanoke County, V irginia........................................................................ 481 Am herst County, V irginia........................................................................... 481 Llano County, T exas.......................................
Report (issue)
Nortfc C *°<™ Sftfe library °' Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...GEOLOGIST BULLETIN NO. 42 Chromite Deposits of North Carolina BY CHARLES E. HUNTER, THOMAS G. MURDOCK AND...UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER L. STUCKEY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...org/details/chromitedeposits1942nort North Carolina State library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION...Geologist BULLETIN NO. 42 Chromite Deposits of North Carolina Geology and Mining CHARLES E. HUNTER and THOMAS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uncommon on Earth but the gem varieties of ruby and sapphire are relatively rare. Gem corundum deposits are...Aappaluttoq southwest Greenland. Photo: Courtesy True North Gems Inc.Photo: (Vancouver, BC, True Canada). deposit...deposit, southwest Greenland. Courtesy North Gems Inc. (Vancouver, BC, Canada). Over lastdecade, decade...(23) North Carolina (Corundum Hill; Cowee Valley; Buck Creek); (24) Montana (23) North Carolina (Corundum...(Fiskenæsset district-Aappaluttoq); North of Aappaluttoq); North of Nuuk (Storø; Kangerdluarssuk). Switzerland:
Report (volume)
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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Report (issue)
. ........ ...... .... ................ Korth Carolina ..... ...... .......................... ........diameter; the increased output of Fergus County, .Montana, sapphire mines, and the yielding of fine blue...of in this article at Griio l\fogol, 100 miles north of the celebrated diamond beds o f Diamautiua, in...report has liitely been made upon the extensive sapphire and golcl mining property on Yogo Creek, in Fergus...of formation of the com11d111n deposits of North Carolina, by i\lr. J. H. Pratt, of the geological survey
Book (edition)
........................................ . North Carolina. ............................................Yogo American Snppliire Co. nnd of the New l\fine Sapphire Syndicate m Fergus Coun Ly produced mnny stones...blue color, nnd the pincer deposits of Grnnito County, Dem·lodge Count.y, nnd nlong :Olissouri River... C., for information on emerald occurrences in North tJarolina. AGATE. MONTANA. e' . I •i, •. i '...15 miles east of Indian Springs, San Bernarclino County, hove been examined. This stone has been called"
Journal (issue)
Colburn In January 1928 I found myself back in North Carolina looking for­ ward, with much pleasure, to a... My first trip was to the Lambert farm, in Iredell County, where the summer before I had seen the clay... Since 1895 very little mining was done in North Carolina except for feldspar, kaolin, mica and a little...(a rose colored garnet), and the corundum gems sapphire and ruby. Specimens of all these min­ erals are...rhododendron make a visual fairyland of western North Carolina until late into June. No one can adequately
Report (volume)
......... 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
Journal (issue)
Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...overall light smoky shade, and one from Saline County, Arkansas, failed to turn color at all. Crystals...“Hot Springs area” * “Hot Springs area” Lincoln County Veta Grande Claim, Yuma Co. Arkansas Arkansas...inclusions during hard winter freezes. A number of North Carolina locations are noted for smoky amethyst crystals...of the major amethyst occurrences of east­ ern North America. In many instances individual symbols represent
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 646 SPIRIT LEVELING IN NORTH CAROLINA 1896 TO 1914, INCLUSIVE R. B. MARSHALL, CHIEF...Work done in cooperation with the State of North Carolina in 1896 and from 1902 to 1910, inclusive WASHINGTON... Catawba, Craven, Davidson, Durham, Guilford, Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, McDowell, Madison, Orange...there is no rock. PLATE I SPIRIT LEVELING IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1896 TO 1914, INCLUSIVE. R. B. MARSHALL, Chief...Geographer. INTRODUCTION. Cooperation. The State of North Carolina contributed financially to the work in 1896
 
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