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Galaxite from
Bald Knob deposit, Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Galaxite
Formula:Mn2+Al2O4
Comments:Galaxite and Jacobsite can be as intergrowths or as sepearate grains.
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kutnohoriteⓘ1 photo of Galaxite associated with Kutnohorite at this locality.
Clino-suenoiteⓘ1 photo of Galaxite associated with Clino-suenoite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galaxite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bald Knob deposit, Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:62685
Long-form Identifier:1:3:62685:3
GUID (UUID V4):53e80402-b67d-492b-99f5-03562aa616f5
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The fine-grained rocks of this deposit contain a treasure of rare, if microscopic, man­ ganese minerals...three new species. The Bald Knob Manganese Deposit ALLEGHANY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA W I L L I A M B . SIMMONS...was written, by request, for the March-April North Carolina issue. However, due to space limitations publication...N O B M A N G A N E S E D E P O S I T is one of North Carolina's most unusual and interesting deposits...This inconspicuous little prospect in western North Carolina has been the source of three new minerals and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pyroxenoidsfrom the manganesedeposit near Bald Knob, North Carolina' Gnnv A. WrNrBn,2 ERrc J. ESSENEeNo Doxero...from a metamorphosedmanganesedepositat Bald Knob, North Carolina, yield estimatesof temperaturesand local...(CoSr), alabandite (MnS), and pyrophanite (MnTiOr) at Bald Krob require a relatively reduced and sulfidizing...manganesedeposit near Bald Knob, North Carolina, is located in Alleghany County, in the northwestregion...northwestregion of the state.Sparta,North Carolina, fies about 3 miles southwest,and Bald Knob is a half mile northwest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ne* Mn-AlMemberof the SerpentineGroupfrom Bald Knob, North Garolina,and New Dita on Grove3ite' DoNtrp...at the Bald Knob manganesemine, near Sparta, North Carolina. Associated minerals include galaxite, jacobsite...depositat Bald of amesite. The name, kellyite, is in honor of Dr. Knob, near Sparta, North Carolina, was originally...Mineralogy at The of two new minerals, alleghanyite and galaxite. We of Michigan and an active contributor University...Mineralogy, The Uni- of Mn-rich phases from the Bald Knob deposit in versitvof Michigan. addition to their descriptions
Journal (issue)
157 by J. Strobbe Manganese minerals of Bald Knob, North Carolina 167 by W. B. Simmons, Jr., D. R. Peacor...found with vuagnatite at Red Mountain, Mendocino County, California (Pabst et al> 1977), has been determined...mcguinnessite spherules from Red M ountain, Mendocino County, California, were analyzed with an ARL EMX- SM...Stanislaus County, California (Bodenlos, 1950), and malachite from Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona. Other...3Mcguinnessite (this study) from Red Mountain, Mendocino County, California (M g/Cu = 1.17). D(obs.) by suspension
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pages 951-959,1963 Mn'humites from Bald Knob, North Carolina: mineralogy and phaseequilibriat G. A...sonolitehave beenfound in the Bald Knob manganese deposit of North Carolina. These mineralsare the manganeseanaloguesof...stabilizeone manganese humiterelativeto another.The Bald Knob humitescoexistwith rhodonitesand manganese carbonates...formation. Introduction The Bald Knob manganese depositin AlleghanyCounty, North Carolina has been shown by Simmons...experimentaldata and thermodynamic calculations. The deposit is characterized by both silica-rich and carbonate-richbulk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
conditions under which andalusite, spessartine, and galaxite can be formed in Mn-bearing rocks. Data on the...we found braunitefree rocks at the Kazagan-Tash deposit in the Southern Urals of Russia that simultaneously...rare and was reliably identified at the Otjosondu deposit in Namibia [23]. The metalliferous deposits are...Crn—corundum, And—andalusite, Sps—spessartine, Glx—galaxite. The reaction numbers correspond to those in Fig...Al2SiO5, spessartine (Sps) Mn3Al2(SiO4)3, and galaxite (Glx) MnAl2O4. The principal results of this research
Journal (volume)
2013.18G.M.1. BACK COVER: Bob King admiring a fine North Pennine fluorite at the British Mineral and Gem...Hemimorphite replacements of rugose corals from Swaledale, North Yorkshire Brian Young 17-19 PAPERS ‘Cellular’...Zircon pyroxenite from Upper Badcall, Sutherland, North-west Scotland Andy Moffat and Roy E. Starkey 64-67...contributions on aspects of the mineralogy of the North Pennine Orefield. Then, following Frank’s review...‘black blobs’ in Leicestershire, the focus shifts to North Wales with articles on the complex and intriguing
Book (edition)
OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2015, 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...gangue mineral may be considered as waste in one deposit and as ore mineral in another (e.g., hedenbergite)...particular sample derives from the stockwork of such a deposit, it will normally contain amorphous silica/opal...in modern hydrothermal equivalents (e.g., JADE deposit, Okinawa Trough, Japan). Thus, metasomatic/metamorphic...mineral inventory available elsewhere. Further deposit descriptions originated from: binn.strahlen.org
 
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