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Augite from
Rabun Gap, Rabun County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rabun Gap, Rabun County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:317173
Long-form Identifier:1:3:317173:8
GUID (UUID V4):21cfb093-252b-4d42-9dd4-aad12958b83a
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
13.6km (8.5 miles) Otto prospect (Little Coweetah prospect; Sheenah prospect), Macon County, North Carolina, USA
40.0km (24.8 miles) Cullowhee Mine, Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
86.0km (53.4 miles) Pressley Sapphire Mine, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
94.1km (58.5 miles) Western North Carolina Nickel Laterite Occurrence (TES), Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF............................................. 133 Augite ........................................................................................... 170 County Index ........................................
Report (issue)
. . GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA S. W. McCALLIE, State Geologist BuLLETIN No. 29 A REPORT ON THE...THE ASBESTOS, TALC AND SOAPSTONE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY OLIVER B. ~OPKlNS, Ph.D., A&sistant State... THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE Geological Survey of Georgia IN THE YEAR 1914 (Ex-Officio) His ExCELLENCY,... JOHN M. SLATON ........ Governor of Georgia PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD HoN. PHILIP COOK ..................Schools LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA, ATLANTA, June 16, 1914. To His Excellency, JoHN
Report (issue)
Hook -VNS4K .C%K'5 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Ceologist BULLETIN No....Preliminary Report on the Corundum DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY FRANCIS P. KING Assistant Geologist 1894...0OaJU\ e^o-^Lo^QyVhJO. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GEORGIA W. S. YEATES, State Geologist BULLETIN No...2 A PRELIMINARY REPORT Corundum Deposits or GEORGIA FRANCIS P. KINO Assistant Geologist 1894 Atlanta...Geological of Georgia. (Ex-Officio). His Excellency, W. J. NORTHEN, Governor of Georgia, President
Report (volume)
______________________________________________ Georgia .............................................................................................. Georgia -.-.....---.-----..--.......-........-..--.-....... ...--...-..---.....-.--........---.-..-... Georgia ................................................. II. Outcrop of peridotite at Buck Creek, Clay County, N. C........ III. A, Corundum in chlorite at Corundum...Carolina; B, Corundum in gneiss, Muskrat Fork, Clay County, N. C... J... IV. A, Bed of ruby-bearing gravel
Book (volume)
Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes it the...highest elevation in the state at 4,784 feet. 145 Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout...mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily divides into five major physiographic provinces...The first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous discoveries of Gold... some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively prospected for gold since colonial
Report (volume)
Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Report (volume)
............................................. Georgia..................................................Florida-______Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia,_____Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Idaho______.Mr...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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 S., R. 7 E.;
Book (volume)
..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
gemstones. It is the purpose of this book to fill this gap. Aside from personal satisfaction in writing about...Illinois. Detailed information on the State of Georgia was supplied by Dr. A. S. Furcron, Chief Geologist...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...in the small cavities in limestone in Herkimer County, New York, only one quartz crystal may be found
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show...called bediasites from Bedias, a town in Grimes county. Gold is a subject by itself, but because the gem...magnet, and separate the gold. In the East, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Virginia have been...Colorless, carbonate 2.9-3.0 yellow (e-rag'-e-nlt) Augite 5-6 Calcium Black 3.3 aluminum (aw '-jit)
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic... These are prized as ornaments. Virginia and Georgia are major sources of such crystals known as...pegmatite (g) Mount Antero, 12.000 (h) Chaffee County, Colorado (i) from the Smith collection feet
Book
topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...angles. These are prized as ornaments. Virginia and Georgia are maior sources of such crystals. The group of...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 ...topographic method. Another advantage Is that any gap in this type of collection becomes obvious. and this
Book (volume)
abundant in this country. Corundum Hill in Macon County, North In the Lucas mine on Carolina, small amounts...found more recently in Cowee Creek, also in Macon County, about five miles from Franklin, and have been...Carolina and of South Carolina and extends into Georgia and Alabama. Almost all the precious corundum found...found in this region comes from Macon County in North Carolina, where the crystals, which are usually...Caiolina, and specially at Cowee Creek in Macon County, has already been dealt with undei ruby. In 290
Journal (volume)
Spontaneous Combustion , 567 Chili,Export from County ... , Penn... ofMineral Black Band Ore ... Clarendon...Mines ,. any . , Iron Comp Coal Company 55 Clinton County Share Market for June..... Boston 66 Mining 66...Region and its Mines of Lake Superior from Ontonagon County ,... Copper shipped Copral England..... in Suffolk...Hariz Gas Coal Georgia CopperMines Georgia Copper Mines, Georgia, Gold in .... Georgia, Silver Mines in...HillMine, California .. 242 Gold in Alabama . 422 99 Georgia . 68 16“ Canada , 442 420 301 " New Grenada 69
 
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