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Bronzite from
Clay County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Enstatite var: Bronzite
Formula:(Mg,Fe2+)2[SiO3]2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bronzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clay County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:353142
Long-form Identifier:1:3:353142:6
GUID (UUID V4):a0ec16c3-f05d-4477-98e8-238869418d1b
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Report (issue)
BULLETIN NUMBER 47 FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA By CHARLES E. HUNTER UncleT the...--------------------------------- 100 OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA 5 CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Page..._______________ 56 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA 7 ILLUSTRATIONS (CONTINUED) ...a report on "FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA." This bulletin is being published...shows huge deposits of olivine in Georgia and North Carolina, will point out a practicable source of this
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... genthite, dudleyite,arfvedsonite, penninite, bronzite, enstatite, picrolite spinel, deweylite, prochlorite...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably
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
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...Octahedrite Cassiterite Hematite (in quartz) Pyrite Bronzite Hypersthene Pyroxene Diopside Tourmaline (black)...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
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...dudleyite, arfvedsonite, penninite, roflite, bronzite, enstatite, picrolite, spinel, deweylite, prochlorite...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ORI'GINOF NICKELSiLICATESAT WEBSTER, NORTH CLARENCE CAROLINA. • S. ROSS, 2 EARL V. SHANNON FOREST...they are probablymore abundant at Webster, North Carolina, than at any other Io'cality. The Webster dunite...townof Webster,. in JacksonCounty,westernNorth Carolina,near the centralpart of the Coweequadrangle. Dillsboro...filmof serpentine andscat•ered grains of chromite,bronzite,actinolite,and talc. The freshestdunite obser..."On the Nickel Depositsof Webster,WesternNorth Carolina, Canadian Min. Inst. Jour.,vol. 9, pp. 3o3-3x6
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CHEnlSTRY. W. 0. CROSBY, REVIEWER. Notes on North Carolina ninerals. BY J. H. PRATT. J . Elisha Mitchell...chabazite, anthophyllite, enstatite, enstatite (bronzite) , and emerald beryl. T h e chabazite occurs as...associated with the wellsite, in a corundum mine in Clay County. Two analyses are given; and the ratio of A1...forming but 44.5 per cent. of the whole. T h e bronzite forms with an emerald-green diopside a tough rock...pure bronzite rock. T h e analysis and physical characters shorn this to be a very typical bronzite. T
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 (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 (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)
of previously little· known basic rocks in Towns County. It includes a review of the minerals known to...FIGURES Page 1. The ultramafic belt of eastern North America . . 2 2. 7 Contour diagram of isojoints...map of the Lake Chatuge area, Towns County, Ga., and Clay County, N.C.. . . .in pocket viii :;:. LIST...the sill and the country rock, previously termed Carolina Gneiss, are parallel suggesting contemporaneous...MILES Figure 1. The ultramafic belt of eastern North America (Hess, 1955, p. 396) and location of the
Book (edition)
(Natural History). It is available exclusively in North America from The University of Arizona Press, 1615...or more others (for example, Saratov, Washington County, Salem). In the past distinct falls with the same...nickel and may contain appreciable silicon; olivine-bronzite chondrites, (H-group), contain of the irons is...of an _ olivine with 15-20 mol. % Fe,SiO, and bronzite, together with. about 16-21 % free metal with...(E-group) Anomalous 24 7 13 3 11 4 18 5 Olivine-bronzite (H-group) meteorites Doubtful Unclassified Irons
Book (volume)
undisturbed sedimentaries: sandstone, limestone, shale and clay, with the oldest formation lying in the southeastern...vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza
Book (volume)
limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay. In these coal seams the collector may often find...grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Book (volume)
limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay. In these coal seams the collector may often find...grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Report (volume)
......-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina ______________________________________________................................._........... North Carolina ___..__._....._..._______..__._.____..._.____...........^....................... 116 116 North Carolina .............................................--.......-........-..--.-........--..-. South Carolina -...-.......:..........-.....-----....---.--........ .... ................................ North Carolina ...._.......-._..---...-....-_.._-......_-
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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...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...n t h e e a r l y 1840's i n b o t h N o r t h Carolina and Georgia. C r y s t a l s were recovered f
Report (volume)
...................... 1. Rocks from Aroostook County..... ^..................'........... 2. Miscellaneous............................................. North Carolina..............................................1. Elliott County dike............................................... 2. Crittenden County dike............................................. 3. Colfax County................ I................................142 3. Plumas County............................................... 144 4. Butte County..............
Report (volume)
.......................................... North Carolina sapphires^......... ..........._.................... North Carolina..... .... ........................... ................. Macon County .................. .......... .1...................... Clay County.. .............................................tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ ..................................... ..._.... .---.-..-............... South Carolina...... ........ .... ........... .... ........
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
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were supplied by the Carolina Biological Supply Company of Burlington, North Carolina. To those whose efforts...sediments such as detrital quartz, calcite, and clay minerals. Rocks as well as minerals and ore deposits...monzonite (Monzoni, Tyrolean Alps), nelsonite (Nelson County, Virginia), nevadite, norite (Norway), pacificite...English words can be traced to Old English: chalk, clay, coal, cobble, loam, ooze, quern- INTRODUCTION...Aztecs, Bantus, Mayas, Mongols, New Zealand Maoris, North American Indians, Tartars. Although uncommon, some
Report (volume)
Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [et al...Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II
Report (volume)
acid, is serpentine. The insoluble portion may be bronzite. Analyses of the silicates are as follows: Total...From the Silver King mine, Calico, San Bernardino County, Cal. Specific gravity, 6:28. Analysis by W. H...From .Teocalli Mountain, Brush Creek, Gunnison County, Colo. Specific gravity, 7.400 at 14.5°, corrected...vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 46. From the Rose mine, Grant County, N". Mex. Specific gravity, 6.644 at 20°. Probably...impurities. From the Missouri mine, Halls Valley, Park County, Colo. Analyses, by Hillebrand, of three different
Report (issue)
Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Introduction 26 Construction Materials 26 Cement 27 Common Clay and Shale 28 Crushed Stone 28 Dimension Stone 29
 
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