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Muscovite from
Ruby Quarry, Jones County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ruby Quarry, Jones County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:113448
Long-form Identifier:1:3:113448:3
GUID (UUID V4):2c72330f-c545-4451-bf3d-c94806f7affe
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
17.0km (10.6 miles) L. D. Owen Prospect, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) Turner Prospect, Jasper County, Georgia, USA
31.6km (19.7 miles) Parker Mine, Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia, USA
32.2km (20.0 miles) Barron Prospect, Jasper County, Georgia, USA
33.8km (21.0 miles) A. T. Redding Prospects, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
34.7km (21.6 miles) Owl Hollow Prospect, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) Walker Smith Mine, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) New Ground Mine, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) Willie Bowdoin Mine, Monroe County, Georgia, USA
38.3km (23.8 miles) Gladesville Mine, Gladesville, Jasper County, Georgia, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...JENNINGS B. GORDON, JR. P . O . Box 6214 Rome, Georgia 30162 Although perhaps best known for its gold, rutUe...rutUe, and staurolite (the state mineral), Georgia has, in fact, almost two hundred mineral species. ...have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The index has been compiled from the literature...be either a report on the economic geology of Georgia or a field guide for lapidaries, it excludes commercial
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...as Aquamarine, Beryl, some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively prospected
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
Report (volume)
Adjacent Roadless Areas, Rabun and Towns Counties, Georgia, and ·· Clay and Macon Counties, North Carolina...Adjacent Roadless Areas, Rabun and Towns Counties, Georgia, and Clay and Macon Counties, North Carolina By...adjacent roadless areas, Rabun and Towns Counties, Georgia, and Clay and Macon Counties, North Carolina I...Nantahala Wilderness (Ga. and N.C.). 2. Geology-Georgia-Southern Nantahala Roadless Area. 3. GeologyGeorgia-Buzzard...resources-Georgia-Southern Nantahala Roadless Area. 6. Mines and mineral resources-Georgia-Buzzard Knob
Journal (issue)
NON-ZEOLITE MINERALS Constant Companion of Zeolites Bob Jones The May Jewel of Royalty With WorldWide Popularity...DECORATIVE ART Showcasing the Beauty of Science Bob Jones REGULAR COLUMNS Field Notes .....................shale and crystalline calcite matrix; pink rosy muscovite and purple lepidolite; courtesy of Heritage Auctions...have caused. Pictured is the photo. EDITORIAL BOB JONES Senior Consulting Editor ANTOINETTE RAHN Managing...with ALBITE and QUARTZ Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, CA Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda© REVELATIONS
Journal (issue)
Royal Gems – Montana and Yogo Sapphires Benito County, California; the group of sapGems Found in the...Gemstone and Jewelry Industry 56 Two Decades of GIT's Ruby and Sapphire Color Standards Color Varieties of...Daniel Bronfen, Brazil Evan Caplan, USA Rocco Gay, Italy Sushil Goyal, USA Shahina Hatta, Hong Kong Dwarka...Thailand Immediate Past President Benjamin Hackman, USA Chief Executive Officer Gary Roskin ICA General Manager...31 W. 47th Street, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10036 USA ica@gemstone.org T: 1.212.620.0900 F: 1.212.352.9054
Report (issue)
and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM GOLD TORBERNITE GARNET IN MICA ANATASE...Carolina. Ruby and sapphire of-exceptional beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of...Important Gem Stones 12 Diamond 12 Corundum 13 Ruby •• 14 Sapphire 14 Beryl 14 Emerald 15 Aquamarine...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery...Avery County 25 Buncombe County 26 Burke County 26 Cabarrus County 27 Caldwell County 27 Caswell
Report (volume)
Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...Adolph Knopf, D. B. Sterrett, J. B. Umpleby, E. L. Jones, jr., G. S. Rogers, H. G. Ferguson, and G. F. Loughlin...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)
Carolina. Ruby and sapphire of exceptional beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of............................................. 12 Ruby...................................................Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ............Avery County ............................................................... 25 Buncombe County ...
Journal (issue)
largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife collection; self-collected...right) Elbaite, 7.8 cm, Himalaya rnine, San Diego County, California; Kevin Brown collection; Jeff Scovil...5 cm, Tree Root pocket, Two Point claim, Teller County, Colorado; Karl Warning collection; Jeff Scovil...COLLECTION Pyrite on quartz, 11 cm, Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington. Ex Bruce Oreck collection. Joe Budd...natrolite, 5.5 cm, Dallas Gern mine, San Benito County, California. Ex Robert Gill collection. Joe Budd
Book (volume)
..........................................140 Georgia ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Report (volume)
............................................. Georgia..................................................counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair...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;
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
south end, on the east side of Saline Valley, Inyo County'2 A thin section of a specimen,kindly furnished...375(1941). Connecticut At Haddam, in Middlesex County, on the top of Walkley llill' across the Connecticut...Connecticut River from the famous Gillette quarry, thulite occursas a band nearly a foot thick in the Middletown...Murdoch, Joseph, and Webb, R. W., Bustamite from Inyo County, California : Atn. M ineral., 21, 69-70 (1936)...localitiescited bv Northroo. Georgia The occurrenceof thulite at Stone Mountain in De Kalb County, was reported informally
Report (volume)
be changed by heat treatment or dyeing. Only the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of...or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious gems. Some...canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue in the sapphire; and grass green...price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful and durable...the deep redpyrope garnet closely resembles the ruby in color, there is no comparison in expense and
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...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...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...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...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...crystals are severely flattened when included in muscovite. Almandine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered... kyanite, andalusite, sillimanite, chlorite, muscovite, biotite, and the plagioclase, amphibole, and...near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe Hill quarry where crystals such as Harvard
Journal (issue)
Conklin Famous mineral localities: the Gillette quarry, Had dam Neck, Connecticut . . . . . . . . . ....Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36) Tuolumne County; 2.54 cm, 1.9 cm (39) Seaton mine, Amador County; 12.07 cm...Dorado County; 1.5 cm (55) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 8.26 cm (60) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 4.76...Dorado County; 4.29 cm (62) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 2.22 cm (63) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 2.54...WEW Figure 3. Gold from the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California: shown on the facing page as no. 60
Book
California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky...Caucasus Mountains in the land of Colchis (now Soviet Georgia). The picturesque legend of Jason and the Golden...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and
Journal (issue)
Aquamarine-Glenn & Janis Rising collection, page 218; Ruby-Michael Biavati collection, page 22; AmazoniteDoug...in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among... HI STORY_....,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _......., J COUNTY MAp o, '1~AAa M'Al.t.OFM.11.ES An 1870 map of...Barber's Hili salt dome at Mont Belview, Chambers County, on the Texas Gulf coast, small but sharp tetrahedral...Mountain and near Kingsland in Llano County. A northeastem Gillespie County locality known as Amethyst Hili
Report (issue)
Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... Physical Characteristics of Commercial Sheet Muscovite in the Southeastern United States By RICHARD H...6 7 8 11 12 12 15 16 16 17 17 22 24 26 Sheet muscovite in the Southeastern States.____________ Distribution...deposits. ___——_—————_—___—_____ Tests of sheet muscovite from the Southeastern States————_ General statement...-_-------------_---_---_ Reeve structures in muscovite-_______________________._____________________
Journal (issue)
Dayvault University of South Carolina Atlanta, Georgia Margaret A. McBrien Arthur J. Ehlmann Texas Christian...Berkeley William Pinch A. A. Giardini University of Georgia Rochester, New York Claude L. Schapers Bruce...their layered atomic structure. Of the micas, muscovite, phlogopite, and lepidolite are of the most economic...general formula : by MARK C. BLAZEK Descriptions MUSCOVITE, KA1 2 (A1Si 3) 0 10 (OH)2 : In any discussion...transparent and colorless). Its specific name, muscovite, appears to have originated from the old popular
Journal (issue)
++49-89-ь1354 H. Obodda Box 51, Short Hills, N J 07078, USA (Check t o b e m a d e payable t o Mr. H. Obodda)...4 Azurite & malachite breccia. Morenci, Arizona, USA. Field - 10 cm. Phelps Dodge Morenci Collection....turquoize. ALSACE F'RANCE'S Chet Jones one of Fax 5 0 5 - 7 8 2 - 5 5 5 4 (USA) voice 5 0 5 - 7 8 2 - 5 5...5 5 5 mail: B o x 1115, Zuni, New Mexico 87327, USA most beautiful regions (situated 280 miles east of...10566 USA Теl: (914)739-1134 Fax:(914)739-1257 Н. 4ß4DDA BOX51вноггт Mlus NEW ЈЕРЅЕУ O7O78 USA FAX:
 
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