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Fluorapatite from
Willis Mountain Mine, Sprouses Corner, Farmville Mining District, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Willis Mountain Mine, Sprouses Corner, Farmville Mining District, Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:302219
Long-form Identifier:1:3:302219:1
GUID (UUID V4):0f25294b-187a-4fb6-abb0-d532b4bfc6d4
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘRutherford Mines, Amelia (Amelia Court House), Amelia County, Virginia, USA
50.3km (31.3 miles) ⓘMorefield Mine (Morefield pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia County, Virginia, USA
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the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho­ tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound
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to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...brown jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit
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Guelph] at 01:09 24 December 2014 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lue minerals are a traditional...well-known locality of this type is, of course, Graves Mountain, Georgia. The occurrence of lazulite in this and...specimens, an attractive lazulite from Graves Mountain has been suggested for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...quartz and generally classed as quartzites (Graves Mountain). Lesser occurrences are in quartz and phosphate-rich...Sagadahoc County, Maine. Gemmy lazulite masses are found in Chittenden Township, Rutland County, Vermont
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Collected by Reinhold Bacher; Reinhold Bacher photo. Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine...Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini
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spessartines come from Colorado and Maine. San Diego County, CA, has been the main spessartine producer in...That may be The Mineral Newsletter Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Please join our October...2001. Spessartine garnet from Ramona, San Diego County, CA. Gems and Gemology 37(4). Mindat. 2016. Spessartine...as exposed in the rocks of Corridor H in West Virginia. If you’ve missed Shelley’s field trips along...Shelley is now at the Annandale Campus of Northern Virginia Community College teaching mineralogy as well
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cathodoluminescence, CL, feldspar, kyanite, fluorapatite, REE INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW Cathodoluminescence...IMAGING TECHNIQUES a a b b FIGURE 2. (a) Fluorapatite and orthoclase CL image collected at ISO 100...required a longer exposure time (8 seconds). (b) Fluorapatite and orthoclase CL image collected at ISO 400...image of a syenite. Magnetite grain containing fluorapatite grains shows typical high levels of image noise...sillimanite also demonstrated a strong NIR response. Fluorapatite has a broad range of CL colors in the visible
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...included contain such specific details as farm roads, mountain paths, stretches of stream beds, and easily identifiable...enthusiastic amateurs alike had not gone out to every corner of North America, discovered the rich gem resources...these mountains enclose. In the East, an ancient mountain system of folded and metamorphosed sediments and...Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the Rockies
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Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout... most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning...operators, Morefield Mine, Amelia, VA; Max & Suzy Berchtold, Royal Rainbow Mine, Laytonville, CA; Ralph...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache
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Acting Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2017 For more information on the USGS—the Federal...professional paper ; 1802. Description: Reston, Virginia : U.S. Geological Survey, [2017] | Series: Professional...potential environmental and health issues caused by the mining and processing of many mineral commodities may...the environmental considerations related to the mining of nonfuel mineral resources, including the modern...Chapter B. Environmental Considerations Related to Mining of Nonfuel Minerals By Robert R. Seal II, Nadine
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present of mining and metallurgy of lead . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7.2. Past and present of mining and metallurgy...hampering our access to mineral deposits, such as mining depth controlled among others by the geothermal...Hewett in 1927 who was able to demonstrate that in mining countries exploitation, export and import of metals...passed its climax. At the very end the domestic mining industry can no longer cater for the needs and...looked up in various publications such as the “World Mining Data”, a yearbook issued by Weber and Zsak (2007)
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BSc, PhD, MIMM, FGS Fonnerly Senior Lecturer in Mining Geology University of Leicester THIRD EDITION...PUBLISHING 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ UK 550 Swanston...former in response to the changing situation in tin mining following the recent tin crisis and the latter...the subject, and the intending practitioner of mining geology would be wen advised to accompany his study...journals as World Mining,* the Mining Journal, the Engineering and Mining Journal and the Mining Magazine,t
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© 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved. Electronic edition...edition published 2009. © 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved...edition published 2009. © 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved...for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME) 8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, Colorado, USA 80127...763-3132 www.smenet.org Copyright © 2006 Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. Eletronic edition
 
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