Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Stellerite |
Formula: | Ca4(Si28Al8)O72 · 28H2O |
Comments: | Collected by Casper Voogt. Visually distinguishing between stilbite and stellerite is not possible, so one of the Northern Virginia Mineral Club members had a sample analyzed by x-ray diffraction, I believe at the James Madison University's Geology Department lab by Dr. Kearns. |
Habit: | radiating nodules / hemispheres and spheres |
Colour: | orange |
Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
Abundance at site: | Common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Chabazite | ⓘ2 photos of Stellerite associated with Chabazite at this locality. |
Prehnite | ⓘ1 photo of Stellerite associated with Prehnite at this locality. |
Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Stellerite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Stellerite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Vulcan Materials Company Crushed Stone Quarry (Manassas Quarry), Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (13 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 672095 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:672095:7 |
GUID (UUID V4): | ea3e4c51-7ad1-4e9e-a8d1-c0467578c41f |
Nearest other occurrences of Stellerite |
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7.0km (4.4 miles) | ⓘFairfax Quarry, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA |
43.1km (26.8 miles) | ⓘHunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA |
64.3km (40.0 miles) | ⓘCedar Mountain Stone Corp. Quarry (A. H. Smith quarry), Mitchell, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA |
References |
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Vulcan Materials Company Crushed Stone Quarry, Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia, USA