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Calcite from
Franklin County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Franklin County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:356266
Long-form Identifier:1:3:356266:6
GUID (UUID V4):ca85fa50-6b21-4026-a7f6-5775e00960fe
References
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Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
Geology and Mineral Resources of Southeastern Franklin County, Pennsylvania Samuel I. Root COMMONWEALTH...Geology and Mineral Resources of Southeastern Franklin County, Pennsylvania by Samuel I. Root Pennsylvania...history, and possible use of rocks exposed in Franklin County. Rocks exposed range in age from Precambrian...character and distribution in the eastern part of the county are noted. The limestones and dolomites of Cambrian-Ordovician...Pennsylvania 2. Stratigraphic column in southeastern Franklin County 3. Elbrook bioherms in Guilford railroad cut
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Samuel I. Root COMMONWEALTH...GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA by Samuel I. Root Pennsylvania...possible use of rocks exposed in northeastern Franklin County. Rocks exposed range in age from Cambrian...Pennsylvania 2. Stratigraphic column in northeastern Franklin County. . . 3. Idealized rock succession within a...area 45 32. Stonehenge Formation in quarry at New Franklin 49 33. Thin limestone with clay and cherty intcrbeds
Journal (issue)
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Engineering Experiment Station Series, dealing with Virginia Mineral...Mineral Localities: Virginia Mineral Localities (1960 Edition) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement...(Supplement I) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement II) Virginia Minerals and Rocks (3rd Edition) Ex LIBRIS...\I i! II II BULLETIN OF THE ¡, I !V I ii VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Engineering Experiment Station...Series No. 151 Ii !I ¡1 " ii :c H I I I I ! VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITIES ( SUPPLEMENT II ) By Richard
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCAL INDEX Although perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species. and D. A L L E N P E N I C K , JR. Virginia Division...Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S V I R G I N I A M I N E R A L L...world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R . V . Dietrich. A l
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 (issue)
February 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R. V. Dietrich. Although...of the index. Some of the famous localities in Virginia, such Updated from Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 60...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed
Report (volume)
minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual............Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin......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;
Journal (issue)
BARITE IN THE DEVONIAN MARCELLUS FORMATION, MONTOUR COUNTY by John H. Way and Robert C. Smith Pennsylvania...portion of the Valley and Ridge province in Montour County. The 16+ ft. thick series of interbedded, dark...from the Washingtonville barite locality, Montour County. The fractures in the core of the nodule are usually...nodul es com posed primarily of very fine grai ned calcite and quartz, a small amount of pyrite, and poss...dark mudstone 0.4 m dark limestone Minor Trace calcite, quartz feldspar (such as albite), dolomite muscovite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite)...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey
Report (volume)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH................................................ Virginia......................................................................................... West Virginia.................................................that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason...STATES. Emerson, B. K., A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alpine fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet,...stilbite, heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often...such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals...century at the Lane quarries at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found...al. 1980) and quarries at Prospect Park, Passaic County, are noted for datolite; datolite clusters and
Journal (issue)
photographs showing a fluorescent specimen from Franklin, New Jersey, “the fluorescent mineral capital...Rock Swap The Central Pennsylvania and the Franklin County Rock and Mineral Clubs will once again collaborate...weekend in November. The location is the Delaware County Institute of Science in Media, PA, southwest of...3 Fluorescent minerals: One specimen from the Franklin, New Jersey, area is shown in normal daylight...under short-wave ultraviolet light at the right. Calcite fluoresces red; willemite fluoresces green; franklinite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fine crystallized rhodonite specimens include Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey, and Broken Hill...and include both common and rare species such as calcite, rhodochrosite, spessartine, magnetite, willemite...however, only the well-known zinc deposits of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey, have furnished...prospect, Franklin County; at Coventry and Irasburgh, Orleans County; and at Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont... at Keene, and southeast of Hinsdale, Cheshire County, and elsewhere in New Hampshire and is reported
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bassett Stone Company quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, ca. 1962. Shown are the older underground...from the Bassett Stone quarry at Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Catnip Hill facility near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...Catnip Hill facility, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Harris Precht specimen, Terry Huizing...exposed on the Gilley property in western Cherokee County (O’Neill 1950); it is relatively common as purple
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (issue)
and coal. fragments of fine-grained anhydrite. Calcite and sulfur were probably formed from anhydrite...Lake County - 2, 4 Coso Range deposits, Inyo County - 14 Coyote Mountain deposits, Imperial County - 13...Chance Range) mine, Inyo County - 9, 11, 15, 16, 17 Elgin mine, Colusa County - 6, 12 Full Moon deposit...deposit, Imperial County - 13 The Geysers, Sonoma County - 1, 18 Leviathan mine, Alpine County - 7, 17 Sulphur...Sulphur Bank mine, Lake County - 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 17; S 7 Supan deposits, Shasta County - 3; S 7 3. Goldman
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mountain, Trinity County, Calif."—on label. Island Mountain, in the S / W corner of Trinity County, is in N ...siderite—some still have the crystal shapes in cavities. Calcite, chalcocite, malachite, azurite, bornite, and a...Middletown and Meriden are in northern New Haven County in central Connecticut. ILLINOIS—From George A...area."— on label. Niota is in northern Hancock County of western Illinois. INDIANA—"I found a small new... Remington, Ind. Remington, in southern Jasper County, is in N / W Indiana. MASSACHUSETTS—"I am sending
Report (volume)
Formation (McFarlan and MERCER / / WOODFORD FRANKLIN- i JESSAMINE / 1,900,000 2,000,000 MONTGOMERY...were reduced to member rank. In southern Fayette County and areas to the south, Weir and Greene (1965)...feet in northwestern Madison County and 210 feet in northern Mercer County. The area of outcrop of the...part well sorted and cemented with crystalline calcite and generally occurring in relatively planar surfaced...Lexington Limestone from central Anderson County to eastern Fayette County, Ky. 200'- 3 DO'- O co a O O
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
green so I assume that one of the minerals is calcite, and the second is some ore of zinc. I do believe...Mr. Leek, you are correct. The white mineral is calcite (fl. bright red) ; the tiny brownish xls are willemite...brown limonite. Wickenburg is in N / W Maricopa County in western Arizona. xline—crystalline tain a... The Dallas Gem Mine is in southern San Benito County in western California. COLORADO — "Would you please...surface shows the interior cently found in San Benito County, here to be an attractive moss agate of pleasing
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
Book
11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...Localit1e•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Br1.tol County Mineral Localit1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...24--25 Dukes County Mineral Loeal1tiea •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26--21 Duk •• County Fo.sil Loeal1tie...29--3? Bs.ex County Fo ••1l Localit1e •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 37--39 Franklin Couat,. H1D.ral
Report (issue)
exceptional beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ......Alleghany County ....................................................... 25 Ashe County ............Avery County ............................................................... 25 Buncombe County ......Burke County ............................................................... 26 Cabarrus County ...
Report (issue)
of-exceptional beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...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...Caswell County 27 Catawba County 28 Chatham County 28 Cherokee County 28 Clay County • • 29 Cleveland...Cleveland County 29 Davidson County • 30 vi Davie County Durham County 31 Franklin County 31 31
 
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