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Variscite from
Indian Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Variscite
Formula:AlPO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Variscite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Indian Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:144613
Long-form Identifier:1:3:144613:5
GUID (UUID V4):9bffbb7d-8dc9-41a8-a4a6-9b2146239e2f
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Phosphosiderite (showing twinning) from Indian Mountain, Alabama. Bar is 20 /im. Figure 2: Group of aluminan...Georgia. Bar is 20 ^m. N e w Minerals FROM INDIAN MOUNTAIN, ALABAMA, AND CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA HENRY L . BARWOOD...amateur mineralogists in the Indian Mountain area, Cherokee County, Alabama, has revealed a substantial...phosphate minerals not previously reported in Alabama (Barwood, 1974; Hajek, 1978). New occurrences of...of phosphosiderite, aluminian strengite, variscite, leucophosphite, gorciexite, and chur­ chite were
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I I 34° MARIOH 34° I LAMAR , v:I G'l Alabama Q, \'l'I Q, 33° 0 1- I I I (/) ";lO ...Geological Survey of Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has long been a significant
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THE DIXIE MINE Rockbridge County, Virginia The Dixie mine in Rockbridge County, Virginia, has yielded some...E IS L O C A T E D in northeastern Rock­ bridge County, Virginia, about 1.5 miles southeast of Vesu­ vius...kidwellite, dufrenite, wavellite, strengite, variscite, and the rare yttrium phosphate churchite. The...well-known In­ dian Mountain and Rock Run localities of Cherokee County, Alabama (Barwood, 1983; Barwood...croscopic comparison with known material from Cherokee County, Alabama, from the position within the paragenetic
Report (issue)
with phosphosiderite, forms a series with variscite. Variscite group. Occurrence: A late secondary mineral...Portugal. In the Bomi Hill Caves, Liberia. In the USA, from the Palermo #1 and Fletcher mines, near North... Virginia; large crystals from Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama; at Three Oak Gap and the Coon
Report (issue)
rhabdophane, wavellite, crandallite, turquoise, variscite, cacoxenite, beraunite, dufrénite, goyazite,...Jáchymov (Joachimsthal), Czech Republic. In the USA, in the Kelly Bank mine, east of Vesuvius, Rockbridge...Girard, Burke Co., Georgia; on Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama; found about one km south of Sausalito
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bostwick, 196 Agates, Minnesota, 130 Alabama, Indian Mountain, 152 Alexander, E . C : Jr., Minnesota...of Rockbridgeite, 20; New Minerals from Indian Mountain, Alabama, and Cedartown, Georgia, 152 Bauer, L...Denver Museum of Natural History, 58; Clear Creek County, 241 Coming Events: 38, 81, 177, 227, 273 Connecticut...associated minerals, 63 India, ferberite, 29 Indian Mountain, Alabama, 152 In Memoriam: Katherine Howell Jensen...Pegmatite in the Clear Creek District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, 241 Jamesonite, 258 Jameson, R., 258
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Cassedanne A vivianite occurrence in Contra Costa County,California ... 337 by C. B. DeWitt Essay: minerals...Niedermayr Phosphate microminerals of the Indian Mountain a r e a 355 by J. B. Gordon, Jr. & C. L....localities: The Phoenixville lead-silver mines, Chester County, Pennsylvania ...................................location in the city of Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California. The occurrence is in a newly excavated...Map of the Walnut Creek Quadrangle, Contra Costa County, California. U.S. Geo­ logical Survey Open-File
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evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals...Custer-Pringle area, Custer County, and at the Etta mine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in...Dakota, especially at the Beecher Lode, Custer County, as masses up to 200 tons in weight; as rounded...thickness at the Giant-Volney mine at Tinton, Lawrence County; and as masses 20-40 feet long at the Hugo, Ingersoll...Ingersoll, and Peerless mines, Keystone, Pennington County. It also is found in Arizona, New Mexico, California
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N . Y . 10710 Excellent x l specimens, bottles, Indian relics, fossils. W a n t X l s , C i v i l W a...swap almandine garnet xls 1 " , also x l s of variscite, pyrophyllite, for crystals i n trade of any size...Cooley, 32 Lincoln, O x ­ ford, Mich. 48051 Indian Mountain, Alabama—strengite, rock bridgeite, laubmannite
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from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Sodalite, Olivine (Peridot), Turquois, Prosopite, Variscite, Jade (Nephrite and Jadeite), Rhodonite, ldocrase...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California...San Benito County, Calfornia E. L. Gray Opencut wall, Dallas Gem mine, San Benito County, California
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Camden County makes handsome polished specimens. Quartz found near Trenton and in Monmouth County must...are similar in the other claypits of Middlesex County. Some feldspar and amphibole minerals are found...from their dumps, and the limestones of Sussex county outside of Franklin produce a variety. An occurrence...Beemerville, and arsenopyrite occurs in Warren county. Dr. Alfred C. Hawkins, practicing mineralogist...nice copper minerals. Bell Mountain on the Delaware River in Mercer County affords epidote crystals and
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index. This is organised hierarchically by country, county or state, then site name. To avoid the confusion...century boundary changes in the British Isles, the county boundaries defined by the Local Governmant Act...referred to as Glamorgan. The new counties and county boroughs brought in by the Lieutenancies Act of...MORETON, S. PEARCE, J. (1996) Lanzarote, Fire mountain to zeolites 16:34-37 PENHALLURICK, R.D. (1997)...12:10-14 SOUTHWOOD, M. & BEVINS, R. (1995) Parys mountain: The type locality for Anglesite 15:11-17 STARKEY
Report (volume)
......................................... 5 Alabama..................................................form. 10 USEFUL MINERALS OF UNITED STATES ALABAMA. ALABAMA. Alum. See Halloysite. Aluminum. See Bauxite...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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description of localities. A R K A N S A...counties where minerals have been found. Baxter County Michigan Mine, 1 mile east of Buffalo River; fractured...W U L F E N I T E (Stroud et al., 1969). Benton County Rogers Limestone Quarry, near Rogers; calcite veins...Rhodes-Man­ chester and other mines; eastern edge of county around Zinc; mineralized Everton Dolomite and St...E R I T E (Stroud et al., 1969). Boone County Carroll County Harrison Zinc District, includes the North
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Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Gibbs) 14:283-298 ALABAMA Iron phosphate mineral locality at Indian Mountain, Alabama (by H. Harwood) 5:241-244...phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...first. Alabama (by H. Barwood & B. Hajek) 9:388391 Notable gold occurrences of Georgia and Alabama (by R...Phosphate microminerals of the Indian Mountain area [Georgia and Alabama] (by J.B. Gordon, Jr. & C. L.
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popularity in the world, while it is the leader in the USA. Recently, well known jewelry stones have been joined...Bilibin in 1936, at the foot of the Lapchatyi Bald Mountain, in the upper reaches of the Inagli River, provided...chromediopside covers a road, the slope o f a nearby mountain, and the banks of a creek. World of Stones, I'&...an elk crossed the road at one place. From the mountain, we gained a view of the Inagli deposit and the...Robert W. Jones (USA) and Michael Leybov (Russia) BOX 51 SHORT HILLS NEW JERSEY O 7 O 7 8 USA FAX: 2 0 1 -
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processes can be observed directly. We can watch mountain streams tumble pebbles as they flow downhill to...field full of rounded pebbles at the base of a mountain, I don't suspect that the site is an ancient volcano...Mogok, Burma (faceted gem, 44.73 CO; San Carlos Indian Reservation, Arizona (necklace and specimen, 7...also occur. When two continents collide, huge mountain ranges are formed, as crustal rocks are either...Spitzkoppe, Namibia (crystal, 4 x 4 cm); Mason County, Texas (gem, 48.35 ct). Topaz is one of many gem
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conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper , allegedly...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour:...meteorite, with pieces found at Canyon Diablo (Arizona, USA), fell c. 20,000-40,000 years ago, creating a crater...(Germany), Glkos (Russia), Sterling Hill (New Jersey, USA), Jachymov and Pribram (Czech Republic) and St Marle-aux-Mlnes
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conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper, allegedly the...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour:...meteorite, with pieces found at Canyon Diablo (Arizona, USA), fell c. 20,000-40,000 years ago, creating a crater...(Germany), Glkos (Russia), Sterling Hill (New Jersey, USA), Jachymov and Pribram (Czech Republic) and St Marle-aux-Mlnes
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publication of the Tuscarora Lapidary Society, Delaware County, Penn­ sylvania 446 ROCKS AND MINERALS Can be...Gemology in the Adult Education system of Mont­ gomery County, Maryland, speak on the Jewels of Iran. Mrs. Taggert...on thinolite from her collection.-----The Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleon­ tology’ Society’, Paramus...-----The Nassau Mineral Club, Mineola, joined The Cobb County Gem and Min­ held a symposium session with speakers..... . which includes: American Mineral Indian Mountain, Alabama. Other minerals, Heritage, an EFMLS show;
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Roger Tory Peterson 14. A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers by John J. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead...beneath deposits of rubbish from the bounding mountain masses, carried down and spread out over low plains...come to the place (all along ‘the Appalachian mountain chain) where we again have an indication that...frequently form prominent landscape features (Stone Mountain, Georgia). Monumental and building stone quarries...rocks and then carry away the pieces. In high mountain regions where the temperatures change rapidly
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in Ramona, California. In his youth he collected Indian artifacts; as his love for prospecting grew, he...returned to Hillsboro to build another grubstake. Indian problems delayed their return to the diggings for...lake (.Republican, 1883a). “ The brutality of the Indian raids through Arizona and New Mexico in these days...36. FOUNTAIN, A. J. (1882) Report o f Doha Ana County: Bureau o f Immigration o f the Territory o f New...(1881) (ca.) Map of Sierra Mines, Daly, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. James D. Hague Papers, Huntington
Report (issue)
USGS, Retired 2- USGS, Reston, VA 4- Exxon-USA, Los Angeles, CA 1983 CONTENTS Page Abstract...Fertilizer Development Center in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. This bibliography is a product of Working Group...SCI, VOL. 24, NO, 2, P, 215-223, ILLUS, index =INDIAN OCEAN-fGEOCHEMISTRYIPHOSPHATESISOILSICHRISTHAS...REGULAR IN HOTSPRING, WASHAKI, BIG HORN, AND PARK COUNTY AND THUS A PERI OD OF EROSION BEFORE DEPOSITION...HAHASU DISTRICT, HIMACHAL PRADESH [ABSTR.3 source =INDIAN SCI, CONGR, ASS,, 57TH SESS,, PROC, PART 3, P,
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eight-petalled lotus necklace, turquoise maiden and Hopi Indian buckles, and an inlaid pre-Columbian brooch • The...Project 13 TURQUOISE MAIDEN BUCKLE Project 14 HOPI INDIAN BUCKLE GLOSSARY » 150 152 155 159 162 165 168...diamonds is extensive. It was the Southwestern Indian tribes of America who eventually made turquoise...ancient mine workings in the eastern part of the county of San Bernardino, California. Three ma jor areas...most popular in this country. Most of the handmade Indian jewelry is produced by three tribes: the Navajo
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Foote Mineral Company spodumene mine, near Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and from the Dunton Gem mine...Bavaria, Germany (1) Blue Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, 57-59% California (2) 67-80% Poland, Maine (3)...glucinium calcium phosphate and fluoride, from Oxford County, Maine. American Journal o f Science, 3rd Series...State Mineralogy Rocks and Minerals o f Alabama, A Guide for Alabama Rockhounds (1966) T.W. Daniel Jr., T...T.L. Neatherly and T.A. Simpson, Alabama Geol. Survey Circular 38, 106 p., illus., map in pocket, softcover
 
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