 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Virginia's Old Dominion Soapstone Quarry ALBEMARLE t /fTr C Ch I arlottesville COUNTY'-' v VIRGINIA Lewis...(Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville). These specimens were collected...collected by various people who have visited the quarry over the past 15 years. A preliminary description...University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 INTRODUCTION T h e Old Dominion soapstone quarry, located...located i n southern Albemarle County, Virginia, is part of one of the richest soapstone belts in the world |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...1988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 1 988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA PART I I : CARBONATES, SULFATES, AND PHOSPHATES By R. S. MITCHELL...BLAND, JR. Department of Geology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Following the scheme introduced...given to minerals tals in vugs and as crusts, in soapstone which contain the somewhat complex anionic groups...the from the old Alberene quarry. In the carbonates, sulfates, and phosphates new quarry at Alberene white...Stone quarry at Red Hill. Calcite is the major component of the common in the soapstone quarry at Old |  | | 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 |  | | 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 (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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | available. To obtain the use of these sets write: Dr. Virginia L. Blackford, Chairman Education and Program Aids...Morgantown, Pa. Monday, June 22nd, visit famous old French Creek Iron Mine, 12 miles east of Morgantown...visit to choice location as guests of Rockland County Min284 eral & Gem Society . Tuesday, June 23rd...Admittance fee. You will be the guests of The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society. Wednesday, June 24 th...Council for establishing a branch of University of Virginia, known as George Mason College. Served as member |  | | Journal (issue) | | problem, and it is not uncommon for students to pull old books from Harvard’s vast library stacks and find...generations of mineral collectors to enjoy. Issues of 2 old publications such as The Mineral Collector and editions...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...Iron-Manganese Phosphates of the Williams Pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (1975) P.B. Leavens and T.A. Simpson, |  | | Journal (volume) | | New York. Gypsum in New York. Salt in New York. Talc in New York. Sellards, E. H. State Geologist... J ournal. H. Engineering and Mining Talc and Soapstone. Principal of the Cornwall School of Metalli¬...Coal Mining in West Virginia. Natural Gas in West Virginia. Petroleum in West Virginia. Zook, Jesse A...Burlington Virginia. Thos. L. Watson, Charlottesville Washington.... Henry Landes, Seattle West Virginia.. I...Pennsylvania . South Dakota.. Tennessee. West Virginia.. Name and Address. G. B. Tucker, Commissioner |  | | Book | | IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning of the 20th...20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the superb specimens...crystalline talc. Easily the best extant crystal, a doubly terminated floater found in a talc vug in 1997...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins... and large ilmenite masses could be seen on the old dumps. In 1975-1976, Brunet collected sharp, black |  | | Report (issue) | | and F. F. Wright___________ Rutile in the Harford County, Md., serpentinite belt, by Norman Herz and L....Valentine________________________ Phosphate occurrences in Nye County and adjacent areas, Nevada, by C. L. Rogers, F...of lamprophyre dikes near Great Falls, Maryland-Virginia, by J. C. Reed, Jr., R. F. Marvin, and J. H. ...quality of selected streams in southern Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., by Ellis Koch __ C189 Use of...them in many of the counties: R. R. Coats, Elko County; RonThis paper Is a somewhat revised version of |
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