| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Almandine |
| Formula: | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Comments: | found in green chlorite schist, crystals up to 6 inches in size |
| Colour: | red |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Muscovite | 3 photos of Almandine associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Chlorite Group | ⓘ2 photos of Almandine associated with Chlorite Group at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Almandine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Little Pine Garnet Mine, Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (10 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 21495 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:21495:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 04e5323c-ac0b-4079-b4c9-c9bba1fac35b |
| Nearest other occurrences of Almandine |
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| 34.6km (21.5 miles) | ⓘThomas Mine (Balsam Gap kyanite location; Parkway kyanite location), Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA |
| 42.4km (26.4 miles) | ⓘRay Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA |
| 42.7km (26.5 miles) | ⓘBalsam Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA |
| 43.1km (26.8 miles) | ⓘCattail Mine (Iscom Mine), Yancey County, North Carolina, USA |
| 48.2km (30.0 miles) | ⓘSpec Mine (Speck Mine), Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA |
| 48.2km (30.0 miles) | ⓘFrogeye Mine, Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA |
| 50.1km (31.2 miles) | ⓘFanny Gouge Mine, Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA |
| 50.4km (31.3 miles) | ⓘGoogrock Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA |
| 51.2km (31.8 miles) | ⓘPresnell Mine (Young's Mine), Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA |
| 55.1km (34.3 miles) | ⓘSinkhole Mine, Bandana, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Almandine Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville]...New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group represent some of...deposits. In fact, in some types of economic deposits, garnet constitutes an important gangue mineral, and such...sources of fine specimens. Common species, such as almandine, are produced today for abrasive purposes and...America’s largest hard-rock garnet mines within its borders, a famous New York garnet specimen has been chosen |  | | Report (issue) | | Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM...CORUNDUM GOLD TORBERNITE GARNET IN MICA ANATASE RUTILE AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE THULITE AND PYRITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and | | | Report (issue) | | Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m |  | | Book | | long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite |
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Little Pine Garnet Mine, Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina, USA