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Sunstone from
Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Feldspar Group var: Sunstone
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sunstone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:236549
Long-form Identifier:1:3:236549:7
GUID (UUID V4):cee827fb-1897-4999-94b5-3d048f19889d
Localities for Sunstone in this Region
Superior Stone Company Quarry (Statesville Quarry), Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Sunstone
5.2km (3.2 miles) Superior Stone Company Quarry (Statesville Quarry), Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
'THE GEOLOGICAL vt- ,(231 > ' " ^THE MINERALS CAROLINA''" i '- OF, - :l|^fe^H - GOTEENMENT LIBRARY... W. Powell, director | | The | minerals of North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Geiitk | [Vignette]...J. W. Powell, director | | The | mineralsof North Carolina | by | Frederick Augustus Genth | [Vignette]...W. Powell, director | | The | :aainerals of North Carolina | by | FrederickAugustusGenth j [Vignette]...separately. Price $2.50. XVI. The Paleozoic Fishes of North America, by John Strong Newberry. 1889. 4°. 340
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite...westernPiedmont section of the state, and in Franklin County on the eastern edge of the Piedmont. They have...localities. Three diamonds have been found in Burke County, two of which were from near the "Ford of Brindletown
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GEMS < IF NORTH CAROLINA A greater variety of minerals, more than 300, have been found in North Car­ olina...largest Emerald in North America is a 1,438-carat specimen found at Hiddenite, near Statesville. Also, the "Carolina..."Carolina Em­ erald," now owned by Tiffany & Com­ pany of New York was found at Hidden­ ite in 1970....discovery in America was made in North Carolina in 1799 in Cabarrus County with the dis­ covery of a 17-pound...the Reed properties, the gold rush was on in North Carolina. Other large nuggets, weighing up to 28 pounds
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WILLIAM DIVISION JASPER P. OF L. SAUNDERS, MINERAL...RESOURCES GEOLOGIST Circular 16 LOCALITIES NORTH OF CAROLINA BY JAMES F. CONLEY Doc NC DENR LIBRARY...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MINERAL COLLECTING IN NORTH CAROLINA , . . . . # . WHERE TO COLLECT f ... f ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals
Journal (issue)
................... GEM HUNTING IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. By B. M . Brehm ............................Albite along with fine green Amazonite. North and South Carolina rewarded him with a long list of fine...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA By B. M. BREHM 990 Dar:ia N.E.• Warren, O. My first trip to North Carolina in 1941...discouraging. To prove my point go with me to North Carolina again this year, 1942, in the month of June:...in its proper place. On to our .destination Statesville, which we reached early the next morning where
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plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been...Diamonds have been found in the United way from North Carolina to California and from Wisconsin. Some are...are found in the rock in which spare North America. States, all the Georgia to they were created by volcanic...Locations place Table North Carolina and Georgia Diamond Locations E: NORTH CAROLINA weight plac« date...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887
Report (issue)
.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...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...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
currently being mined at Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. The more familiar and more highly regarded...relative abundance in this country are peridot, sunstone, kunzite, morganite, amazonite, agate of all sorts...variety of the mineral spodumene, that occurs in North Carolina. ;V\YTHSPUL Gem tourmaline (the species elbaite...fragments were found at Mount Mica, Paris Hill, Oxford County, Maine, in 1820 among the roots of a fallen tree...discovery occurred at the Dunton mine, Newry, Oxford County, in 1972, consisting of a series of pockets that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in...crystals have also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and...Maine; near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc...at Shaw and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of...pegmatite of the Eight Mile Park area of Fremont county, Colorado; while pink chalcedony has been found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can
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vertebrate remains. The breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...CHEYENNE, DEUEL, GARDEN & KEITH COUNTIES AREA, between North and South Platte rivers and in all tributary branches
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famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...the gem. Sapphires and rubies are found in North Carolina, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Cal¬ ifornia and...United States (Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, North Carolina among them), but production in this country...Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah. Other...nomenclature. Who would believe that the moonstone and sunstone were made of the same elements? Not to mention
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Tanzanite, Ammolite, Rhodochrosite, Zultanite, Sunstone, Moonstone & Other Feldspars This necklace...Photo from Van Lachman. Opposite page: Oregon sunstone beads, earrings, pendant and loose sunstones from...Tanzanite, Ammolite, Rhodochrosite, Zultanite Sunstone, Moonstone & Other Feldshars Renée Newman LRA...Publications P.O. Box 13384 Los Angeles, CA 90013-0384 USA (Inquiries should be accompanied by a self-addressed...Rhodochrosite earring and photo from Timeless Gems Oregon Sunstone carving and photo from Daylan Hargrave. Zultanite
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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...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...n t h e e a r l y 1840's i n b o t h N o r t h Carolina and Georgia. C r y s t a l s were recovered f
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grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯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
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grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯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
Journal (issue)
Ccurrence. Sometimes a village or township and a county, or a village and a state have the same name and...happens that the village or city 1s not 1n the county of the same name nor even in the state. For example...minerals. Chester is also a large city in Delaware County. We have frequently run across minerals recorded...Was the locality the city of Chester or Chescer County ? Worse still, we have run across items in which...Texas; to the one who knows, it is Texas, Lancaster County, Penn. Another instance are the frequent references
Report (volume)
State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...out each year into the mountains and deserts of North America to collect a great variety of materials...glaciers that once covered the northern part of North America. As you can see from the directory of digging...dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, liquid in the solidifying dike...Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quality in Brazilian gravel. Late x8th Century. SUNSTONE (Feldspar). Used in Russian jewelry. Late x8th...We are not inclined to look upon the Indian of North and South America as a mineralogist and a prospector;...2). The list as presentedis fairly completefor North and Central America but in South America, outside...at H•tnab•. Early Egyptians mined rock crystal north of Aswan. Early Egyptians mined amethyst near Gebel...Mr. Vesuvius a flourishing Neopolitan industry. Sunstone(oligoclase)obtained from Cedlovatoi Island, near
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...to list more than fifteen hundred localities in North America where gems can be found. This is the only...amateurs alike had not gone out to every corner of North America, discovered the rich gem resources of the...Colorado; and Professor Jack Hanahan of Belmont, North Carolina, with locations in their respective states...venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only the pleasure of seeking
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tH MSTONESof - NORTH AMERICA ~ VOLUME olor phot raphs yo. Erica and. Harol d Van I [iL Albuquerque...87109 N.M. N_E. Bivd. Gkapats GEMSTONES of NORTH AMERICA ~ NASMI EPPA GEMSTONES OF THE WORLD...+ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, by John Sinkankas ON@“THE VOLUME III COVER North American gems from...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75
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NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather
Report (volume)
......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
 
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