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Sericite from
Fairy Stone State Park, Patrick County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:State Park
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:Pseudomorphs after staurolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fairy Stone State Park, Patrick County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:305491
Long-form Identifier:1:3:305491:8
GUID (UUID V4):4c590250-f55a-40ee-870a-ce7fff9d4d60
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Virginia by RICHARD S. MITCHELL Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903...same county. I t also has been observed i n pegmatites i n Powhatan County, Spotsylvania County, and...world have specimens of allanite from Amherst County, Virginia. The mineral is usually black and is coated...radioactive. The mineral was reported in Amherst County as early as 1874. Mallet ( 1 8 7 7 ) first described...Specimens from the Rutherford pegmatites, in Amelia County, are famous for the per­ fection of their thin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
different twin laws. Small 90-degree twins, called “fairy crosses,” are often removed from matrix and used...Staurolite is also the state mineral of Georgia. Staurolite (from the Greek stauros lithos “stone cross”) was described...thousand crystals from various locations in Fannin County, Georgia, they reported that the proportion of...on dark schist, Cook Road, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine. Robert J. Lauf specimen No. 3585. Volume...from the region of Patrick and Henry counties, Virginia, is notable for the fairy crosses described by
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...and most significant mineral occurrences in the state. In line with a project begun by the Colorado Friends...for each state followed by a world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed
Journal (issue)
February 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality...and most significant mineral occurrences in the State. In line with a project begun by the Colorado Friends...for each state followed by a world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed...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
Journal (issue)
yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Resume: Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard
Book (volume)
States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to hill ridges...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles
Book (volume)
within the state, but every one of Ohio’s 88 counties is surfaced with Pleistocene debris. The state was buried...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Book (volume)
within the state, but every one of Ohio’s 88 counties is surfaced with Pleistocene debris. The state was buried...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
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
Book
o r m a t i o n supplied has been organized b y State a n d f o l l o w s t h e same sequence as t h e...d a l p h a b e t i c a l l y b y t h e author. State Geologists a n d t h e S t a t e Geological S u...i d i n g c u r r e n t i n f o r m a t i o n . State D e p a r t m e n t s o f T r a v e l a n d D e...CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...e r l a n d , P o w e l l , E l k , Hiawassee, Stone, Te l l i c o , Holsten, H a r p e t h , Wa t a
Report (issue)
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 Numerous Federal, State, county, and local agencies and other organizations...•••.....• Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia ••.••.•..••.••. West Virginia ..•..••••..•.•...••..•.•.........cooperators .............................. . State, county, and local cooperators ................. . Other....................................... Status of State maps. . . . • . • . . • . • . . . . . . . . • ....raw materials in nature, Tintic district, Utah County, Utah, has confirmed the existto the development
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Plat., Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite...phonolites, rhyolites, and their lavas in Sonoma County, California, in the Picture Gorge basalt, Wheeler
 
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