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Prehnite from
Durham Quarry, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Prehnite
Formula:Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Prehnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Durham Quarry, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:326722
Long-form Identifier:1:3:326722:6
GUID (UUID V4):155e8198-21f0-4f03-8c35-1d141bee167d
Nearest other occurrences of Prehnite
77.7km (48.2 miles) South Boston Quarry, Halifax County, Virginia, USA
94.7km (58.9 miles) Nash County Quarry, Battleboro, Nash County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Russian River, California, USA. 3.20 (100), 2.965 (90), 3.043 (60), 2.775 (40),...[100.00] 100.00 (1) Russian River, California, USA; by D-C arc emission spectroscopy, recalculated to...California, USA). Association: Pectolite, xonotlite, datolite (Russian River, California, USA); prehnite, gyrolite...gyrolite, okenite, apophyllite (Durham, North Carolina, USA); prehnite, xonotlite, pectolite (Star¶e Ransko...Distribution: In the USA, from the Russian River, in Mendocino Co., about eight km north of Cloverdale, California
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zeolites and prehnite have been found in North Carolina in a wide variety of excava­ tions for power...ZEOLITES IN NORTH CAROLINA D O N A L D R. P R I V E T T One Circle Street Great Falls, South Carolina 29055...low-grade metamorphic rocks. Zeolites occur in North Carolina in a wide variety of igneous and metamorphic...weathered, and geo­ logically complex area of North Carolina extending from the Blue Ridge to the Coastal...from south central Georgia to Virginia. In the North Carolina Piedmont, most zeolites are pres­ ent in a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with Emphasis on Reed's Gap Quarry near Durham Reed's Gap quarry, near Durham, Connecticut. Photo courtesy...exam­ ples of such associated minerals as calcite, prehnite, and several varieties of quartz. Through the...of 1 >78 and 1979 of minerals being found during quarry operations. (Ashland recently sold its interests...quarries: Farmington; New Britain; and Reed's Gap, Durham (Wallingford). In addition, the inactive quarries...Cheshire and Plainville were visited: the North Branford quarry was surveyed in 1976. c The standard available
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SPRINGTIME IN CAROLINA By LLOYD A. ALLISON 1811 Cheek Rd., Curham, N. C. 27704 When the month of...of May comes to Carolina, the blasts of winter are gone, the oak leaves are the size of squirrel ears,...every year brings at least one new find to the old north state, and many of the old sources continue to disclose...outcrops, a vast area of that section of the town and county overlays deposits which would produce large num­...of native copper the micro xls of ruby from Wake County. and dioptase xls. Silver Hill dumps have Mica
Catalog/List
Reference [SO 875 618]. Post Code is WR9 0AH. From the north, leave the M5 at junction 5 and follow the A38 southwards...worked initially in the Midlands, but in 1981 moved north to take up an opportunity on Tyneside at International...chalcopyrite and siderite – Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Co. Durham. Collected in 1897. 5 Lot No. Approximate specimen...12 13 14 15 16 17 SS.A1 Wavellite - High Down Quarry, Haddon. South Molton. [SS 652 290]. Ex Keat's...Barstow. SW.B1 Apatite on orthoclase - Colcerrow Quarry, Cornwall. Barstow green stock label. SW.D10 Sphalerite
Report (volume)
jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina, and other Eastern States. Bibliography is...exposed basins of the Newark Supergroup in Eastern North America 3 TABLES 1. Alphabetical listing of keyword...Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South Carolina, although references covering areas...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State
Catalog/List
Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½ x½ £1.50 5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl...Mongolia. P.D.WellNo I , near Ajo, Pima lxl £4 County, Arizona , U.S.A Ribane Mine, Mozambique £8 Mt...Close, Cobham.Surrey England KT! I 2NL Boron, Kem County,Califomia U.S.A Madagascar Ix! £2 lxl £7. S0...Minc,lvrca.ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic, Turkey 1/...2x2 £6 Davis Mountains,Maricopa 5mm £3 County,Arizona, USA Hilarion Mine , Lnurium,Greecc ½ • £3 lxl
Catalog/List
Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The Knipe, S. Scotland Masson Hill, Derbyshire...Nenthead A3 A3 A3 £3 £1.50 £2 Haxis, Arizona, USA A3 £1 A3 A3 £1 £3 A3 A3 A3 A3 £1 £1 £1 £1.50...Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais Brazil Pyrrhotite Pitcher, Oklahoma, USA Chalcopyrite on Dolomite...Belstone Qy, Devon Arsenopyrite & Garnet Colarado, USA Covellite & Chalcopyrite Whitesmiths Mine, Strontian...Wales A7 A7 £2 75p Utah, USA Cornwall (Fisher) Arkansas, US.A Georqia, USA Gunheath, Cornwall (Weller)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARIZONA—"Under separate cover 1 am sending you another Yuma County mineral. Look it over as it is a most interesting...my name in R&M. Was glad to send him some Yuma County specimens. That Novice Column is a very nice gesture...operating in two areas at Crestmore. One is our Jensen Quarry which is about 4ty2 miles from the plant and the...feel the risk is worth the small gain. Our Jensen quarry has always been closed to collectors because we...of the interesting minerals found in the other quarry. I do run across some sulfides from time to time
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which was used for a prison; the Allyndale quarry in North Canaan, from w h i c h came the marble for...York City and elsewhere; and the Hoadley Neck quarry in Guilford, which furnished the granite base for...through­ out the United States. I n modern times, one quarry has been used by the Navy as an underwater sound...collecting extended south through Watertown and north through Thomaston, revealing calcite, quartz, pyrite...t e 7 construction, from Danbury just north of Agstone quarry to Iron Works district in Brookfield: albite
Catalog/List
Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure National Grid Reference...HEMIMORPHITE 37 THOMSONITE 38 ANALCITE 39 CALEOONITE 40 PREHNITE 41 STILBITE 42 THOMSONITE 43 CALCITE 4-4 THOMSONITE...Loanhead quarry TallskerBay Whyte'a Cleuch Loanhead quarry Port Glasgow Loanheadquarry Loanhelld quarry Loanhead...Loanhead quarry Benalltmlne BMS NATIONAL REFERENCE COUECTION Ecton.Staffs. Ecton.Staffs. Scordale,Cumbria...Trinafour.ScoU. Lochan-na-Lalrigh Loanhead quarry Loanhead quarry Hopeful vein Hopeful vein Ralk's vein Fethaland
Journal (issue)
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...Orefield, North Wales 15:5-10 HOLYER, Rev. V. (1996) The minerals of Cornwall Countybridge quarry, Goonhilly...from Ardownie quarry 14:17-20 __ TODD, J.G. & ANDERSON, D. (1992) Pyrite from Goat Quarry 11:8-10 IXER
Catalog/List
) HUS=MUSEUM(lOOmm +) l. ACTINOLITE. Downings,North Co Donegal,Ireland.3 specimens.Light grey-green...hrdownie Quarry specimens. Also "Potato Stones" from the Hendips. 4. ANALCIME.Magheramorne Quarry,Larne...trapezohedral xtls to 3mm. t5 each. 5. ANALCIME.Croft Quarry,Croft,Leicestershire.7 specimens.Specimen A-white....tlO. 16. ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia...tl2. Attractive. 18. ARSENOPYRITE.Hingsten Down Quarry,Calstock,Cornwall. 2 specimens. Specimen A-matrix
Catalog/List
crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2 flO C263 AXINITE...to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE 37 Km east...mineral has only been found in The Mendips. (Merehead Quarry Mendips Somerset) f3.50 C273 COLORADOITE Mine... C276 FOSHAGITE creamy white masses Riverside County, California, lxl t2.5O lx2 f5 C277 GISMONDINE...GISMONDINE chalky white 2mm size crystalline Magee,County Antrim, Northern Ireland) lem f2.5O lxl f5 (HgTe) Creek
Catalog/List
127 DELAFOSSITE Consolidated Copper Co. Nevada. USA Tiny black spheres in white matrix Fairly rich. Micro...Abo-Skjerp, Morgedal, Telemark Norway ANDALUSITE Ultcvis,North Sweden Black metallic veins in quartz, collected...Derbyshire 154 ■ ■ ANKERITE Cow Green , Teesdale, Co Durham, Engl and ri ch elastic bitumen mass. Collected...- - - - -- -- - - - - - - 347 ■■ BITUMEN Crich Quarry, south of Matlock, Derbyshire 1161 ■■ GADOLINITE...Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales Green road Quarry, Ballyclare, County Antrim 166 ■ GISMONDINE white elongated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen, Jeff Scovil...September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...56 Chalcopyrite, French Creek Iron Mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, R. B. Cook, 44–50 Chamberlain, S
Journal (issue)
resulted in the formati o n of northeast-trending, north-plunging major and minor folds . During emplacement...connelJite, a new variety from the Britannia mine, North Wales, and from the Botallack mine, Cornwall. Journal...during supergene oxidation at Summitville, Colorado, USA, and implications for electrum stability in the weathering...up to 7 mm long, have been fuund at Springhill quarry , Peldar Tor, Whitwick, Leicestershire. They are...Springhill quarry (also known as Peldar Tor quarry; SK 449 \58), at Peldar Tor, Whitwick, north-west Leicestershire
Journal (volume)
12, p. 43 for details). Penryn Granite Company’s quarry at Halvosso, Longdowns, Cornwall. Jim Knight Collection;...LUV (middle) and SUV (bottom). East Face, Croft Quarry, Croft, Leics. Frank Ince specimen and photo (FI-1485;...thought in this article! Finally, we visit the north of England for Brian Young’s account of magnetite...Pacey, A. (2016). Segnitite from Weardale, County Durham. Journal of the Russell Society, 19, 39–42....Quarrying at Croft, Part 1: The history of Croft Quarry. www.aggregate.com/about-us/history/croft; accessed
Catalog/List
£20. 12) CHLOROXYPHITE and MENDIPITE. Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset. A n approx. 50x2Omm area of...Tenneco Mine, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA. A nice large display specimen showing lustrous colourless...£95. 18) FERBERITE after SCHEELITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. Two jet black tetragonal...100x60x30mm. £75. 21) FLUORITE. Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, Co. Durham. Pale green cubic xls to 10mm over...FLUORITE, SIDERITE and ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. Small purple xls to 5mm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Y L L I T E FROM NORTH C A R O L I N A By LLOYD / L ALLISON 1811 Cheek R d , Durham, N.C. Last year...one of the specimens, that of apophyllite from Durham, N . C. Fortunately for the contestant both Mr...apophyllite, like that found in 1973, is accompanied by prehnite and gyrolite, but there does not seem to be very...is green and sometimes contains a good bit of prehnite, but I have been unable to find any one able to... or drop by the shop and get all you want. The quarry from which this material comes is quite a large
Catalog/List
over the world 2020/05/17 Afwillite xls Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Lower Franconia, Bavaria / Germany;...Valley, Sheeprock Mts., Vernon, Tooele Co., Utah / USA; The exceptionally rare Thallium-Oxide, forms deep... Helvetia, Santa Rita Mts., Pima Co., Arizona / USA; Blue spherical crystal aggregates of 4 mm, rich...Celestine xls Martin Marietta Quarry, Woodville, Sandusky Co., Ohio / USA; Light blue transparent prismatic...Peak, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California / USA; Dark green transparent perfectly formed sharp-edged
Catalog/List
Joplin, Mo. Fluorite with Galena, Cumberland, Eng. Prehnite, Paterson, N. J. Barile, Frizington, England....Quartz var. Rock Crystal, Ellenville, N. Y. Prehnite, Paterson. N. J. Quartz var., Rock Crystal. Hot...Arizona. Fluorite coated with Quartz, Weardale, Durham, Eng. Fluorite, Bavaria Quartz, Franee Rhodochrosite... Orpiment, Persia Niccolite, Cobalt, Ontario. Prehnite, Great Notch, N. J. Pyromorphite, Phoenixville...Benito, Calif. Agate, Portugal. Moonstone, North Carolina. Essonite Garnet, Ala Piedmont, Italy. Lapis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FunsrsH Departmentof Geology,Duke Uniuersity Durham, North Carolina 27708 Abstract Corrensiteoccursas the resultof...near Durham, North Carolina. It forms both as a replacementproduct of chlorite in chlorite-prehnite or...fracturesystemin gyrolite in the sequencechlorite-prehnite+ gyrolite the gabbro has changedthe host rock...laumontitethe fracturespredominantlyto chlorite-prehnite or to chlorite alterationzone.In all casesthe
Catalog/List
25 26 27 28 92/089 Analcime with calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Analcime pseudomorphs after...calcite crystals. 92/088 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Calcite-analcime pseudomorphs...50mm lon_g. 92/095 Calcite and analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Single crystal of laumontite...by calcite and analcime. 89/039 Calcite. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Large white calcite crystal...crystals on faces. 93/142 Calcite with analcime. Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire. Two white calcite crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Y L L I T E FROM NORTH C A R O L I N A By LLOYD / L ALLISON 1811 Cheek R d , Durham, N.C. Last year...one of the specimens, that of apophyllite from Durham, N . C. Fortunately for the contestant both Mr...apophyllite, like that found in 1973, is accompanied by prehnite and gyrolite, but there does not seem to be very...is green and sometimes contains a good bit of prehnite, but I have been unable to find any one able to... or drop by the shop and get all you want. The quarry from which this material comes is quite a large
 
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