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Beryl from
Macon County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Macon County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:353250
Long-form Identifier:1:3:353250:8
GUID (UUID V4):7f9ef9f8-7304-42cb-a55a-bc4916173419
Localities for Beryl in this Region
Littlefield Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
McGee Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
NW Thorn Mountain Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
SW Thorn Mountain Mine, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
Thorn Mountain Mine, Thorn Mountain, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
Geology of North Carolina. QE 147 .A22 1866-1887 Pt.2 V.2 Chap.1 Digitized by the Internet Archive...org/details/mineralsminerall01 nort n o o / Geology of North Carolina. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It F. A. GENTH...brought to a Pi 7 ? f 3 : GEOLOGY OP NORTH CAROLINA. 2 many new and rare species. The Mica veins...Fergusonite, Columbite, Gummite, Phosphuranylite, Beryl, Uranotil, Rogersite, iEschinite, Uranochre...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably
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
Book (edition)
LOCALITIES NORTH CAROLINA, BEING CHAPTER I, OP THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Reprinted...OF E. M. UZZELL RALEIGH, N. C. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CHROLINS. CHAPTER I. MINERALOGY. BY It has F...data have been embodied. Sev- GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4 eral causes have been operative in giving...Fergusonite, Columbite, Gumraite, Phosphuranylite, Beryl, Uranotil, Rogersite, iEschinile, Uranochre...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished
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 (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...Peridot Epidote Iolite Serpentine Malachite Titanite Beryl Aquamarine Emerald Emerald Matrix Golden and Yellow...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
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
Report (issue)
Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development..._____________ __ _______ Quartz_ _______________ _____ Beryl ___ _ Niobium-tantalum minerals. ____ Uranium and
Report (issue)
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT HARGROVE BOWLES, JR., DIRECTOR DIVISION... STATE GEOLOGIST Circular 17 BERYL OCCURRENCES IN NORTH CAROLINA BY WILLIAM F WILSON Ooc RALEIGH...MODE OF OCCURRENCE, . . . • . • • . . . . . . 3 BERYL - COMPOSITION AND APPEARANCE* 4 . DOMESTIC BERYLLIUM...USESo 8 o . . . BERYLLIUM MINERALS IN NORTH CAROLINA 9 Varieties * o ••••••••.• Mode of Occurrencec...RESOURCES IN NORTH CAROLINA . H OCCURRENCES OF BERYL IN NORTH CAROLINA. 13 Alexander County ...•••••
Book (edition)
OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM HUNTERS GUIDE by Russell... TYPICAL CRYSTAL FORMS OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD...which make a almost price- merely an ore of beryl, is beryllium worth a few cents a pound. Pattern... stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine...plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been
Report (volume)
orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green beryl to blue, violet corundum to rose pink, and yellow...contain a variety of gem stones, such as tourmaline, beryl (emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite)...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gemstones of North Carolina By GEORGE A. BRUCE, International Import Company 604 Peachtree Street, N...Atlanta 8, Georgia "The Land of the Sky" that is North Carolina is also the Land of Gemstones. This beautiful...to initiate the systematic mining of gems in North Carolina was Mr. C. W. Jenks. This was in 1871 when...near Franklin, Macon County. The next was the Buck Creek, or Cullakeenee Mine, in Clay County. This was followed...the mining of emeralds at Stony Point, Alexander County. These gem "pioneers" pointed the way and their
Book
MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom
Report (issue)
MICA, GRAPHITE, ETC. MICA DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA/ By DOUGLAS B. STERKETT. INTRODUCTION. Though...relative rank, are given by G. CK Smith 6 as North Carolina, Colorado, New Hampshire, Georgia, South Dakota...the total production, amounting to $201,155, North Carolina is credited with over two-fifths. During some...domestic production. The mica deposits of western North Carolina have been examined by several.investigators-in...work by the writer, under the direction of the North Carolina Geological Survey, chiefly during the field
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh W hen the North Carolina Museum of Natural...the state capitol. Appropriately enough, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences celebrated its 125th...125th birthday with Treasures Unearthed: North Carolina’s Spectacular Gems and Minerals, a one-year exhibit...with a private collector who specialized in North Carolina minerals to create the 4,000-square-foot exhibit...showcased nearly three hundred specimens of North Carolina gems and minerals. At the close of this successful
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Spruce Pines in Mitchell County is the best known area in North Carolina to those connected with mining...east­ ern North Carolina. The type of granite underlying the Spruce Pines region is unique for North Carolina...in Avery and Yancy Counties which join Mitchell County. Alaskite consists chiefly of oligoclase, quartz...gneiss. This is a formation common to much of North Carolina and is more abundant than any other formation...the Toe River Valley, which is central Mitchell County, some ancient people had sunk many shafts. Whether
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
APLITE-PEGMATITES OF THE FRANKLINSYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA1 E. Wu. IIerNnrcn, The Unitersity of Michigan...Aesrnncr The Franklin-Sylva district of southern North Carolina contains a number of rnultiphase, composite...chiefly in southwestern North Carolina (Haywood, Jackson,Transylvania, Macon and Clay Counties),with...southeastern part extending southwestward into Rabun County, Georgia (Griffitts et al., 1946; Oison el al....petrologically simplified mappable units: the Carolina "formation"-dominantly biotitic gneiss, and the
Report (issue)
noRm c ult * 4 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE, DIRECTOR...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN-SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA BY J. C. OLSON AND OTHERS PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT...MICA DEPOSITS OF THE FRANKLIN SYLVA DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA By J. C. OLSON and Others PREPARED BY GEOLOGICAL...DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IN COOPERATION WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
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...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...a , M o o r e , M o n t g o m e r y, Randolph, Macon South C a r o l i n a : Chesterfield, L a n c a
Report (issue)
Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Knoxville l°x2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina 2. Paleozoic metamorphic facies map
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wicklow, sillimanite, 763 Rosses district, Donegal, beryl, 328 Three Rock Mtn, San@ford, Dublin, granite,...mangoan aegirine-augite, 32 Rola, Hazaribagh, Bihar, beryl, cleavelandite, 896 Saltora, West Bengal, hornblende...coalingite, coalingite-K, 286 Corundum Hill, North Carolina, hornblende, 389 Crystal Falls, Minnesota,...clinopyroxene, potash feldspar, 936 Macon County, North Carolina, hornblende, 389 shoshonite Mexico
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Blue and blue green beryl crystals in matrix for $1.00 and up. Write to Beryl Point Lodge & Campsite...CARAT RUBY FOUND IN MACON COUNTY From THE ASHEVI.LLE CITIZEN, Asheville, North Carolina "Franklin, N. C....by W. C. Wikle of the louada community of Swain County. He is principal at Almond Elementary School. "It
Report (volume)
......-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina ______________________________________________................................._........... North Carolina ___..__._....._..._______..__._.____..._.____...........^....................... 116 116 North Carolina .............................................--.......-........-..--.-........--..-. South Carolina -...-.......:..........-.....-----....---.--........ .... ................................ North Carolina ...._.......-._..---...-....-_.._-......_-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on a farmer's cart led Tyson to the rich Harford County (Md.) deposits. He then prospected the area along...with lighter kaemmererite. Bare Hills, Baltimore County, Md. Author's collection. 170 ROCKS AND MINERALS...the U . S. at Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina. Green color: Beryl. Beryl with a green color due...due to chromium (a green color in beryl may also be produced by vanadium [Lancaster, 1977] ) is emerald;...naturally-added chromium about $680,000,000 per pound! Beryl is widely distributed in pegmatites which usually
 
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