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Enstatite from
Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:353521
Long-form Identifier:1:3:353521:9
GUID (UUID V4):ef5846d5-5022-4022-ad76-cbf5f1990016
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...dudleyite,arfvedsonite, penninite, bronzite, enstatite, picrolite spinel, deweylite, prochlorite, cerolite...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...arfvedsonite, penninite, roflite, bronzite, enstatite, picrolite, spinel, deweylite, prochlorite, cerolite...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
Report (volume)
Spruce Pine District ! Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...with the Min\ eral Resources Division of the North \ Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...Spruce Pine District Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina By DONALD A. BROBST ! CONTRIBUTIONS...with the Mineral Resources Division of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...map of Spruce Pine pegmatite district, Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties, N.C.__________________ In
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 (volume)
North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2 . A new amphibole-pyroxene rock from Mariposa County ; 3. A quartzalunite, with an analysis of the alunite...Tuolumne County. flineralogical Notes on Anthophyllite, Enstatite, and Beryl (Emerald) from North Carolina...anthophyllite and enstatite are from the great dunite dikes of western North Carolina, and two analyses...h e emerald is from a vein of pegmatite in Mitchell County, and was not analyzed. The Jerome Kansas ileteorite
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
Report (issue)
c\ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF MINERAL...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT BY JOHN M. PARKER, III GEOLOGICAL...SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF...Structure of Part of the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina A PROGRESS REPORT By M. PARKER, III Geological...BETWEEN THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...and cerium orthosilicate Massive; Virginia or N. Carolina ......... ... ...... . Orthite, high grade; Norway...Smaragdite Green xline, with pink corundum; N. Carolina .. ... . Tremolite Fibrous, coarse, greenish-gray;...metasilicate) "Asbestos", fibrous with talc; North Carolina ........ ANTHRACITE-See Mineral Coal I ANTIMONY...l\lassive, pale bluish-green; Maine, Connecticut or North Carolina ................. . ............. .35 l\lassive
Journal (issue)
Canada Abee, June 10, 1952, 6:00 a.m. Stone, Enstatite chondrite Fell: Description: Mass from Slice...Lubbock County, Texas, USA Found: 1941 Stone, Chondrite Description: Slice, 504.5 Adams County, grams...grams Me2374 Adams County, Colorado, USA Found: 1928 Stone, Brecciated chondrite Description: Polished...OF METEORITES Admire, Lyon County, Kansas, Admire, Found: 1881 177 USA Stony-iron, Breccia ted pallasite...Me750 Me557 Adrian, Adrian, Deaf Smith County, Texas, USA Found: 1936 Stone, Veined crystalline spherical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2 . A new amphibole-pyroxene rock from Mariposa County ; 3. A quartzalunite, with an analysis of the alunite...Tuolumne County. flineralogical Notes on Anthophyllite, Enstatite, and Beryl (Emerald) from North Carolina...anthophyllite and enstatite are from t h e great dunite dikes of western North Carolina, and two analyses...h e emerald is from a vein of pegmatite in Mitchell County, and was not analyzed. The Jerome Kansas ileteorite...Corundum Associated with the Peridotites in North Carolina. BY J . H. PKATT. A m . J . S i . , 156, 49-6j
Catalog/List
cerium orthosilicate) Massive; Virginia, or N. Carolina ................. . 34 Orthite, high grade; Norway...Smaragdite Green xline, with pink corundum, North Carolina . . . 92 Tremolite Fibrous, coarse, greenish-gray...metasilicate) "Asbutos", fibrous with talc; North Carolina . . . . . . . . . 17 ANTHRACITE-See Mineral.... . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Xline, white; South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....orthosilicatc} Cleavages, black; Canada and North Carolina . . . .. . ..33 BISMUTITE (A basic bismuth
Catalog/List
cerium orthosilicate) Massive; Vii·ginia or N. Carolina ....... ..... .. .... Orthite, high grade; Norway...PH IBOLE-Cont'd Smaragdite Green xline mass; N. Carolina ...................... •. Tremolite XI prism,...metasilicate) "Asbestos,'' fibrous with talc; North Carolina ... . . .25 .50 .10 .25 .50 .35 1.50.... ... ..... .. . .. ... XI-scales on rock; N. Carolina ... ..... ..... .. ............ .60 .50 .35...orthosilicate) Cleavages, black; Canada and North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . BISMUTH (Bismuth)
Report (volume)
-...---------.---.---..-.-----.----------.---Enstatite--.--.-.-----_-_----..-_--_----___.-----___________-...From the Silver King mine, Calico, San Bernardino County, Cal. Specific gravity, 6:28. Analysis by W. H...From .Teocalli Mountain, Brush Creek, Gunnison County, Colo. Specific gravity, 7.400 at 14.5°, corrected...vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 46. From the Rose mine, Grant County, N". Mex. Specific gravity, 6.644 at 20°. Probably...impurities. From the Missouri mine, Halls Valley, Park County, Colo. Analyses, by Hillebrand, of three different
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the southern Appalachian orogen, northwestern North Carolina R.A. Willard, Mark G. Adams * Department...3315, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, USA (Received January...mapping in the Blue Ridge belt of northwestern North Carolina has revealed the first reported eclogite (sensu...meta-ultramafic rocks) with rocks of the ancient North American craton. The primary metamorphic assemblage...result of the convergence of terranes with ancient North America (Laurentia). However, until our recent discovery
Report (issue)
BULLETIN NUMBER 47 FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA By CHARLES E. HUNTER UncleT the...--------------------------------- 100 OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA 5 CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Page..._______________ 56 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA 7 ILLUSTRATIONS (CONTINUED) ...a report on "FORSTERITE OLIVINE DEPOSITS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA." This bulletin is being published...shows huge deposits of olivine in Georgia and North Carolina, will point out a practicable source of this
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... Geologic map of part of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Tennessee. 2-6. Maps showing location of
Report (volume)
..................... U 1.1 19 Corundum in enstatite. ......................................................................................... North Carolina sapphires^......... ..........._.................... North Carolina..... .... ........................... ................. Macon County ................ .......... .1...................... Clay County.. ...............................................tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ .............................
Catalog/List
(Serpentine) D iopside Apatite Dolomite Natrolite Augite Enstatite Nepheline Barite Epidote Oligoclase Olivine Opal...None. .35 .60 .80 2.00 Opal, Hyalite. North Carolina. Opal. Massive. -Nevada Bright green. Bright...and cerium orrhosilicate) Massive: Virginia, N. Carolina. or Ontario . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Orthite, high...Smorogdite Green xline, with pink corundum, North Carolina . . . 92 Tremolite Fibrous, coarse. greenish-gray;...metasilicate) "Asbestos", fibrous with talc; North Carolina . . . . . . . . . 77 ANTHRACITE-See Mineral
Report (issue)
0, I y. 50 .r rVv, rv O. ^ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE...BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK AND CHARLES E. HUNTER...UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER L. STUCKEY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK AND CHARLES E. HUNTER
Report (issue)
and the ''Corundum and Peridotites of Western North Carolina," by Joseph Hyde Pratt and ,Joseph Voltney...rocks .............•........•.••..........•..... Carolina gneiss ..................•.............•........amphibole .......................... . Alteration of enstatite to amphibole ........................ . Chloritization............................... . Alteration of enstatite to chlorite ........................... . Steatitization............................... . Alteration of enstatite to talc .............................. . Serpentinization
Report (volume)
......-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina ______________________________________________................................._........... North Carolina ___..__._....._..._______..__._.____..._.____...........^....................... 116 116 North Carolina .............................................--.......-........-..--.-........--..-. South Carolina -...-.......:..........-.....-----....---.--........ .... ................................ North Carolina ...._.......-._..---...-....-_.._-......_-
 
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