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Agate from
Granville County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
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Species:Quartz var: Agate
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Validity:Believed Valid
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Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:353812
Long-form Identifier:1:3:353812:8
GUID (UUID V4):e9d57ed1-b680-40b8-ab06-4724adb90828
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
e r M in k COPPER MINES, PERSON CO UN TY, NORTH CAROLINA BULLETIN OF T H E GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA...OF VIRGILINA COPPER DISTRICT, VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA * BY THOMAS LEONARD WATSON (.Presented before...Montgomery, Randolph, and Stanly counties, North Carolina. Nitze describes the basic rocks as being dark...reports on economic subjects issued by the North Carolina Geological Survey. Such references as bear...describing the Gillis copper mine in Person county, North Caro­ lina, the earliest discovered one in the
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 (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)
'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...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished...within a few days, so that the having been of North Carolina list mineral species has been very considerably
Report (volume)
is most often used in porous stones, such as the agate. The unattractive gray and pale shades may be changed...shades. The common dyeing procedure is to soak the agate in the desired chemical (nitric acid for red shades...and sulfates for blue shades). The Romans dyed agate by soaking it in honey, removing it from the liquid...the same effect is achieved by first soaking the agate in a sugar solution, and then in sulfuric acid to...eventually deposited as alluvial gravels. Opal and agate are formed from aqueous solutions. Diamonds are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collection. This unusual xl, is from near Avant, north-western Garland Co., Arkansas."—item sent in by...the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite...biotite schist was found in a road cut on the little North Fork of the Clearwater River in Elk River (Clearwater...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...Museum), Rt. 7, Hot Springs, Ark., 6 miles out north 7. As the locality was doubtful, we had to wait
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sell" night is scheduled for February. The Fulton County Mineral Club, Gloversville, N. Y., had a box luncheon...company and illustrated his talk with slides. The North Jersey Mineralogical Society, Paterson, N . J.,...Garnet Wake County, N. C , and Mrs. Mary flaws, for instance, show up if the stone J. Reid's agate from Granville...wash stone and hands carefully The Western South Carolina Gem and afterwards — the stuff can cause eyes...meeting was Don Woolford and University of South Carolina Geology Museum. This and the one at Princeton
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...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably...crease of more than 25 per cent. GEOLOGY OE NORTH CAROLINA. 4 than has been discovered in any other
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
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
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...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
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
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
Book
pre-dates 1877. Stutchbury (1853) records hyalite from north of Cookabiandi in the Namoi River District. W. H...south-cast corner of which is situated 20 chains north-west of the Post Office, and which is approximately...This is a small outlier of Cretaceous, half a mile north-east of the main Blocks Area. It is covered by a...two areas, one on the south and the other on the north side of the hill, so that the greatest depth of...several sporadic holes have been sunk. It is 6 miles north of the Post Office. II II 'I nl Ill The Tertiary
Book (volume)
amount of degradation, 9 Practical Considerations, 9 North American Continent well watered 11 Areas of the...to another, 162 Age of Auriferous veins of North Carolina, 163 Age of gold bearing rocks, 164 Distribution...axis, 78 Section from Comstock's Landing to N. Granville, 79-80 Highgate section, 81 Orwell do, 83 Bald...received, 121 Suxhias system widely extended in North America. Physical features only slightly disturbed... Notwithstanding the great extent of land, the North American continent is well watered. This is especially
Report (volume)
rmllion short tons; about 50 percent was consumed in North America and 41 percent in Europe. The consumption...Portuguese Guinea., Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, North Viet-Nam, and Pakistan ( 934) . Estimates of world...Deoember 1969 (B4) 1 TABLE [Mllllon tona] Cou.ntry North America: United States ____ ____ _____________________...States is transported from Caribbean islands and the north coast of South America. Ore mined in Surinam and...using hydrochloric acid. Dunng part of 1962-63, the North American Coal Corp. produced a high-grade aluminum
Report (Issue volume)
State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...York Geological Survey. North Carolina: Division of Land Resources, North Carolina Department of Environment...Environment, Health, and Natural Resources. . North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey. Oklahoma: Oklahoma...Department of Environmental Management. South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey. South Dakota: South... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • 359 North Carolina, by Steve W. Sikich, P. Albert Carpenter, Ill
Report (issue)
locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of...in the case of a stream, valley, or arroyo, the county listed is the one in which the mouth of the feature
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
Report (issue)
note that the hardness of the Brewer topaz, South Carolina, is only 7, and its specific gravity 3-509. When...diaspore with which it is associated, and the South Carolina topaz is said to bear strong casual resemblance...include the andalusite-staurolite association of north-east Scotland (the Buchan type of Read3) and instances...The Henry Knob kyanite deposit4 in York County, South Carolina, was previously considered to be the result...cent. kyanite were found to be uneconomic. The north Georgian kyanite schist contains only from 4 to
Report (volume)
with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...Historical Library, Helena, Montana, for data concerning county and town names in the State. Eugene Howell, by...Battle, Department of History, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for complete list of town names. E. F. Porter...Porter, Secretary of State, Bismarck, North Dakota, for many additions to list of counties. Nearly all...all the information concerning county names in this State was furnished by him. John W. Jordan, Historical
Report (volume)
Triassic Cumnock Formation, Deep River basin, North Carolina 86 By M.D. Krohn, John Evans, and Gilpin R...diabase sheets in the northern Durham basin, North Carolina 200 By David L. Daniels SECTION 3: STUDIES...reflection profiles from the Mesozoic basins of eastern North America 229 By John D. Unger A geophysical study...the early Mesozoic South Georgia basin, South Carolina, as interpreted from aeromagnetic data 248 By...examples from some early Mesozoic basins of eastern North America 377 By Gilpin R. Robinson, Jr., and Laurel
Report (issue)
in the population North America Pre-Columbian America. The Indians Indians of North America Indian wars...Atlantic States Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Gulf States. West Florida Florida...Northwest Missouri River and Valley Minnesota Iowa North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Rocky...F2131 + Falkland Islands, see F3031 + Thirteen North American Colonies before 1776, see El86+ OUTLINE...Russian Germans Russians Spaniards Swedes Yoruba North America The numbers "E31-46" like "El 1-29" are
 
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