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Tourmaline from
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:354138
Long-form Identifier:1:3:354138:8
GUID (UUID V4):56ef4028-a1cf-4016-9297-85b63939a04d
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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
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
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
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)
and violet sparks; the sapphire, kunzite, pink tourmaline, emerald, pink topaz, purple and green corundum...and when, the first gold nugget was found in North Carolina, but most of the history of the state refers...German soldier who settled on Meadows Creek, Cabarrus County about the close of the Revolution. The account...) At the time of the gold find in 1799 in Cabarrus County was fourteen years after John Burton found...the first Gold Lode was discovered in Montgomery County. Then the systematic search began. Mines were sunk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and violet sparks; the sapphire, kunzite, pink tourmaline, emerald, pink topaz, purple and green corundum...and when, the first gold nugget was found in North Carolina, but most of the history of the state refers...German soldier who settled on Meadows Creek, Cabarrus County about the close of the Revolution. The account...) At the time of the gold find in 1799 in Cabarrus County was fourteen years after John Burton found...the first Gold Lode was discovered in Montgomery County. Then the systematic search began. Mines were sunk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hammer might be fruitful. Excluding the quartz, tourmaline, muscovite, and feldspar types, some of the other...about 16 miles south of Rapid City and 1.3 miles north of Hermosa. Many crystals and pieces of selenite...South Dakota: pt. 2. AMETHYST MINE OPENS IN NORTH CAROLINA R&M is indebted to Suther's, the complete lapidary...interesting item titled "Amethyst Mine opens in County" by Kay Harrison, Tribune Staff Writer (with 6...is in Roberta, Cabarrus Co., N . C. Part of the item reads: "Roberta, Cabarrus County has, potentially
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and minor amounts of other minerals such as tourmaline and apatite. The autunite probably formed as...about 7.5 miles south of Custer and about 2.8 miles north of Pringle. The mine is located on a ridge which...material. Large crystals and masses of black tourmaline are abundant and beryl and tantalite are also...left (south) on a gravel road past the Fourmile County School (abort .2 mile) to a narrow dirt road leading...dumps; much of it contains inclusions of quartz, tourmaline, and feldspar so has been discarded. It occurs
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)
.'.' .., 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)
ore, Poncha Springs, Colo. 14. Tungsten ore, North Carolina The Potential for Porphyry Copper-Molybdenun1...ore, Poncha Springs, Colo . 14. Tungsten ore, North Carolina The Potential for Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum...Brunswick _______ _ 12 Deboullie stock, Aroostook County, Maine ___ _ 12 13 Eagle Lake, New Brunswick ---------------13...prospects __ 15 Machias occurrence, Washington County, Maine 17 Granite Quarry Hill molybdenum prospect...Halifax County, North Carolina, 25 prospects -----------------------------25 Newell prospect, North Carolina-------------26
Report (issue)
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina 1011 by Gwendolyn W. Luttrell 12 U.S. Geological... Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina Abstract Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc,...barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins...along the borders of a granite body in Halifax 18 County. 19 and Vanoe Counties. 20- Tungsten minerals...minerals occur with copper sulfide ores in Cabarrus Barite occurs in quartz veins and associated with sulfide
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)
GEMS < IF NORTH CAROLINA A greater variety of minerals, more than 300, have been found in North Car­ olina...unique gems in the world. The largest Emerald in North America is a 1,438-carat specimen found at Hiddenite...Hiddenite, near Statesville. Also, the "Carolina Em­ erald," now owned by Tiffany & Com­ pany of New York...discovery in America was made in North Carolina in 1799 in Cabarrus County with the dis­ covery of a 17-pound...the Reed properties, the gold rush was on in North Carolina. Other large nuggets, weighing up to 28 pounds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
located 1/2 mile outside North Little Rock city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated...31, 1963 from Richard Purifoy, 2101 Orange St., North Little Rock, Ark. "I have fine xline siderite and...1 and No. 2 are from our own area in Greenwood County of S. E. Kansas. This is the first time I've ever...gravel countryroad in the flint hills of Greenwood County and there was a sort of nest or pocket of them...went for road fill. The material was minute hair tourmaline xls (redbrown and colorless and light bluish)
Book (edition)
ONYX • PERIDOT* • ZIRCON • CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • •... lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS 4 GEM hunter's GUIDE...six or eight different gem as color, its tourmaline may B are, in fact, A blue gem minerals...found many of stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas...plains have been buried deep under debris brought north by glaciers or washed down down from have been
Report (issue)
the Charlotte 1° X 2° Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina The Conterminous United States...the Charlotte 1° X 2 ° Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina By J. E. Gair, Richard Goldsmith,...Mines and mineral resources-North Carolina-Charlotte Region. South Carolina. I. Gair, Jacob Eugene, 1922-...the Charlotte 1 °X2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina Schematic diagram for estimating mineral-resource...the Charlotte 1 o x 2° Quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina By J. E. Gair, Richard Goldsmith,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
belonging to the 3 m crys­ tal class (the same as tourmaline). It forms prismatic to short prismatic {0001}...district, Boise County; the Lava Creek dis­ trict, Butte County; the Atlanta district, Elmore County; scat­ tered...tered mines in Shoshone County; and the Carmen Creek dis­ trict of Lemhi County (Ream 1989). Proustite...Silver City, Flint, and DeLamar districts in Owyhee County, Idaho. One such mass, found in the Poorman mine...crystals to 1 cm in the Caribou silver mine, Boul­ der County; as attractive intergrowths with pyrargyrite and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA.' CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. DISTRIBUTION OF THE GRANITES. TYPES OF THE GRANITES...REGION. General characters. The northeastern Carolina Granite Belt. Lithological characters. The Raleigh...Mountain area. The Mooresville area. The Mecklenburg county areas. The Western Piedmont gneiss and Granite...Published by permission of the state geologist of North Carolina. 373 THOMAS L. WATSON 374 STRUCTURAL FEATURES...on a study of the granites and gneisses of North Carolina during the past field season, while I was engaged
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with pleasure the invitation of the Central North Carolina Mineral Club, Inc.. Durham, N . C , to meet...Williams, Asheville, N . C , and Gene Vitalli, North Haledon, N . T. EDUCATION A N D PROGRAM AIDS: Miss...Federation. I am sure you will all enjoy coming to North Carolina next year, so please make your plans now. Sincerely...Element Group Mrs. Virginia A. Size Murphy, North Carolina Amateur 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd Class...Amateur F-4 Transparencies George F. Size Murphy, North Carolina Novice 2nd 1st Class " G " - Junior Division
Report (issue)
Central group ____________________________ _ _ Carolina gneiss ________________________ _ Mica schist...__________________________________ _ ~ orth Carolina and South Carolina ______ ____ _ Georgia ______________...___ _______________________ _______ _ Fauquier County ____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _ Franklin ____...properties _________ .. _____________ _ Halifax County ______ - _____ - __________ ~- _'- __ _ Virgilina..._____ _ ____ __ ... _________________ _ Orange County-· ___________________________ _ Melville ____ -
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
Report (issue)
CI &£ c*z NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BEN E. DOUGLAS, DIRECTOR DIVISION...BULLETIN NUMBER 67 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY RICHARD J. COUNCILL UN 11 &» RALEIGH 1954...1954 •^^CAHOUNAS SSU^UBftwy NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT BEN E. DOUGLAS...BULLETIN NUMBER 67 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NORTH CAROLINA By RICHARD J. COUNCILL RALEIGH 1954 MEMBERS...Canton S. ALLEN Durham W. B. AUSTIN Jefferson North Wilkesboro CARL BUCHAN, JR SCROOP W. ENLOE, JR
Report (volume)
...... 51 Baltimore County .................................... 51 Howard County......................... Chesterfield County (south of James River)................ Henrico County (north of James River).......................................... Fairfax County area ............................................Edward counties..................... Charlotte County.................................................. Lunenburg County ............................................... Prince William. County............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETROLOGY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA GRANITES' THOMAS LEONARD WATSON Brooks Museum, University of Virginia...THE GEOLOGY OF THE CRYSTALLINE AREA The South Carolina area of crystalline rocks extends northwestward...Director of the U. S. Geological Survey. 2 South Carolina Geological Survey, 1908, Series IV, Bull. No.... 2, p. 505. 730 PETROLOGY OF SOUTH CAROLINA GRANITES 73I position and texture the gneisses indicate... p. 16. 3 Ibid., p. 19. 4 Earle Sloan, South Carolina Geological Survey, 1908, Series IV, Bull. No.
 
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