| Locality type: | Creek |
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| Species: | Orthoclase |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Orthoclase data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Buck Mountain Creek, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 367543 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:367543:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c549d2cd-b397-4562-8928-4338f0c14b3e |
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| 13.8km (8.6 miles) | ⓘSugar Hollow, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA |
| 29.5km (18.3 miles) | ⓘShadwell Mine (Chalottesville Quarry), Albemarle County, Virginia, USA |
| 29.6km (18.4 miles) | ⓘPeters Mountain occurrence, Peters Mountain, Southwest Mts (Chestnut Ridge), Albemarle County, Virginia, USA |
| 58.4km (36.3 miles) | ⓘSnead Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA |
| 61.2km (38.0 miles) | ⓘTellurium Vein, Scotia Mine (Perkins Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA |
| 86.8km (53.9 miles) | ⓘAmber Queen Mine, Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia, USA |
| 97.4km (60.5 miles) | ⓘHarris Mine, Hewlett, Hanover County, Virginia, USA |
| 98.4km (61.2 miles) | ⓘSaunders No. 1 Mine, Harris Mine, Hewlett, Hanover County, Virginia, USA |
| 99.8km (62.0 miles) | ⓘBoxley Quarry (Mt. Athos Quarry), Campbell County, Virginia, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA PART I I I : SILICATES By R. S. MITCHELL and R. J. BLAND,... JR. Department of Geology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. nets at the old iron mine near...edge of the may be seen on State Road 637 between county as well as a series of mountains, Ivy and Batesville...has found somewhat weathered gar- tion on Peters Mountain, southeast of In the first two parts of this...and Bland, 1963, 1964) all the minerals of Albemarle County were presented except the silicates (Class |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...1988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 1 988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY |  | | Report (issue) | | the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate pastel...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets, glowing...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its |
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