 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bull Run Quarry Loudoun County, Virginia H O W A R D R. F R E E L A N D 10340 Hollyberry Drive Richmond...Richmond, Virginia 23234 Most collectors are familiar with fine prehnite, apophyl lite, and zeolite specimens...Narsavage, 1977), and at the Fairfax quarry near Centreville, Virginia (Medici, 1972; Mitchell, 1977). There...are several other "trap" quarries in northern Virginia which have yielded beautiful and sometimes rare...environments. Bull Run quarry located in Loudoun County, Virginia, is one such quarry. To date, nearly twenty |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...forming a ridge north of Route 7 near Dranesville, Virginia. Figure 7. Locations of mineral deposits in...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60 |  | | Journal (issue) | | February 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality...and most significant mineral occurrences in the State. In line with a project begun by the Colorado Friends...for each state followed by a world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R. V. Dietrich. Although...of the index. Some of the famous localities in Virginia, such Updated from Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 60 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East D e r r y , N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 (PART INTRODUCTION...mines in Virginia, north of the James River, with the ex ceptions as follows: Albemarle County was very...northern Virginia. Maps used were the U.S.G.S. Topo graphical Sheets. Also used were the county road maps...of H i g h w a y s Richmond, Virginia The price is 2 0 cents per county. Other states could well follow...The geological and mineralogical lay out of the state is exceptionally logical. The coastal area does |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCAL INDEX Although perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species. and D. A L L E N P E N I C K , JR. Virginia Division...Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S V I R G I N I A M I N E R A L L...and most significant mineral occurrences in the state. In line with a project begun by the Colorado Friends...for each state followed by a world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF THE ARLINGTON TRAP ROCK QUARRY ON GOOSE CREEK, LOUDOUN CO., VA. By FRENCH MORGAN 2601 Brentwood...18, D. C. The writer first became aware of this quarry during the fall of 1943 when the newly organized...field trip to the locality It was an old producing quarry at that time, and has probably been in operation...considerable size. The quarry is located a mile and onehalf south of Virginia highway No. 7, at the Belmont...of Intrusive Triassic Diabase at Goose Creek, Loudoun Co., Va. (Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Engineering Experiment Station Series, dealing with Virginia Mineral...Mineral Localities: Virginia Mineral Localities (1960 Edition) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement...(Supplement I) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement II) Virginia Minerals and Rocks (3rd Edition) Ex LIBRIS...\I i! II II BULLETIN OF THE ·, I !V I ii VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Engineering Experiment Station...Series No. 151 Ii !I ·1 " ii :c H I I I I ! VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITIES ( SUPPLEMENT II ) By Richard |  | | Book | | for naming stilbite, analcime, harmotome, and laumontite although he only popularized and more completely...faujasite, ferrierite, gmelinite, goosecreekite, laumontite, levyne, mazzite, merlinoite, montesommaite,...pressure collapses. At high pressure heulandite or laumontite is replaced by lawsonite, and analcime by albite...scattered sites. Rarely, erionite, mordenite, and laumontite are found. Merlinoite is found with plagioclase...within a hot volcanic flow as it cools from a molten state, if water is present. When a molten volcanic rock | | | Book | | for naming stilbite, analcime, harmotome, and laumontite although he only popularized and more completely...faujasite, ferrierite, gmelinite, goosecreekite, laumontite, levyne, mazzite, merlinoite, montesommaite,...pressure collapses. At high pressure heulandite or laumontite is replaced by lawsonite, and analcime by albite...scattered sites. Rarely, erionite, mordenite, and laumontite are found. Merlinoite is found with plagioclase...within a hot volcanic flow as it cools from a molten state, if water is present. When a molten volcanic rock |  | | Report (volume) | | assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina, and other Eastern...Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South Carolina...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle... the basin name and the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear...appear for an entry. A State name only may appear for those entries concerned with features, such as buried |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Virginia by RICHARD S. MITCHELL Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903...same county. I t also has been observed i n pegmatites i n Powhatan County, Spotsylvania County, and...world have specimens of allanite from Amherst County, Virginia. The mineral is usually black and is coated...radioactive. The mineral was reported in Amherst County as early as 1874. Mallet ( 1 8 7 7 ) first described...Specimens from the Rutherford pegmatites, in Amelia County, are famous for the per fection of their thin |  | | Journal (issue) | | PUBLISHED 1944 MONTHLY ... CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ............................................................................... DYER SERPENTINE QUARRY NEAR DELIG:·ff, MD. By Peter 143 144 144 145 145...Station, New Jersey and the trap-rock quarry on Goose Creek, Virginia, two less celebrated localities. At...to impurities of iron. The Goose Creek trap-rock Quarry has been visited on a number of occasions the last...view looking across the floor to the wall of the quarry is pictured on plate #3. Although the minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the trap, the shales and the sandstones of the State at many localities. In the trap, notably at Chimney...Umpleby, J. B., Geologic and ore deposits of Lemhi County, Idaho; I/. S. G e o l .S u r o e y ,B u l l ....28,1923. Several miner4l localities near Leesburg, Virginia were visited. Ten members, W. S. Burbank...Wherry and R. W. G. Wyckhofi, took part. At a quarry in Leesburg a vein of datolite cut the Crystallized specimens...prehnite, Goose Creek the quarry is cut by a diabase sill. apophyllite, laumontite and calcite. Numerous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | secondary quartz. Locally calcite or the zeolite laumontite is important. Secondary albite is more abundant...microcline, orthoclase, and plagioclase. Calcite and laumontite occur as pore fillings and replacements of feldspar...feldspar. Secondary chlorite, epidote, sericite, laumontite, and calcite are common in some contact zones...References cited 1153 Chlorite 1141 ILLUSTRATIONS Laumontite 1142 Figure Page Pressure solution 1142 1. Triassic...Miscellaneous detrital Hematitic clay Calcite Laumontite Secondary sericite Porosity* Grain sizef 46 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | clubs in Georgia to secure the adop tion of a State Mineral, Gem and Fossil. Ass't T r e a s u r e...next month. Mr. D.M. Stoltzfus of the Cedar Hill Quarry was host to the Mineral ogical Society of Pennsylvania...used 10 years earlier on a similar visit to this quarry. The Club's sommittee on radio activity plans...pyrites to the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. Members Weldon and Edith Storey...the Bethlehem Steel Quarry, Hanover is scheduled for November. (Ed. Note: The Quarry is for limestone and |  | | Report (issue) | | and C.M. Sears U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092 Open-File Report 92-448 This report is...Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .............Occurrences located in the Culpeper basin, Maryland and Virginia ..................... 168 H. Section H: Occurrences...Occurrences located in other areas of Virginia. ... 185 I. Section I: Occurrences located in North Carolina...the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2. deposit |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mulholland Highway, extreme western Los Angeles County, California. CubicGarnets Foundin Marylandand...mineral concentrates of Rock Run, a small Montgomery County, Maryland stream about 5.5 miles (9 km) long which...spessartine cubic crystal from Rock Run, Montgomery County, Maryland, photo by the author. 2 Mineral News...sands of not only Rock Run, but most of the other county streams. For nearly the next two years, I continued...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com |  | | Journal (issue) | | of interesting mineral discoveries in the western USA. FRANCIS COLLECTION WEB SITES The Mineralogical...site that will contain infor mation from all the state Mineralogical Societies, contacts, show dates, topical...enclosed in granite in the northeast comer of the quarry, about 6 metres from the top of the eastern wall...kosnarite, discovered in pegmatite veins in the granite quarry at Wycheproof in 1990 (Birch et al., 1994; Birch...typelocality);Hagendorf Sud, Bavar:ia, and the Gold Quarry Mine, Nevada. At Wycheproof, meurigite occurs as |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALOGYOF THE VIRGINIA DIABASE Anruun A. Pncau, (Jniaersity oJ Virginia. .' The diabase in Virginia is of a...and to show how diabase from various parts of the state differs in the number and variety of minerals. The...Geology of the University of Virginia. The occurrencesof diabase in Virginia may be most conveniently discussed...diabanite I Roberts, J. K., The geology of the Virginia Triassic: Va. Geol..Surt:., Bull.29, pp. 43-64...petrology of intrusive diabase at Goose Creek, Loudoun County, Virginia: Proc. U. S. Nationatr Museum, vol. 66 |  | | Journal (issue) | | comprehensive review of the earthquake history of Virginia has been given by Hopper and Bollinger (1971)...here. Approximately 143earthquakes occurred in Virginia from 1774 through 1976. Almost half of these earthquakes...to allow meaningful state-! ments to be made about recurrence rates. 'i Virginia contains three earthquake...northern Virginia-Maryland, central Virginia, and southern Appalachian, only the central Virginia is wholly...wholly within Virginia (Figure 1). The northern Virginia-Maryland and southern Appalachian zones trend |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Brothers quarry, Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry, Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great...Lambertville) and two Hudson County localities, Laurel (Snake) Hill quarry, Secaucus, and Fort Lee. The...The geology and mineralogy of the two Hudson County localities have already been described in detail by...Localities: Historical Background Bergen Hill, Hudson County The area known as Bergen H i l l consists of several...located in Paterson; Prospect Park quarry in Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry in Upper Montclair; and the Francisco |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystal, 4.6 cm, from Pashan Hills quarry no. 2 near Poona, Maharashtra state, India. Steve Smale collection...separated tracts (the Golconda district in the princely state of Hyderabad, now Andhra Pradesh; a district located...and university geology departments, as well as state and national geological survey departments, have...SagarBhopal area of Madhya Pradesh state, just north of Maharashtra state. His report mentions amygdaloids...Range in Madhya Pradesh state just across the northern border of Maharashta state; although north of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1843, 'On Some Pseudomorphous Minerals of the State of New York,' Assoc. Amer. Geologists and Naturalists...Carolina). Chalcedony after interstices from Chester County, Pa., has been described by Vaux, G., 1935] ...Haidinger, illustrated by examples from New York State. BREITHAUPT, A., 1815, 'Ueber die Aechtheit der...Silesia, 8678 Cervantite after Antimony: I, C 2 Kern County, California, 17240, 18383 (stibioconite ?) Cervantite...Also known from Paterson, New Jersey,3 Chester County, Pennsylvania,4 and Cornwall, England. Chalcedony |  | | Book | | Analcime, Wairakite, Viseite, Hsianghualite .. Laumontite, Leonhardite .................. Yugawaralite...Harmotome: Haiiy (1801) Natrolite: Klaproth (1803) Laumontite: Werner (in Karsten 1808) Scolecite: Gehlen and...related to each other, namely those of analcime, laumontite, yugawaralite and roggianite. A description of...orthogonal cages (Fig. 0.2 G b). The framework of laumontite may be built by assembling a 12-nodes unit (Fig...Ia3d Analcime Ia3d or I4l/acd or Ibca C2Im Laumontite C2Im C2Im Yugawaralite Pc I4/mcm Roggianite |
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