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Talc from
Rockville, Hanover County, Virginia, USA


Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rockville, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:370513
Long-form Identifier:1:3:370513:1
GUID (UUID V4):4fa7f824-b78c-46b4-88ac-b8b6123381e2
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East Darry, N. H. 0 3 0 4 1 (PART 16 SPOTSYLVANIA...SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY Bordered on the N by the Rappahan­ nock and Rapidan Rivers. T h e N edge may be submerged...number of gold operations r u n n i n g across the county from N to S. These are mainly placers and rather... sphalerite, galena, wulfenite, van­ adinite. Virginia Fin Co. "in N W corner of Co. nr Rappahannock...arsenopyrite, copiapite, sidertte, psilomelane, magnetite, talc, garnet, staurolite xls, galena, sphal­ erite. Halliday
Report (volume)
Rodingite in the Hunting Hill Quarry, Montgomery County, Maryland By DAVID M. LARRABEE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the Hunting Hill serpentinite pluton, Montgomery County, Md ____ In pocket 2. Geologic map of the Hunting...the Hunting Hill serpentinite pluton, Montgomery County, Md______________ 3 2. Photograph of the Hunting...IN THE HUNTIN-G HILL QUARRY, :r\tiONTGOl\tlERY COUNTY, ~JARYLAND .ABSTRACT The Hunting cvt. b al;unt...quarry of Rockville Crushed Stone, Inc., 4 miles \YRockville, Montgomery County, Md. 'I'his
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)
spessartines come from Colorado and Maine. San Diego County, CA, has been the main spessartine producer in...That may be The Mineral Newsletter Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Please join our October...2001. Spessartine garnet from Ramona, San Diego County, CA. Gems and Gemology 37(4). Mindat. 2016. Spessartine...as exposed in the rocks of Corridor H in West Virginia. If you’ve missed Shelley’s field trips along...Shelley is now at the Annandale Campus of Northern Virginia Community College teaching mineralogy as well
Journal (issue)
on page 4) In this issue … Mineral of the month: Talc ....................... p. 2 Club officer elections...November meeting minutes ..................... p. 5 Virginia Mineral Project ............................ p...of the Month Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Talc by Sue Marcus What’s the softest mineral on the...the Mohs hardness scale? I hope you thought of talc, our mineral of the month. The name is attributed...me nothing resembling the written or spoken word talc. Club Elections Committee Report The NVMC will
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
well attended and fruitful Field Trip to the Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry. Good finds of garnet, dolomite...verd (serpentine), apatite, magnetite and foliated talc was on the agenda of the Rome Mineral Society. ...GCounty, Wheaton. 444 MASSACHUSETTS An auction was the...Mineral Exchange for August 24-25 at the Cayuga County Farm and Home Center. For information contact Exchange...active group is the Junior Division of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., Suffern. This was
Journal (issue)
submitted soon! The form and function of the Northern Virginia Mineral Club is determined by its members. One...time to renew your membership in the Northern Virginia Mineral Club if you have not already done so....address: NORTHERN VIRGINIA MINERAL CLUB PO BOX 9851 ALEXANDRIA, VA 22304 The Northern Virginia Mineral Club...Wihshi shared their new acquisitions from the Rockville Quarry. *George Reimherr displayed his fluorescent...will re- Adjourned by 9:50 p.m. The Northern Virginia Mineral Club THE MINERAL NEWSLETTER Page 3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Quarries of Boscabel Granite Corp. Rockville Stone Co. Rockville. Downloaded by [University of Florida]...silicate and call it a steatite mineral, related to talc. It is one of the softest of stones, easily carved...and both soapstone and talc are found in California . . . . near Schuyler, Virginia, the soapstone mines
Report (issue)
Ground water in the Scotts Valley area, Santa Cruz County, California: 13 p., 4 figs. (Wa, Wb, LA, SF; 855...A., Geology and ground-water resources of Ocean County, New Jersey: 134 p., 30 figs. (Wa, Wb; 420 Federal...area, Paradox district, Montrose County, Colorado, and San Juan County, Utah: 1 p., 5 pis. (Wa, Da, M;...surface movements in the Baldwin Hills, Los An?:eles County, California: 300 p., 50 figs. (Wa,. Da, M.) 37...ground-vrater resources of the Middle Peninsula, Virginia: 231 p., 9 figs. (Wa, Wb; 200 West Grace St.,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
localities as Paterson, New Jersey, or Centreville, Virginia. Recently, however, extraordinarily fine prehnite...80 in Passaic County, New Jersey. It also occurs in the Roncari quarry, Hartford County, and at Cheshire...Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, and in the Hampden quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts. It has...mine, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It has been found in individual crystals in the Rockville Crushed Stone...Montgomery County, Maryland. Small prehnite crystals to 1 cm are reported from the Gouverneur Talc Company
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found here The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, is featuring in its bulletin,...articles on micromounting by member Robert L. Cox. Talc, a Versatile Mineral, was the subject of a talk...Mineral and Gem Society, Eastchester The St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club, Potsdam, demonstrated the...collecting areas and nearby wetlands. The Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, made a field trip...trip to Wards in Rochester The Tomp­ kins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, is planning the purchase
Report (issue)
P(200) N883nuc no.5045 Mineral resources of Madison County, Florida. Geological Survey, 1988. M(234)4 M265S...Tallahassee, Fla. : Florida Mineral resources of Collier County, Florida. Geological Survey, 1988. M(234)4 C692y...Marion County, Florida. Geological Survey, 1988. M(234)4 M338H Mineral resources of Levy County, Florida...map of the Three Fingers Rock quadrangle, Malheur County, Oregon. [Reston, Va.J : U.S. Geological Survey...UT-060-116/117) Wilderness Study Areas, Grand County, Utah and Mesa County, Colorado. [Denver, CO] : U. S. Geological
Report (volume)
California-Bldg. 3, Rm. 3128, 345 Middlefield Rd. • RESTON, Virginia-USGS National Center, Rm. 1C402, 12201 Sunrise...in stratigraphic nomenclature in Maryland and Virginia UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON:...Highly generalized map of part of the Maryland-Virginia Piedmont showing distribution of ultramafic rocks...plots of some ultramafic rocks from the Maryland-Virginia Piedmont .......................................and CIPW norms of some ultramafic rocks from the Virginia and Maryland Piedmont ............. AIO Aii
Report (issue)
Yatahoney Creek Wilderness Study Areas, Owyhee County, Idaho / by Michafel F. Diggles ... [et al.] ;...Bridgewater quadrangles, Virginia. Charlottesville, Va. : Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept. of Mines, Minerals...A873 1989 ACID MINE DRAINAGE CALIFORNIA ALPINE COUNTY. Ball, J. W. Final revised analyses of major and...ATLANTIC COUNTY. Clark, Jeffrey S. Water levels in the principal aquifers of Atlantic County and vicinity...DAKOTA--BEADLE COUNTY. Koglin, Eric N. Test hole logs and well logs of Beadle County, South Dakota. Vermillion
Journal (issue)
Source: Wikipedia. The Mineral Newsletter Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Please join your club officers...went on to serve as president of the Northern Virginia Mineral Club, the Micromineralogists of the National...in Fred’s memory can be made to the “Northern Virginia Mineral Club Fred Schaefermeyer Scholarship Fund”...of flowers, donations be made to the Northern Virginia Mineral Club’s Fred C. Schaefermeyer Scholarship...C. Schaefermeyer was a member of the Northern Virginia Mineral Club from 1982 until his death in 2016
Journal (issue)
Geodetic Survey, NGS Information Center C185, Rockville, Maryland 20852. U.S.G.S. vertical control lists...Geological Survey, 536 National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092. The Pennsylvania Geological Survey maintains...uVklJ /}+~') L:t~) ~-::t=, During the past year new county topographic maps have been published by the U.S...political boundaries for county, township and boroughs outlined in orange. These county maps are of widespread...widespread use to all who are concerned with county and regional planning, engineering, agriculture, and recreational
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
field trip to the Rhodonite location near Dixie, Virginia to hunt for cutting materials. Tom also led a...field trip to a new Beryl location near Amelia, Virginia......... The Mineralogical Society to] the District...silver working at a club meeting. GEORGIA The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, made a field trip...Mineral Club, Farmington, was the guest of the Oxford County Mineral and Gem Associesion, on a recent field...new club. The Stone Age, published by the lincoln County Gem and Mineral Society, Litchfield. A part of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lapidary and Gem Society of Mont­ gomery County, Rockville The art­ ist, whose signature does not appear...the Geological History of Maryland The Frederick County Gem and Mineral Club, Freder­ ick, held a panel...onyx (which is calcite) and talked about it. WEST VIRGINIA Member Smokey Shoemaker led the Kanawha Rock...TENNESSEE The Chattanooga Geology Club and the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club (Georgia), made a joint field...was copper slag . . . entirely worthless. That VIRGINIA pile of slag is still in his yard as a re­ The
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona........................................currence. Sometimes a village or township and a county, or a village and a state have the same name and...hap­ pens that the village or city is not in the county of the same name nor even in the state. For example...minerals. Chester is also a large city in Delaware County. We have frequently run across minerals from Chester
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Hematite HANOVER, Coosa Co., (near) Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE,
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Tribbey The minerals of the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Henderson County, Illinois, and near the towns of Dallas City, Hamilton and Plymouth in Hancock County, Illinois...examples include the Dallas City High School (Hancock County), The Mineralogical Record, volume 36, September–October...(Fig. 3), and the Mormon Temple at Nauvoo (Hancock County), construction of which was begun in 1841 and completed
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)
artinite, dolomite, brucite, clinopyroxene, olivine, talc, phlogopite, spinel. Distribution: From LaĚŠngban...Nipissing, and in Langmuir Township, Ontario. In the USA, at Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey;...Jersey; in the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland; in the Cedar Hill quarry, Lancaster
Journal (issue)
Environ­ mental Sciences, University of Virginia Chariot tesville, Virginia CONSULTING EDITORS Joel Arem New...publication of the Tuscarora Lapidary Society, Delaware County, Penn­ sylvania 446 ROCKS AND MINERALS Can be...observe any groove produced. You 6. orthoclase 1. talc can look at the scratch with a hand lens 7. quartz...apatite Recently, the Vicker’s scale of hardness Talc, number one on the scale, is the is being increasingly...Gemology in the Adult Education system of Mont­ gomery County, Maryland, speak on the Jewels of Iran. Mrs. Taggert
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry by John O. Griesbach 3957 Wendy Court, Wheaton, Silver Spring, Md. Introduction:...dendritic, white, pink, Hunting Hill, Montgomery County, Md., green, brown, red, and nearly black. Some...radiated aggregates, white to green, was found, with talc and asbestoform tremolite in one small section of... Diopside, andradite, anthophyllite, tremolite, talc, serpentine, chlorite, chrysotile, common opal,...Editor's Note:—Byron, on the Swift River in Oxford1 County, is Maine's famous gold locality. The gold is found
 
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