 | Owens, B. E., Belkin, H. E., Zerolis, J. M. (2013) Margarite, corundum, gahnite and zincohögbomite in a blackwall, Raleigh Terrane, Eastern Piedmont Province, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (7) 2913-2929 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.7.03 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | October 2013, Vol. 77(7), pp. 2913–2929 Margarite, corundum, gahnite and zincohögbomite in a blackwall, Raleigh...Raleigh Terrane, Eastern Piedmont Province, USA B. E. OWENS1,*, H. E. BELKIN2 1 2 3 AND J. M. ZEROLIS3...23187, USA U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, Mail Stop 956, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA 1388 Alabama...Alabama Street, San Francisco, California 94110, USA [Received 20 August 2012; Accepted 1 August 2013;...We report an unusual occurrence of margarite, corundum, gahnite and zincohögbomite from the Raleigh |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | December 2014 North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh W hen the North Carolina Museum of Natural...the state capitol. Appropriately enough, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences celebrated its 125th...125th birthday with Treasures Unearthed: North Carolina’s Spectacular Gems and Minerals, a one-year exhibit...with a private collector who specialized in North Carolina minerals to create the 4,000-square-foot exhibit...showcased nearly three hundred specimens of North Carolina gems and minerals. At the close of this successful |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | REVIEWS PERIDOTITES 85 AND CORUNDUM [AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT] Corundum and the Basic Magnesian Rocks of...of Western North Carolina. By J. VOLNEYLEwIS. Bulletin, North Carolina Geological Survey, No. ii, 1896...1896. Corundum and the Peridotites of Western North Carolina. By JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS...LEWIS. Reports, North Carolina Geological Survey, Vol. I, 1906. Corundum and its Occurrence and Distribution...peridotites and the associated corundum deposits of western North Carolina, with briefer descriptions of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of North Carolina S T E V E N P. Y U R K O V I C H Department of Earth Sciences Western Carolina University...University Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 to nearly 7,000 tons (Ballard, 1947). The vast majority of this...this ore was taken from the Corundum Hill mine. Com mercial corundum production ceased in the area in...mined and collected from a wide area of western North Carolina since 1847 (Pratt and Lewis, 1905). Throughout...nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth, corundum was utilized as an industrial abrasive due to |  | | Report (volume) | | North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND THE PERIDOTITES...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905 |  | | Report (issue) | | Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM GOLD...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) | | 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 ...... . . 1 2 3 5 THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite...BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet .................... 13 Corundum « . . 13 Kyanite .......... f ...... . . 13 Moonstone | | | 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) | | PRELIMINARY REPORT ON CORUNDUM DEPOSITS IN THE BUCK CREEl( PERIDOTITE CLAY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BY JARVIS B.... . . . . . . . . • . • . . . Roan gneiss and Carolina gneiss ...................... Pegma ti tes. ..... . . • . • . • . . • • • • . . . • • • . . . Corundum deposits........................................•..••...••....... Quality and distribution of corundum ......••..•.. Disseminated deposits in amphibolite... Origin of corundum in the disseminated deposits .• Quality and distribution of corundum •.......•.. |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR CORUNDUM ITS OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED...__..-.._.__.--...- -18 Physical properties of corundum ......................................... 1.5...composition of corundum ........................................ Determination of percentage of corundum in an...---..-.-..-..-...-,.-..--..-.....Sapphire or gem corundum ........_...'.................--..-.-. .........--.-.... Corundum......-....-.-.......--.......-......--......--........_... Block corundum......... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMS AND GEM MINERALS OF NORTH CAROLINA* Josnrn HvoB Pnerr North Carolina is one of the more notable...the commercial mining of these, such as gold, corundum, mica, and monazite. There have been, however...material. The variety of gem minerals found in North Carolina is probably greater than in any other state...following: Diamond Spodumene Hiddenite Kunzite Corundum Ruby Sapphire Oriental Emerald Oriental Amethyst...Drauor.rt Twelve diamonds have been found in North Carolina, and there are also extensive deposits of itacolumite |  | | 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...uranium, cerium, lanthanum and tions yttrium. The corundum mines, in the chrysolite ledges of the gion...within a few days , so that the list of North Carolina mineral species has been very considerably |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vol. XII. On a new mode of oecurre~we of Ruby iu North Caroli~ta. B) Prof. J. W. JUDD, C.B., LL.D., F...1899:] of the State of North Carolina, with adjoining areas in South p ARTS Carolina and Georgia, have long...and geologists as among the most interesting of corundum localities ; and the researches of the late Dr...clear the mode of occurrence and associations of corundum in this area and in the great eorundiferous belt...area from Alabama in the south to Maine in the north. Quite recently Dr. J. H. Pratt has published a |  | | 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...titanium, uranium, cerium, lanthanum and yttrium. The corundum mines, iu the chrysolite ledges of the mountain...matter of commercial interest. GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 6 Dr. C. L. Hunter has also kindly furnished |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RUBIES OF COWEE VALLEY, NORTH CAROLINA By MELBOURNE SMITH Cashiers, N o r t h Carolina The Ruby Valley of...of Western North Carolina, along Cowee Creek and its tributaries, enjoyed a brief hope during the summer...together with large quantities of perfectly shaped corundum crystals ranging from translucent ruby, pink and...are always some rubies and a good percentage of corundum crystals of small size to be found in Caler Fork...from Main Highway Cowee Valley is roughly 6 miles north of Franklin, county seat of Macon County, N. C |  | | Report (issue) | | 0, I y. 50 .r rVv, rv O. ^ NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE...BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK AND CHARLES E. HUNTER...UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JASPER L. STUCKEY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1946 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK AND CHARLES E. HUNTER |  | | Report (issue) | | BULLETIN No. 2 A Preliminary Report on the Corundum DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA BY FRANCIS P. KING Assistant...Geologist BULLETIN No, 2 A PRELIMINARY REPORT Corundum Deposits or GEORGIA FRANCIS P. KINO Assistant...OF CORUNDUM 9 9 Early History History of Corundum in the Eastern Hemisphere History of Corundum in...Nomenclature of Corundum CHAPTER VARIETIES OF . . . . 11 . 13 21 II. CORUNDUM 23 23 Introductory...Remarks Sapphire Corundum Emery Physical Properties Artificial Production of Corundum CHAPTER 24 26 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Jasrnn L. Srucxrv, Raleigh, NorthCarolina. The North Carolina Department of Conseruati,on, Joseph Hyde Pratt...1632. He died on June 2, 1942, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he had made his home for forty-five...on a mineral collecting trip through western North Carolina with S. L. Penfield and J. A. Holmes, and this...and at Yale in 1896-1897. In 1897,he came to North Carolina as State Mineralogist. IIe servedas State Mineralogist...Lecturer in Mineralogy in the University of North Carolina from 1898 to 1904 and Professorof Economic |  | | Report (chapter) | | Blue Ridge ophiolites, Southern Appalachian Orogen, USA LOREN A. RAYMOND 1, S A M U E L JAMES E. SWANSON... Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA (e-mail: raymondla@appstate.edu) 2Department o f...Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA Abstract: Resolution of the petrotectonic history...MHT, Mars Hill Terrane; NC, North Carolina; GA, Georgia; SC, South Carolina; TN, Tennessee. Numbered and...Hollow; 3, Day Book; 4, Woody; 5, Webster-Addle; 6, Corundum Hill; 7, Buck Creek; 8, Hoots. e, locations of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York, virginia, and North carolina were investigated. The North Carolina locality is a new hoegbomite...formed at the expense of an earlier spinel. In North Carolina two varieties of hoegbomite were discovered...the Turkish emery and Nel? in corundum-spinelchlorite rocks in the corundum fields of eastern Transvaal...Transvaal. Hoegbomite has also been reported from the corundum-rich magnetite ore at Roedstand, Soendmoere,Norway...a new hoegbomite locality in Macon County, North Carolina, the hoegbomite occurrence of Pittsylvania |  | | Report (issue) | | Quartzite . 48 Sillimanite 49 Kyanite 49 Corundum 49 Asbestos 51 51 Discussion Speculation on...FIGURES Page 1. The ultramafic belt of eastern North America . . 2 2. 7 Contour diagram of isojoints...the sill and the country rock, previously termed Carolina Gneiss, are parallel suggesting contemporaneous...assemblage of hornblendeandesine-clinozoisite-corundum. In addition, a garnet pyroxene gneiss occurs... "' CORUNDUM HILL GA . .J / 5 10 -l MILES Figure 1. The ultramafic belt of eastern North America |  | | Report (issue) | | descriptions in text, pages 95-98. Numbers refer north of Baltimore, and he readily identified the heavy...portion is the so-called "Port Deposit granite," north of Perryville, which has the chemical and mineral...ORE IN NORTH CAROLINA. By J. VOLNEY LEWIS. ABSTRACT OF REPORT. The chrome ores of North Carolina occur...asbestos mines of Quebec and the smaller ones of North Carolina and Georgia; the extensive soapstone quarries...of Virginia; the numerous corundum mines formerly worked in North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | No. 1380. OCCURRENCE DUM AND IN NORTH By DISTRIBUTION CAROLINA AND OF CORUN GEORGIA.* JOSEPH...through out nearly its entire length. The mining of corundum has been, however, confined to a narrow section..., to northeastern Georgia and southwestern North Carolina, with the exception of the emery mines at Chester...between emery and corundum, many person� not recognizing emery as a variety of corundum. There are three...in con siant use to designata the varieties of corundum: (1) Sapphire, which include s all corundums, |  | | Report (volume) | | 1950) ..••••..•••... 83 Preliminary report on corundum deposits in the Buck Creek peridotite, Clay County...the Blakely Creek area ••• Geologic map of the north end of the River Mountains, Clark County, Nevada....•. Geologic map of the Virgin River district, north of Lake Mead, Clark County, Nevada ••••••••.••.••••...Geologic map and sections of the Corundum Knob area, Buck Creek corundum d~strict, Clay County, N. C•••...of the Big Shaft (Cullakeenee) mine, Buck Creek corundum district, Clay County, N. C•••.•••••••••••••••••• |
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