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Ruby from
Behr Mine, Elf School area, Clay County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Ruby
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ruby data
Locality Data:Click here to view Behr Mine, Elf School area, Clay County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:423481
Long-form Identifier:1:3:423481:4
GUID (UUID V4):b13f5e5b-9460-4f44-974a-105dd78234ff
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Cooper1 , John P. Platt2 , and Whitney M. Behr3 1 School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol... Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA 3 School of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University...University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA 2 Department Correspondence to: Frances J. Cooper (frances...Province, USA (the Whipple Mountains, California; the northern Snake Range, Nevada; and Ruby Mountains–East...They were first recognized and described in the North American Cordillera (Coney, 1980), where they form
Report (issue)
Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE IN GARNET RUBY CORUNDUM...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 ......THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ......... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY ................. 7 Emerald, Hiddenite and Associated Minerals
Report (volume)
--......'. Ruby--.----.-..--...-.......-...-...---------------...-.-.-.--.. North Carolina __________................................._........... North Carolina ___..__._....._..._______..__._.____..._.____...........^....................... 116 116 North Carolina .............................................--.......-........-..--.-........--..-. South Carolina -...-.......:..........-.....-----....---.--........ .... ................................ North Carolina ...._.......-._..---...-....-_.._-......_-
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North Carolina State Library Gift of "JYortk (^arolinti ^Ihranj 0 Digitized by the Internet Archive...in 2019 with funding from State Library of North Carolina https://archive.org/details/corundumperidoti01prat...OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT and JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS North Carolina State Library...Library Raleigh NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY J. A. HOLMES, STATE GEOLOGIST VOLUME I CORUNDUM AND...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BY JOSEPH HYDE PRATT AND JOSEPH VOLNEY LEWIS RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 1905
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
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... ..-....................._......... Oriental ruby .........--...........'-...'................................................................ North Carolina sapphires^......... ..........._.................... North Carolina..... .... ........................... ................. Macon County .............,.._, Sheffield mine .......... .......... .1...................... Clay County.. ........................................ Buck Creek or Cullakeenee mine.......................... Blue Ridge corundum tracts
Report (issue)
of previously little· known basic rocks in Towns County. It includes a review of the minerals known to...of eastern North America . . 2 2. 7 Contour diagram of isojoints in Lake Chatuge area 3. Photomicrograph...Geologic map of the Lake Chatuge area, Towns County, Ga., and Clay County, N.C.. . . .in pocket viii :;:...sequence and a garnet muscovite schist sequence. The area is located in the Blue Ridge thrust sheet in the...the sill and the country rock, previously termed Carolina Gneiss, are parallel suggesting contemporaneous
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at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered almandine...found at several mines near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe Hill quarry...collected at Mount Apatite near Auburn, Androscoggin County; and the Bumpus quarry, ROCKS & MINERALS 244-253...the Melrose and nearby mines at Stoneham, Oxford County. Phenomenal trapezohedral almandine crystals exhibiting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
laid, diVided mto valved CORUNDUM MINES OF NORTH CAROLINA. The name "corundum" is applied to all crystallized...t. constitutes the Oriental gems " the sapphire ruby , emerald, I . . . . . ' " the refngeratmg apparatus...ment'lOned, "11C ' and mvana ,}' h ous portion of North Carolina ' In the southwestern coun. . , generally full...observance of these laws. Therefore there is no good rea· mine which has been considered the largest deposit of...steel if they coru dum in this country. It covers an area of three hun. lers' International Exhibition at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
laid, diVided mto valved CORUNDUM MINES OF NORTH CAROLINA. The name "corundum" is applied to all crystallized...t. constitutes the Oriental gems " the sapphire ruby , emerald, I . . . . . ' " the refngeratmg apparatus...ment'lOned, "11C ' and mvana ,}' h ous portion of North Carolina ' In the southwestern coun. . , generally full...observance of these laws. Therefore there is no good rea· mine which has been considered the largest deposit of...steel if they coru dum in this country. It covers an area of three hun. lers' International Exhibition at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
laid, diVided mto valved CORUNDUM MINES OF NORTH CAROLINA. The name "corundum" is applied to all crystallized...t. constitutes the Oriental gems " the sapphire ruby , emerald, I . . . . . ' " the refngeratmg apparatus...ment'lOned, "11C ' and mvana ,}' h ous portion of North Carolina ' In the southwestern coun. . , generally full...observance of these laws. Therefore there is no good rea· mine which has been considered the largest deposit of...steel if they coru dum in this country. It covers an area of three hun. lers' International Exhibition at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
laid, diVided mto valved CORUNDUM MINES OF NORTH CAROLINA. The name "corundum" is applied to all crystallized...t. constitutes the Oriental gems " the sapphire ruby , emerald, I . . . . . ' " the refngeratmg apparatus...ment'lOned, "11C ' and mvana ,}' h ous portion of North Carolina ' In the southwestern coun. . , generally full...observance of these laws. Therefore there is no good rea· mine which has been considered the largest deposit of...steel if they coru dum in this country. It covers an area of three hun. lers' International Exhibition at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden Introduction Aitik is Sweden’s largest copper mine and one of Europe’s most important copper producers...had been produced since mining began in 1968. The mine has a remaining reserve of 226 Mt of ore with an...greenstones and porphyries (Bergman et al. 2001). The area surrounding Aitik consists of Paleoproterozoic (ca...province in Scandinavia. Shaded area represents the Norrbotten County. B Simplified geological map of the...the intrusion to form the Cu–Au– Ag ore along a north–south-striking shear zone. Ore deposition in Aitik
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to migrate.Minor amountsof Zn were concentratedin ruby sphalerite. Strata-bound, fault-hosted Fe-Cu-Zn-Pb-U...their rare earth elementcontents(e.g., V, Mo, Eu, (Behr et al., 1982). This conceptof intracrustalmass Cs...arecrosscut by a prominentgeosuture, the Graefenthalhorst area FrankenwaldQuerzone (FranconianForest cross A g...This series, which is similarto that in the working area, exceedslittle morethan30 m in thickness(forindividual...compositionis rather uniform all over the working area. It consists of quartz, white mica, rarely albite
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E A T B R I T A I N Vol. VI No. 3 JULY 1957 RUBY AND SAPPHIRE by ROBERT WEBSTER, F.G.A. I T is...often difficult for the uninitiated to realize that ruby, with its red colour, a n d the blue sapphire are...form of the same mineral is abrasive emery. Both ruby a n d sapphire have been coveted as gems over the...legend a n d lore of ruby a n d sapphire are quaint. T h e lucky owner of a fine ruby was said to be assured...e high esteem placed on ruby is further indicated by the names applied to ruby in Sanskrit. These were
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for non-lithostatic overpressure recorded in the North American Cordillera hinterland, northeast Nevada...for non-lithostatic overpressure recorded in the North American Cordillera hinterland, northeast Nevada...for non-lithostatic overpressure recorded in the North American Cordillera hinterland, northeast Nevada...Reno, NV 89557, USA Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA Jo ur na...numerous Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes, USA, between geobarometric pressures recorded in the
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2S3 Page 285 Nevada State Uranium School Page 287 North Carolina Pegmatites — Jones . . Page 287...for the mineral collector, prospector, and small mine operator. $4.50. HANDBOOK OP URANIUM MINERALS, by...much to bring about your grad­ uation into the school of the experts. Attention is called to the numerous...district Perth Carolina DR. WALDO H. JONES The Institute of Sciences Myrtle Beach, Souih Carolina Some years...mica or feldspar mine. At that time I was operating mining properties in the Amelia County district of Virginia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1526, USA Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University...59717-3480, USA 3 Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322, USA 1...and Tsenn, 1987; Rutter et al., 2001; Platt and Behr, 2011a; Sullivan et al., 2013; Spruzeniece and Piazolo...2002; Ree et al., 2005; Pennacchioni et al., 2006; Behr and Platt, 2011; Zibra et al., 2012; Singleton and...(Rutter, 1986; Carter and Tsenn, 1987; Behr and Platt, 2011; Platt and Behr, 2011b; Cooper et al., 2017). Experimental
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ference would be unjust in the Case of the farmer, the mine! J I the p�ofe�sional m�n, the artist, or any...ordmary lIon pipes are laid, diVided mto valved NORTH CAROLINA. The name "corundum" is applied to all crystallized...expenmen constitutes the Oriental gems " the sapphire ruby , emerald, I . . . . . ' " the refngeratmg apparatus...ment'lOned, "11C ' and mvana ,}' h ous portion of North Carolina ' In the southwestern coun. . , generally full...observance of these laws. Therefore there is no good rea· mine which has been considered the largest deposit of
Report (issue)
J. NEVILLE 30 Brazilian Opal and the Boi Morto Mine BY BOB FARRAR Fossil Treasures from Lightning Ridge...may have broadly included other red stones such as ruby, red spine!, and possibly even rubellite (tourmaline)...assumption. In fact, while many European and a few North American museums have vast hoards of Roman antiquities... The contention that the Virgin Valley (Nevada, USA) opal deposits were discovered by Chinese explorers...hallmark of the gem industry in the ldar-Oberstein area. The opal trade made Kirsch­ weiler the most prosperous
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Th1W1to11 ........................................862 RUBY .AND AMETHYSTINE CORUNDUM IN NEW JERSEY ..........shower down His choicest Blessings on all of you. ~ area A NEW DISCOVERY OF JADE THAT RESEMBLES FRASER RIVER...IVES ABSTRACT Mineral deposits of the Kelly's H ole area, a mineralized graben in the Dugway Mountains, Tooele...in Tooele Cannon, son of a Morman pioneer, the County, Utah. Here, .according to local mineral resources...S. marshals two generations. been built into the area, and some ore ago, picked out the richest lumps
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Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [et al...Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II
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Color of the Year – Living Coral 92 L’ÉCOLE – School of Jewelry Arts Book Review Mogok – The Valley...consuming nations such as India, China, Thailand, USA, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, UK and Australia...benefit the entire supply chain. Apart from emerald, ruby and sapphire, there has been a rather short supply...Marcelo Ribeiro, Brazil Secretaries Bruce Bridges, USA Santpal Sinchawla, Thailand Board of Directors Gabriel...Bansal, Germany Warren F. Boyd, Canada Sushil Goyal, USA Henry Ho, Thailand Rakesh Jain, Hong Kong Vijay Kedia
 
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