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Holmquistite from
Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Holmquistite
Formula:◻{Li2}{Mg3Al2}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Holmquistite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:460849
Long-form Identifier:1:3:460849:3
GUID (UUID V4):d60898e0-259d-4c30-b145-f4896b7509b3
Nearest other occurrences of Holmquistite
7.0km (4.4 miles) Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) Bessemer City Quarry, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
61.8km (38.4 miles) LCA Mine, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
74.0km (46.0 miles) Martin Marietta Lithium Quarry (Martin Marietta Quarry), Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
76.2km (47.4 miles) Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA
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DEPOSIT IN ALEXANDER COUNTY' NORTH CAROLINA €nanr,Bs Par.lcnr, S. C. DavrpsoN, ANDE. A. GoneNSoN, Haruard...Rutile Feldspars Monazite Hiddenite APatite Holmquistite PYrite Beryl ArsenoPYrite Tourmaline Carbonates...Township, Alexander 280 JOURNAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMEMCA 28r Co. The name Stony Point later appears...this name is still used. The mine is about a mile north of the station which is 15 miles northwest from...associatedminerals are found in many other localities in Alexander County in the near vicinity of the hiddenite mine
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SOCIETY OF AMEKICA THE HIDDENITE OCCURRENCE NORTH CAROLINA 305 IN S. C. DavrnsoN, Haraard Uniuersity...of hiddenite was made in 1829 near Stony Point, Alexander County, N. C. Specimensof this emerald green...green gem mineral, peculiar to North Carolina, were sent by Mr. W. E. Hidden to Dr. J. Lawrence Smith of...previouslv. is situated in Alexander County in the Piedmont belt of North Carolina, about fifteen miles northwest...fifteen feet l In U.S.G.S. Bulleti.n74,Mineralsof North Carolina,by F, A. Genththereis a complete list of the
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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
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awards, and future and past mineral symposia in the USA. The speaker program for the Tucson Symposium (Feb... Country Inn & Suites by Carlson 705 North Freeway, just north of St. Marys Road and west of I-10, Tucson...for minerals and mineral lovers, for me, Greenlee County was the Holy Grail. A serendipitous visit to a...NM, as the Manager of Things for mindat.org. Alexander G. Schauss A visit to the American Museum of Natural...Tschernichite, Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA, Fov: 3.5 mm , Photo by Rudy Tschernich It is with
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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
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.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...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
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the presence of color, and, from the gemological point of view, they are also responsible for the difference...2010). The advantages of LIBS, from the analytical point of view, were demonstrated in several fields, including...specimen (c.n. 24309) was collected at Stony Point, North Carolina, USA, whereas the kunzite (c.n. 2229) comes...precision and accuracy generally better than 10 %. Ten-point analyses for trace elements and Li, B and Be were...Spectrochim Acta B 62:1546–1556 London D (1986) Holmquistite as a guide to pegmatite rare metal deposits
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BibliOgraphy of North American Geology, 1959 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1145 Bibliography of North American...----------- 325 m 1 3 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1959 By RUTH REEcE KING and...(including Alaska and Hawaii), the rest of the North American continent including Greenland, the West...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general nature,...they deal only with foreign areas. Articles on North America by foreign authors are included regardless
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CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m...n t h e e a r l y 1840's i n b o t h N o r t h Carolina and Georgia. C r y s t a l s were recovered f
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states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper is found in abundance in the Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper...and from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. In the USA gold is often obtained by individual prospectors...suitable for pencils comes from Sonora, Mexico. In the USA a major locality is at Ticonderoga, New York State...localities in Chile, and from the Mohawk mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan; also from Lake Superior, Ontario. Treatment
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arawak and North Borneo _________________ _ Sarawak _____________________________ _ North BorneO----...________ _ North Island_____ ------------- ________ _ Antarctica ________________________________ _ North Am...124 126 127 130 Monazite localities-Continued North America-Continued United States of America-Continued...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer
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the same properties, That is brief and to the point, concentrating on the essential criteria. First...recent ex- Figure 8. Azurite from Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Azurite is a Cu-containing mineral found in the...mineral was first described) or after a landscape, county, or region in which the type locality was situated... Figure 10. Spessartine from Nathrop, Colorado, USA. Spessartine is named after the type locality near... Centre of symmetry A centre of symmetry is a point in the crystal in which a face can be ‘mirrored’
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abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...localities of magmatic origin (in the sequence North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia...those of pegmatitic origin in the same sequence: North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, etc...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado
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Bibliography of North American Geology, 1950-1959 PART 2. INDEX VOLUME 3 : A-L GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...BULLETIN 1195 Bibliography of North American Geology, 1950-1959 By RUTH REECE KING, ELISABETH S...., 6. T. B., 2. Magmatic vs. metamorphic source North America, western, paleoof ores: Hawley, J. E., 11...evolutionary extinction L. R., 6. factors: Coleman, R. H. North Dakota, petroleum: Laird, Management look at the...Paleotectonic history, western Mineral-dependent economy, North America: Laudon, reserve plan: Love ring, T. S.
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more and more salt per uniL volume. Ultimately the point will be reached "·here the amount, of water present...part of the sodiltm chloride, which u p to this point has been held in a state of solution by the water...and, if a hot solution i::; allowed to cool, a point will be reached where the solution becomes supersaLurated...are constant. Figure 3 will also illustrate this point. Since it is a square network, the face which cuts...face, edge, or point on one side of the plane there is a corresponding face, edge, or point in a similar
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INTRODUCTION Class: Classes are designated by their point group symmetry. Note that as mineralogists we use...monoclinic crystals. The monoclinic holohedral point group symmetry is 2/m and the one symmetry direction...elements; mathematically synonymous with point group; each of the 32 point groups are characterized by a symbol...the combination of~ymmetry elements unique to the point group (e.g., 2/m, 3, 4/m, 43m). crystal face The...hypothetical points (positions) in a crystal whereby each point has identical surroundings (i.e., direction and
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hexagonal (sixfold) symmetry illustrate the next point. (SiO4)*~ must be bonded to a cation or cations...scraps of matter are built into minerals. At this point is is necessary to restrict our scope a little....oriented bonds in covalent structures usually point in the same directions as the principal axes of...extremely common in most mineral groups. At this point we must return to the subject of chemical formulae...surface shrinks, finally becoming the pyramid’s point. Similarly a crystal face on which material is deposited
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Bibliography of North American Geology, 1950-1959 By RUTH REECE KING, ELISABETH S. LOUD, MILDRED CHALLMAN...GEORGIANNA D. CONANT INTRODUCTION This bibliography of North American geology lists publications that appeared...(including Alaska and Hawaii), the rest of the North American continent including Greenland, the West...in foreign journals are cited if they deal with North American localities or are of a general nature,...not if they deal with foreign areas. Articles on North America by foreign' authors are included regardless
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hexagonal Jsixfold) symmetry illustrate the next point. (Si04)4- must be bonded to a cation or cations...scraps of matter are built into minerals. At this point is is necessary to restrict our scope a little....the oriented bonds in covalent structures usually point in the same directions as the principal axes of...closely common in most mineral groups. At this point we must return to the subject of together by a three-dimensional...surface shrinks, finally becoming the pyramid’s point. Similarly a crystal face on which material is deposited
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more and more salt per unit volume. Ultimately the point will be reached where the amount of water present... part of the sodium chloride, which up to this point has been held in a state of solution by the water...cold; and, if a hot solution is allowed to cool, a point will be reached where the solution becomes supersaturated...are constant. Figure 3 will also illustrate this point. Since it is a square network, the face which cuts...face, edge, or point on one side of the plane there is a corresponding face, edge, or point in a similar
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more Na+ and c1- per unit volume. LJltimately, the point is reached when the remaining water can no longer...water; and, if a hot solution is allowed to cool, a point \viii be reached where the solution becomes sufficiently... reflection by a mirror, and inversion about a point are referred to as symn1etry operations. The z...an equivalent motif unit by inversion through a point (see Fig. 2.4b). Rotation The ordered arrangement...6-fold axes in both symmetry combinations are at point A, the center of the circle. The 2-fold axis is
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“Crystal Projections;” and Chapter 9, “Selected Point Groups and Further Aspects of Space Groups.” ¢ The...Mineral and Rock Identification, and iarity with point and space groups and their notation, Ore Mineralogy...staurolite. Subsequently, she was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (1985-1987) to continue...SELECTED POINT GROUPS AND FURTHER ASPECTS OF SPACE GROUPS 182 Nineteen of the Thirty-Two Point Groups 183...Properties 220 Structural Complexities and Defects 222 Point Defects 222 Line Defects 223 Planar Defects 223
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England in metamorphic and igneous rocks 1955 Alexander N. Winchell, University 1956 Arthur F. Buddington...Norway (e.g., regions of in the Oslo region) and North America 1961 Paul Ramdohr, University of Heidelberg... Amer. Frondel, Leipzig, 621 pp. C, 1983, North America ). Sci., v. 46, pp. An overview in ...1-24. first two vol- in Crystallography in North America, umes 1944, 1951, and 1962. The 1, Sons...more Na and CI" per unit volume. Ultimately, the point is reached when the remaining water can no longer
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University of Illinois, Chicago, Gregory J. McCarthy1 North Dakota State University, and The late Henry O.A...Edgar Tilley, University of Cambridge 1955 Alexander N. Winchell, University of Wisconsin 1956 Arthur...in regions of Norway (e.g., the Oslo region) and North America reflected light microscopy; mineralogy and...Donald H. Lindsley, State University of New York at Stony Brook 1997 Ian S. E. Carmichael, University of...overview of crysta llography in North An1erica, in Crystallography in North America, D. Mcl achlan and J
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student in too much detail. Chapter 6, “Selected Point vi PREFACE Groups and Space Groups,” discusses...the detailed description of 19 of the most common point groups and examples of some space group representations...new graduates should have some familiarity with point and space groups and their notation, statements...Stereographic Projection 243 Nineteen of the Thirty-Two Point Groups Triclinic System 254 Monoclinic System 255...Two-Dimensional Three-Dimensional 6. SELECTED POINT GROUPS AND SPACE GROUPS 240 155 Combinations of
 
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