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Thulite from
Fanny Gouge Mine, Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zoisite var: Thulite
Formula:{Ca2}{Al,Mn33+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Comments:The thulite from this locality is actually clinothulite identified on three different specimens by chemical analysis and x-ray diffraction by Richard C. Erd, U.S. Geological Survey, 1995, unpublished. Thulite and clinothulite are visually indistinguishable.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Thulite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fanny Gouge Mine, Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:46756
Long-form Identifier:1:3:46756:0
GUID (UUID V4):4e8c166e-2282-49ae-81f6-9d49579998c8
Nearest other occurrences of Thulite
1.9km (1.2 miles) Charlie Young Mine, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Spider Mine, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) James Mine, Crabtree Creek, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Henry Grindstaff No. 1 Mine, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.3km (1.5 miles) Buckeye Mine, Crabtree Creek, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.7km (1.6 miles) Carolina Mineral Company No. 6 Mine, Crabtree Creek, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) John Edge Mine, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Sally Knob Mine, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Carolina Mineral Company No. 29 Mine, Crabtree Creek, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Silvers Ridge Mine, Crabtree Creek, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
References
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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
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 (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
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.'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...MICA ANATASE RUTILE AJTUNITE AND TORBERNITE THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ...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
Report (volume)
Pine District ! Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN \ Prepared...with the Min\ eral Resources Division of the North \ Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...Pine District Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties North Carolina By DONALD A. BROBST ! CONTRIBUTIONS...with the Mineral Resources Division of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development...Spruce Pine pegmatite district, Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties, N.C.__________________ In pocket FIGURE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz, and calcite are described. The zoisite is a thulite with up to 0.20 wt % MnO. It is argued that the...Central Aar Massif(Switzerland), pink zoisite (thulite) has been found in a fine-grained vein coexisting...development of the dominant foliation striking north-east ( = SO, followed by different stages of deformation...corresponding to an east-west striking fault system. The thulite-bearing veins parallel these quartz veins and neither...(southwest-north-east) schistosity suggesting a contemporaneous formation of the thulite-bearing and
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