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Hornblende Root Name Group from
New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Hornblende Root Name Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Comments:Occurs in cavities and fractures in basaltic trap rock.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hornblende Root Name Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:66587
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66587:0
GUID (UUID V4):73479a11-24df-41e2-8ace-2157b8c0447e
Nearest other occurrences of Hornblende Root Name Group
0.0km (0.0 miles) Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
56.8km (35.3 miles) Cabin Branch Mine (Dumfries Mine), Dumfries, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
57.8km (35.9 miles) Carroll Mine, Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
58.9km (36.6 miles) Savage Gabbro Quarry, Savage, Howard County, Maryland, USA
63.0km (39.1 miles) Frost Quarry, Davis, Howard County, Maryland, USA
64.9km (40.3 miles) Mineral Hill Mine, Louisville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
67.9km (42.2 miles) Austin Run Mine (Fer-Sul; Garrisonville; Old Dominion), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Stafford County, Virginia, USA
72.2km (44.9 miles) Patapsco Mine (Finksburg Mine; Orchard Mine), Patapsco Mines, Finksburg, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
77.0km (47.9 miles) Hilton Quarry, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
81.1km (50.4 miles) Woodberry Quarry, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
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