 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DEPOSIT IN ALEXANDER COUNTY' NORTH CAROLINA €nanr,Bs Par.lcnr, S. C. DavrpsoN, ANDE. A. GoneNSoN, Haruard...Haruard, UniuersitY. THE HIDDENITE CONTENTS L lnrnopuctror fI. DrscrrprroNoFTrrECouNrnvRocr III. DrscnrpuoNor... Nontronite Quartz Rutile Feldspars Monazite Hiddenite APatite Holmquistite PYrite Beryl ArsenoPYrite...preliminary account of the geological relations of the hiddenite deposit. In the following pages are presented...photographs of some of the matrix specimens of hiddenite and additional crystallographic material for study |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | currently being mined at Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. The more familiar and more highly regarded...third, hiddenite, which is an emerald-green variety of the mineral spodumene, that occurs in North Carolina...fragments were found at Mount Mica, Paris Hill, Oxford County, Maine, in 1820 among the roots of a fallen tree...discovery occurred at the Dunton mine, Newry, Oxford County, in 1972, consisting of a series of pockets that...tourmaline (elbaite) from the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California. Tino Hammid photo. =VS\TL 1HU\HY`-LIY\HY` |  | | 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) | | .'.' .., 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 | | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral inclusions • Field research on Tibetan andesine • Aquamarine and heliodor from Indochina • Dark...Pakistan • Record-breaking emerald from Hiddenite, North Carolina • Emerald-in-matrix from Bahia, Brazil...& Gemology PO Box 9022, Carlsbad, CA 92018-9022, USA Complete volumes of 1992–2010 print back issues are...on Tibetan andesine. In late September 2010, an international group investigated andesine occurrences...resolve the controversy over the origin of red andesine from China. The group was organized by coauthor |  | | Report (issue) | | SURVEI PEGMATITE GEOLOGY OF THE SHELBY DISTRICT NORTH CAROLINA by \ Wallace R. Griffitts > \ I ,' -* U...Metamorphic rocks....................... h- Carolina gneiss ..................... Ij- General features...district , Worth Carolina. .................... In pocket 3A. Contorted garnet layer in Carolina gneiss * 3B...lens of fine-grained lime- silicate rook from the Carolina gneiss. ............... * k-. Metabasalt with...structure f ron the biotite gneiss member of the Carolina gneiss ...... 5* ** 8 Bedding in marble in Battleground |  | | Report (volume) | | Inosilicates Sillimanite Fibrolite Spodumene Kunzite Hiddenite Pyroxenes Diopside Jadeite Diallage Enstatite...Microcline (amazonstone) Hyalophane Albite Oligoclase Andesine Anorthite Danburite Sodalite (molybdosodalite)...are represented either by a regional name (as a county) that does not cover too wide an area, or by the...Sussex and Passaic Counties, N. J., and Orange County, N. Y.; Cumberland, Durham, Westmorland, Northumberland...chromiumactivated minerals. The infrared luminescence of hiddenite also resembles that of the chromium ion in emerald |  | | Book (edition) | | ........................................ . North Carolina. ............................................blue color, nnd the pincer deposits of Grnnito County, Dem·lodge Count.y, nnd nlong :Olissouri River... C., for information on emerald occurrences in North tJarolina. AGATE. MONTANA. e' . I •i, •. i '...15 miles east of Indian Springs, San Bernarclino County, hove been examined. This stone has been called"...a loc_nht:r near San .Rafael 'iliver, in Emery County', Uti:ih. Much of tins would be called chalcedony |  | Giuliani, Gaston, Groat, Lee A., Marshall, Dan, Fallick, Anthony E., Branquet, Yannick (2019) Emerald Deposits: A Review and Enhanced Classification. Minerals, 9 (2) 105 doi:10.3390/min9020105 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | shale (Colombia, Canada, USA); (IIC) Metamorphic rocks (China, Afghanistan, USA); (IID) Metamorphosed and...Alps (Binntal) as well as in the United States (Hiddenite). Nigerian emeralds are unique and are located...La Marina, Peñas Blancas). United States: 12. Hiddenite; 13. Uinta. Canada: 14. Dryden; 15. Mountain River;...rocks-black shale (Colombia, Canada, USA); Metamorphic rocks (China, Afghanistan, USA); Metamorphosed type I deposits...Afghanistan (Panjsher) USA (Uinta (?): question about the presence of emerald) USA (Heddenite) Brazil |  | | Book (edition) | | Production 89 Diamond Occurrences _-~ 88 a. a Hiddenite 144 Thulite 176 Anyolite 176 : 178 Hematite...Yellow sapphire Serpentine Kunzite (spodumene) Hiddenite (spodumene) Citrine (quartz) Rock crystal (quartz)...Gaylussite Gypsum Hancockite Hedenbergite Herderite Hiddenite Hodgkinsonite Hornblende Howlite Huibnerite Huréaulite...Scole- triclinic Albite Amazonite Amblygonite Andesine Anorthite Anorthoclase Axinite Bustamite Bytownite...Ferro-Axinite 6%-7 Gadolinite 64-7 Grossular 64-7 Hiddenite 6%-7 Jadeite 6%-7 Jasper 64-7 Kornerupine 6%-7 |  | | Book (volume) | | NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines and...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather |  | | Book (edition) | | 106 Zircon 108 Tourmaline 110 Spodumene 114 Hiddenite 114 Kunzite 114 Quartz 116 Opal 150 Precious...Reddish-yellow corundum Serpentine Dioptaz Kunzite Hiddenite Citrine or yellowish fired amethyst Korean jade...Amblygonite Zirconia Dioptase Dolomite Tantalite Andesine Thulite Aventurine feldspar Friedelite Topaz...Gypsum Chrysocolla Ekanite Moldavite Obsidian Hiddenite Opal Gaylussite Properties of Gemstones ...8-8/2 8-8tt Kassitente Pyrolusite Amazonite Andesine YAG 8 8 8 Aquamarine 7V2-8 Beryl Spinel |  | | Catalog/List | | AMETRINE ANALCIME ANATASE ANDALUSITE CHIASTOLITE ANDESINE ANDRADITE DEMANTOID MELANITE TOPAZOLITE ANGLESITE...ALBITE AVENTURINE MOONSTONE PERISTERITE SUNSTONE ANDESINE ANORTHITE ANORTHOCLASE BYTOWNITE CELSIAN LABRADORITE...HEMIMORPHITE HERCYNITE HERDERITE HESSONITE HEXAGONITE HIDDENITE HODGKINSONITE HORN CORAL HOWLITE HURLBUTITE HYALITE...CHLOROSPINEL GAHNOSPINEL PLEONASTE SPODUMENE HIDDENITE KUNZITE TRIPHANE STAUROLITE STEATITE STIBIOTANTALITE...Amethyst, Oriental Ammolite Amourant Analcite Andesine jade Aphrizite Apyrite Aquagem Aquamarine, Brazilian |  | | Book (edition) | | Opal Species 170 Jade _ Species 174 Peridot Hiddenite 130 Kunzite 130 86 6 Hest Known : 176 Zoisite...Transvaal jade Ural sapphire Viennese turquoise Hiddenite (spodumene) Citrine (quartz) Rock crystal (quartz)...Gaylussite Gypsum Hancockite Hedenbergite Herderite Hiddenite Hodgkinsonite Hornblende Howlite Hiuibnerite...Yugawaralite triclinic Albite Amazonite Amblygonite Andesine Anorthite Anorthoclase Axinite Bustamite Bytownite...Ferro-Axinite 6%-7 Gadolinite 64-7 Grossular 64-7 Hiddenite 64-7 Jadeite 64-7 Jasper 64-7 Kornerupine 6%-7 |  | | Book (edition) | | Amblygonite Amethyst Ametrine Ammolite Andalusite Andesine Andradite Garnet Angelite Apatite Aquamarine Aragonite...Garnet Hackmanite Haematite Heliodor Hessonite Hiddenite Howlite Imperial Topaz Indicolite lolite Jade...and expeditions for which have included such Alexander the Great, Marco heart of gem trading thousands...Soapy Water No spec Russia, on the same day as Alexander II (1818§=—s«1881) came of age. Hence the gemstone...adornment differently. as jewellery in England is spelt USA. that Americans items worn for What is known “jewelry” |  | | Book | | the USA and the Tanzania, Venezuela, Zaire and until 1970 and is rarely used as a largest north American...colour of ruby - the name is the USA (Montana and North Carolina). soon became the first gems to be...faces. There is poor and a bubble of gas). the USA and elsewhere. Early synthetic cleavage parallel...colour filter that is far brighter Tanzania, the USA!and Zambia. than that from natural emerald. Emerald...filter (instead of green). Pale blue Tanzania, the USA and Zimbabwe of the prismatic crystals to get maximum |  | | Catalog/List | | AMETHYST ANALCIME ANATASE ANDALUSITE CHIASTOLITE ANDESINE ANDRADITE DEMANTOID MELANITE ANGLESITE ANHYDRITE...ALBITE AVENTURINE MOONSTONE PERISTERITE SUNSTONE ANDESINE ANORTHITE ANORTHOCLASE BYTOWNITE CELSIAN LABRADORITE...HEMATITE HEMIMORPHITE HERCYNITE HERDERITE HESSONITE HIDDENITE HODGKINSONITE I-10\VLITE HURLBUT!TE HYALITE HYDROPHANE...Ampullar pearl Analcite [Ancona ruby] [Andalusite] {Andesine jade] .Aphrizite ApricotitJt1 Apyrite Aquagem...the oyster Analcime Rose quartz Brown tourmaline Andesine feldspar Blaclc tourmaline Apricot-colored garnets |  | | Catalog/List | | ALLANITE. Aluminum, Ca, Fe silicate vith Ce. North Carolina. RADIOACTIVE.Black, massive pitchy luster,... Sl.00 lb. AMPHIBOLE(Cont'd) SMARGDITE,Horth Carolina. Green xln, lxl, 20Ø; lx2, 50~; 2x2, ~l.00, ~1...len 6 th of tlle cryst:il, tx~, lOØ (12 ;;1.00). ANDESINE. Na, cc1, AJ..silicate. California. Gray, shows...silicate. France. Brown1 1 mmcrystals in vugs in andesine, ½xt, 50t; lxl, 11.00; lx2, 12.00J 2x2, $2.50;...Potassium aluminum silicate, 2x5, .''J..00. 75Ø lb. North Carolina. Good cleavage sheets, :-\1\hlFi.J:.oi,. :~:nirous |  | | Book | | famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...the gem. Sapphires and rubies are found in North Carolina, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Cal¬ ifornia and...United States (Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, North Carolina among them), but production in this country...Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah. Other...agate is found on some of the beaches in Monterey County in California, moonstones on the beaches of Southern |  | | Book | | __ of lithium kunzite; green — salts; gemstone hiddenite Plate XII.8 razil Blowpipe: fuses large with...“ongo), valuable nickel ore (local) (NiMg)6(OH)s North — izard Garnierite (Noumeite) columnar, radiating...srazil, Viexico, sroken Hill New South Vales) North _ancashire, ‘orest f Dean, Sumberland, silbao (Spain)... longitudinally striated; capillary Tremadoc (North Wales), silicate rocks Brookite single detached...adamantine or diamond, Nos. 118-20 i) : Localities North Lancashire, Cumberland, Name ae veo magnetite | | | Book | | Spodumene LiAl[Si2O6] Varieties: pinkkunzite; green hiddenite Plate X[f.8 Blowpipe: fuses with red flame Amethyst...capillary or needle-shaped Tremadoc silicate (North Wales), rocks Alps, Arkansas (U.S.A.) Brookite...Localities 75 Associated Minerals n1agnetite, North Lancashire, limonite Cumberland, Forest of Dean...Russia (Urals), India, U.S.A. (New Hampshire, N. Carolina), Canada, East Africa Shetland (Unst), Sutherland...hexagonal system, rhombohedral, tabular crystals North Sweden, oatrolite Germany (Vogelsberg), Urals Gibbsite |  | | Book (edition) | | long been known that “like poles’ (such as two north or two south poles) of magnets repel each other...and jewelry. Loc: Burma; Ceylon; Thailand; North Carolina; Georgia; Massachusetts (Chester); U.S.S.R...Czechoslovakia; Brazil; Madagascar; Maine (Ox- ford County); Connecticut (Haddam); New York. emmen Opposite:...(IIfeld, Horhausen); Sweden; Nova Scotia (Picton County); Michigan; Virginia. GOETHITE is a common mineral...Tunnel, Switzerland (r. top); Aragonite—Monr oe County, Ind. DOLOMITE GROUP *DOLOMITE and ANKERITE |  | | Book (edition) | | long been known that “like poles” (such as two north or two south poles) of magnets repel each other...and jewelry. Loc: Burma; Ceylon; Thailand; North Carolina; Georgia; Massachusetts (Chester); U.S.S.R...Czechoslovakia; Brazil; Madagascar; Maine (Oxford County); Connecticut (Haddam); New York. Opposite: Corundum—Ontario...(IIfeld, Horhausen); Sweden; Nova Scotia (Picton County); Michigan; Virginia. GOETHITE is a common mineral...Tunnel, Switzerland (r. top); Aragonite—Monroe County, Ind. DOLOMITE *DOLOMITE GROUP and ANKERITE |  | | Report (issue) | | pegmatite in granite, Short Tom Smith mine, Rockingham County, N. C______ ____ ____________________ _______________________...pegmatite and granite, E. R. Self mine, Gaston County, N. C____________________ 6. Sinuous discordant...bulge in the hanging wall, Knight mine, Rockingham County, N. C- ~ -7. Sharp hanging-wall contact, Knight...granite underlain by schist, Hawkins mine, Stokes County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Same granite...and other units in the Big Bess pegmatite, Gaston County, N. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ |
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