 | | Journal (issue) | | page X) In this issue … Mineral of the month: Prehnite .......... p. 4 April program details .......... Bank manager finds diamond.............. p. Prehnite From Southbury, Connecticut Bench Tip: Depth... Mineral of the Month Happy Easter! Prehnite by Sue Marcus Prehnite is our Mineral of the Month for April...it in Virginia, and more of us can seek it when we return to field collecting. Although prehnite is relatively...Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, No in-person social events for now! The first prehnite to be described |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...forming a ridge north of Route 7 near Dranesville, Virginia. Figure 7. Locations of mineral deposits in...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCAL INDEX Although perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...on prehnite, kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral species. and D. A L L E N P E N I C K ..., JR. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S...world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R . V . Dietrich. A l |  | | Journal (issue) | | night set up. I was off to a reception for Fairfax County volunteers at the Waterford at Fair Oaks, which...time to renew your membership in the Northern Virginia Mineral Club if you have not already done so....membership dues to the following address: NORTHERN VIRGINIA MINERAL CLUB PO BOX 9851 ALEXANDRIA, VA 22304...5 NVMC Mineral Show (with pics!) 6,7 Vulcan Quarry Field Trip Report 8 Tool of the Month BoD, Schedule...Recorded by Kathy Hrechka, Secretary Northern Virginia Mineral Club Minutes of the November 24, 2008 |  | | Journal (issue) | | February 1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...source of information in this Virginia index was Minerals of Virginia (1970) by R. V. Dietrich. Although...of the index. Some of the famous localities in Virginia, such Updated from Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 60...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed |  | | Journal (issue) | | National Limestone Quarry FIELD TRIP – April 12th: National Limestone Quarry, 217 Quarry Road, Mount Pleasant... We will collect from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. This quarry is terrific for wavellite, strontianite, fluorite...a parent or legal guardian. This is a hard rock quarry and you will need heavy boots, hard hat, safety...on Calcite (right) from the National Limestone Quarry in Mt. Pleasant Mills, PA. Rock Trading 6,7 ...plus the Board. Join us at 3156 Eakin Park Court, Fairfax, VA. Just send me an email that you’re coming, |  | | Journal (issue) | | one at the Manassas Quarry (see page 5 for the field trip report) and to the Barger Quarry in southern...southern Virginia (sorry, no field trip report has been submitted for this trip). Currently, there is one field...planned for early May to the National Limestone Quarry in Mt. Pleasant Mills, PA. Please see page 4 for...there at all. If there is a particular mine or quarry you would like Ted to consider, please let him...Meeting 02 May Field Trip to the National Limestone Quarry 23 May Ben Clement Mineral Dig (Kentucky) MAY NVMC |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trip on the 4th, Hunting Hill GMMC May 15th in Manassas May Meeting date is still TBD Field Trip 04 June...Hunting Hill Quarry SUNDAY May 4th: May's field trip is to the Rockville Crushed Stone Inc Quarry for grossular...email Robert or call Robert at 703-431-8547. The quarry manager has set a limit of 20 participants. There...our club members signed up for the Montgomery County Club field trip on May 18th, please be considerate...a parent or legal guardian. This is a hard rock quarry and you will need heavy boots, hard hat, safety |  | | Journal (issue) | | Field Trip: • Join us! The Prez Field Trip - Manassas Quarry Saturday, March 8th 2008's first field trip...Vulcan Materials Company - Manassas Quarry, Saturday, March 8th, for prehnite, calcite, apophyllite, stilbite...and many more. The address is 8537 Vulcan Lane, Manassas, VA 20109. Meet at the Manager's Office no later...is a hard rock Saturday, March 08 at Manassas Quarry quarry and you will need heavy boots (preferably...field trip is open only to members of the Northern Virginia Mineral Club. John Boyer must know of your plans |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet, and the zeolites...as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals from this...Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch quarry at nearby Amherst...al. 1980) and quarries at Prospect Park, Passaic County, are noted for datolite; datolite clusters and...in the Braen quarry, Haledon; the Francisco quarry at Great Notch; and the Riverside quarry, Totowa, also |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mar NVMC Meeting 04 April Field Trip Vulcan Quarry Manassas 25 April Ben Clement Mineral Dig (Kentucky)...Vulcan Manassas Quarry Northern Virginia Mineral Club collecting trip to the Vulcan Manassas Quarry at 8537...8537 Vulcan Ln, Manassas, VA on April 4, 2009. 7:30 am at the mine office. 25 to 30 Members A sign-up...members to sign up. The Vulcan Manassas Quarry is known for prehnite, calcite, apophylitte and stilbite...it's local. Stellerite found at the Vulcan Manassas quarry in April 2008 Contact Ted Carver at 703.754 |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............................. p. 10 The Estes Quarry in Maine ........................................spessartines come from Colorado and Maine. San Diego County, CA, has been the main spessartine producer in...That may be The Mineral Newsletter Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Please join our October...2001. Spessartine garnet from Ramona, San Diego County, CA. Gems and Gemology 37(4). Mindat. 2016. Spessartine...as exposed in the rocks of Corridor H in West Virginia. If you’ve missed Shelley’s field trips along |  | | Journal (issue) | | Explore our website! October Meeting Program: Virginia Mineral Project (details on page 5) In this issue...newsletter. Field trip report: Manassas quarry .................. p. 17 Manassas quarry geology, part 1 ........morphologies. Let’s explore it together. Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Ancient Uses and Etymology... Botryoidal hematite from the Red Mountain Mine, Augusta County, VA. Photo: Bob Cooke. Hematite rose on quartz...specimens came from Chubb Lake in St. Lawrence County, NY, in the late 1990s. Like many other showy hematites |  | | Report (issue) | | the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound |  | | Journal (issue) | | location and set a date by coordinating with the quarry or mine while being sure to leave your contact...LBNC 27-28 Sept. Gem Cutters Guild Show, Howard County Fairgrounds 09 Oct. NVMC Board Mtg 27 Oct. NVMC...specimens from Connecticut. One display shows prehnite and apophyllite specimensfrom Connecticut quarries;...contacted the museum person by phone from our home in Virginia. The situation was straightened out, and we are...there are many hands. A “Laker” Exhibit From A Virginia Collector Wayne Sukow, Prez. THE MINERAL NEWSLETTER |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2010 Minerals of Vulcan: Manassas The September meeting of the Northern Virginia Mineral Club will feature...history and geology of the Vulcan Quarry in Manassas. This quarry is a significant local collecting site...site featuring a suite of minerals including prehnite, apophyllite, datolite, and many more (mindat.org...company and the quarry. Members are encouraged to bring specimens from the Manassas Quarry for show and...7:45pm 02 Oct. Field trip to National Limestone Quarry 25 Oct. General meeting of the NVMC at 7:45pm 22 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Prehnite--Apophyllite Plus! by LINDY COOPER Virginia Peninsula Gem and Mineral Society Hampton, Virginia...American Federation: The L u c k Quarry at Centreville, Virginia, long has been recognized as a prime...delightful mineral combination—delicate green prehnite w i t h its frosting of cubic-looking apophyllite...apophyllite crystals. Located in historic Northern Virginia within view of the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains...will take home Centreville is an active trap-rock quarry only what I can reasonably use." and, while the |  | | Report (volume) | | assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina, and other Eastern...Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South Carolina...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg |  | | Journal (issue) | | website: http://www.novamineralclub.org/ Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Wayne Sukow November 16...Gilgit. The pegmatite at Morefield Mine in Amelia County, VA, has also produced topaz. Imperial topaz (see...are lots of agates, but there’s also a wonderful prehnite panda! The museum also exhibits small displays...geology classes, and delightful field trips to the quarry! Baby Jack Talay. Photo: Rachel Talay. The Mineral...factors. Sure, you can walk that quarter mile into a quarry, but will you be able to walk out again carrying |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals include a wide array of other zeolites, prehnite, calcite, and apophyllite-group minerals. Scolecite...the Dexter quarry, Lincoln County, Rhode Island. A historical occurrence is with prehnite in gneiss at...at Ward’s quarry, Pelham, Massachusetts. It has been reported from the traprock quarries of New Jersey...including those at Edgewater, Bergen County; Bergen Hill, Hudson County; and Great Notch, Upper Montclair...Passaic County. Scolecite has been collected in the diabase quarry at Manassas, Prince William County, and |  | | Report (issue) | | and C.M. Sears U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092 Open-File Report 92-448 This report is...Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located in the Culpeper basin, Maryland and Virginia ..................... 168 H. Section H: Occurrences...Occurrences located in other areas of Virginia. ... 185 I. Section I: Occurrences located in North Carolina...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2 |  | | Journal (issue) | | yth ANNUAL JEWELRY GEM &MINERAL SHOW Featuring Virginia Minerals, Mines and Localities BE A PROSPECTOR...14,1977 VIRGINIA BEACH CIVIC CENTER (THE DOME) 19TH AND PACIFIC AVENUE VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA Rocks&...Minerals from Virginia Richard S. Mitchell 230 Mineral and Fossil Collecting Sites in Virginia Palmer C....Pseudomorphs in Virginia R. V. Dietrich 244 The Geology of Virginia W. Cullen Sherwood 250 Prehnite—Apophyllite...Minerals of Virginia J. Alexander Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard |  | | Journal (issue) | | NVMC at 7:45pm 29 May Field trip to Nelson County rutile quarry 28 June General meeting of the NVMC at 7:45pm...Trip Reports 4 Minerals in the home 5 Rutile Quarry field trip 6 Nat.Geo. Terra Cotta Warrior Exhibit...speaker and classes are wonderful. The Northern Virginia Mineral Club All this mixed together with a fantastic...label all radioactive specimens as The Northern Virginia Mineral Club radioactive. ● Don’t carry radioactive...first rock watching trip to the Vulcan mine at Manassas. Boy howdy is this ever fun, and so much better |  | Lyttle, Peter T., Aleinikoff, John N., Burton, William C., Crider, E. Allen, Drake, Avery A., Froelich, Albert J., Horton, J. Wright, Kasselas, Gregorios, Mixon, Robert B., McCartan, Lucy, Nelson, Arthur E., Newell, Wayne L., Pavlides, Louis, Powars, David S., Southworth, C. Scott, Weems, Robert E. (2017) Geologic map of the Washington West 30’ × 60’ quadrangle, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Open-File Report 2017-1142. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20171142 | Report (issue) | | Allen Crider Jr. (2012–2017) 8 10 KILOMETERS 9 VIRGINIA MAP LOCATION Tc Calvert and (or) Choptank Formations...calcareous, laminated, pyritic, carbona- Zga Zm Manassas Sandstone (Upper Triassic) ^cmp Poolesville Member—Sandstone...the Culpeper basin and the Barboursville basin, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80–468...geology of the northern part of the Culpeper basin, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File...of the Arcola quadrangle, Loudoun and Fairfax Counties, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous |  | | Journal (issue) | | over 350 meteorites were recovered. Northern Virginia Mineral Club members, Please join our April 22...event at the mineral show hosted by the Northern Virginia Mineral Club on November 17–18, 2012. Next—and...My first thought is the Vulcan Materials Quarry in Manassas. It requires access with a group, although...nearby, you can drive your own vehicle into the quarry, and there are lots of interesting minerals to...their finds or weren’t able to go. The quarry is known for prehnite, apophyllite, stellerite, and other |
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