 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Virginia by RICHARD S. MITCHELL Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903...same county. I t also has been observed i n pegmatites i n Powhatan County, Spotsylvania County, and...world have specimens of allanite from Amherst County, Virginia. The mineral is usually black and is coated...radioactive. The mineral was reported in Amherst County as early as 1874. Mallet ( 1 8 7 7 ) first described...Specimens from the Rutherford pegmatites, in Amelia County, are famous for the per fection of their thin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCAL INDEX Although perhaps best known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on...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...Mineral Resources P. O. Box 3667 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 T H I S V I R G I N I A M I N E R A L L...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Thaumasite Ca3 Si(SO4 )(CO3 )(OH) 6 ² 12H2 O ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal...mines, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa. In the USA, at Paterson and Great Notch, Passaic Co., New Jersey;...Leesburg, Loudoun Co., and the Fairfax quarry, Centreville, Fairfax Co., Virginia; from Crestmore, Riverside...edition), 698. (2) Knill, D.C. and B.R. Young (1960) Thaumasite from Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Mineral. Mag...further re¯nement of the crystal structure of thaumasite, Ca3 Si(OH)6 CO3 SO 4 ² 12H2 O: Neues Jahrb. |  | | 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) | | Mary Lynn White Minerals of the Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Virginia................ John C. Medici ...universi ties in the area, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, California Institute...314-726-2236). amlier linritc on ijolilen csilcite! mcailc county* south ilakotn Extensive mining of six miles of...workings. In the 1870’s the Trigo Mountains, Yuma County, Ari zona occurrences were discovered. The list...analysis. The vanadinite is from the Apache mine, Gila County, Arizona, and the arsenopyrite is from Zacatecas |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | plus post 1147 ■■ ALTAITE Organ Mts, Dona Anna County, New Mexico a few silvery I mm spots in dark matrix...- - - - -~ ---1152 ■ AL UNITE Marysvale, Piute County, Utah Pure orange-pink crystalline mass KAISO/4OH...127 ■■ DELAFOSSITE Consolidated Copper Co. Nevada. USA Tiny black spheres in while matrix Fairiy rich. Micro...1141 ■ HEMIMORPHITE Hansonberg District, Socorro County, New Mexi 1154 ■■ SAHLITE Gjerstad, Bamble ,South...Pb(CaMn)SiO 861 ■■ MIARGYRITE McLaughlin Mine, Napa County, California, US, Metallic greyish-red in matrix |  | | 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...of entries, the basin name and the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle...are not restricted to an exposed early Mesozoic basin. The term "regional" indicates that the reference |  | | 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....Resume: 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) | | growing. It will serve as a model for future non-USA chapters of FM. A membership list has been prepared...02138 The Franklin-Sterling Hill area in Sussex County, New Jersey, never ceases to provide specimens...Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, N. J. U. S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 180, 135 p...Mineral species which have been recognized include thaumasite, apophyllite, 14A tobermorite, gyrolite, okenite...contact increases, and at a distance of 1600 feet thaumasite may make up ten percent of the rock mass. Infrared |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens of prehnite, thaumasite, apophyllite, and byssolite from Centreville, Va., were acquired from...exchange with Captain John Sinkankas of Bayside, Virginia, the following gems were acquired: an emerald-cut...1963, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ix, Jr. of Charlotte, Virginia, presented to the gem collection a large and valuable |  | | Journal (issue) | | with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...the northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next...down to 6 inches in diameter and was filled with thaumasite. Apophyllite crystals, from micro (mostly cubic...loosened a large piece of what I thought was thaumasite from the base of the prehnite tube to the left |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Japan/ Munich, Germany Laguna Beach, California, USA tel: +1 949 494 5155 / info@kristalle.com The ...Articles The White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio ...............651 by C. J. Stefano & J....from the White Rock quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio. Daniel Trinchillo (Fine Minerals International)...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription...FineMineral.com Colorado Quartz Mine, California, USA 6 cm Rudolph Now accepting nominations for the |  | | Catalog/List | | Feldspar lxl £3 lx2 £5 small 2x2 £9 502 ANTIGORITE County Bridge Quany,Lizard ,Cornwall 172 BEEKITE Tor Bay...Mg C0/3 128 DUNDASITE . Tynagh Mine, Loughrea, County Galway,lreland White micro fibres or crusts with.... ____ _ __ 106 CORONADITE Cowshill, Weardale, County Durham. Pure black cellular mass, some slightly...lx2£8 FLUORESCENl 1038 OPAL Virgin Valley, Nevada, USA Semi-opal pale yellow-green translucent mass. Green..._F_L(!O RESC ENl 744 WILLEMITE Franklin.New Jersey, USA 78 CALCITE M e nd ips Areas in calcitc/franklinite/zincite |  | | Book | | Geology and Virginia Richard V. Dietrich Professor of Geology and Dean School of Arts and Sciences,...University Press of Virginia Charlottesville Qt z.^.z THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF VIRGINIA Copyright © 1970...by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia First published 1970 Standard Book Number: 8139-0289-4...America To Frances, Rick, Kurt, Krista, and Virginia 161781 Digitized by the Internet Archive in...natives of Virginia and visitors to the Commonwealth—who are interested in geology and in Virginia. It attempts |  | | Journal (issue) | | occurring at the Ecton copper mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, you have opened a Pandora’s box...Mining district in the southwest corner of Gila County, Arizona (T. 4 S., R. 15 E.). A good map of the...and ore deposits of the seventy-nine mine, Gila county, Arizona, Unpublished PhD thesis, University of...minerali zation at the seventy-nine mine, Gila county, Arizona. Econ. Geo I. 44, 24-39. Kiersch, G.A...NATURAL HIS TORY - New York City The LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM Los Angeles Additional features include: |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay | | | Journal (issue) | | occurring at the Ecton copper mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, you have opened a Pandora's box...Mining district in the southwest corner of Gila County, Arizona (T. 4 S., R. 15 E.). A good map of the...and ore deposits of the seventy-nine mine, Gila county, Arizona, Unpublished PhD thesis, University of...and mineralization at the seventy-nine mine, Gila county, Arizona. Econ. Geol. 44, 24-39. Kiersch, G.A ...NATURAL HISTORY - New York City The LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM Los Angeles Additional features include: |  | | Book | | PROBABLY THE WORLD'S FINEST APOPHYLLITE CRYSTAL, CENTREVILLE, VA. SPECIMEN C O L L E C T E D B Y I S A A C...CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate pastel...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets, glowing |  | | Book | | assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...formed after the overlying lake had flooded the basin and became sodium borate rich (William Wise, pers...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald...chabazite, tacharanite, tobermorite, gypsum, and thaumasite in submarine Tertiary breccia and vesicular basalt | | | Book | | assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...formed after the overlying lake had flooded the basin and became sodium borate rich (William Wise, pers...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald...chabazite, tacharanite, tobermorite, gypsum, and thaumasite in submarine Tertiary breccia and vesicular basalt |  | | Book | | United States by Bookcrafters, Fredericksburg, Virginia. PREFACE The end of 1994 marked the close of...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |
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Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA