 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VIRGINIA MINES AND MINERALS By P H I L I P M O R R I L L East D e r r y , N . H . 0 3 0 4 1 (PART INTRODUCTION...mines in Virginia, north of the James River, with the ex ceptions as follows: Albemarle County was very...northern Virginia. Maps used were the U.S.G.S. Topo graphical Sheets. Also used were the county road maps...of H i g h w a y s Richmond, Virginia The price is 2 0 cents per county. Other states could well follow...very high grade iron. Credit should be given the Virginia Department of Mineral Resources in Charlottesville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (top left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...(left). Fluorite, 2.5 cm on edge, Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure...Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis Paris photo (2004). Figure 5 (far right page)...barite specimens at the Elmwood zinc mine in middle Tennessee. This mine, opened in 1975, and other nearby |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...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...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Report (issue) | | about 10 miles. The area is principally in Roane County. Ore has been mined in many places along the west...about 9 miles, lying partly in Roane County and partly in Rhea County. -Much of this strip is in the bottom...bordered by a fault for about 5 miles. Near the county line on the outcrop the rocks dip 20° to 30° SE...SE. The ore bed, as observed at the Crescent mine, is 5 to 6 feet thick. From 10 inches to 1 foot of lean...necessary for blast-furnace practice. In the Crescent mine many small folds, diagonal to the strike of the |  | | Catalog/List | | Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2003 Copyright © 2003 Elsevier Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/03 $30.00 ⫹ .00 Pergamon...Geological Sciences, 4044 Derring Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA (Received November 6, 2002; accepted...synthetic cryptomelane, and natural and synthetic pyrolusite; the Fe-oxides studied were synthetic akaganéite...spectroscopy (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, XPS). Overall and under these conditions, the synthetic Mn-oxides...natural and synthetic Fe-oxides. Only natural pyrolusite had a sorption efficiency as low as the Fe-oxides |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Catalog/List | | grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE...dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7 242 KOLBECKITE |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | LONE JACK QUARRY Rockbridge County, Virginia R. V . D I E T R I C H Central Michigan University Mount...R Y , N E A R G L A S G O W , Rock bridge County, Virginia, first gained the attention of min eral collectors...(Dietrich*, 1963). It was prepared especially for this Virginia-emphasis issue, which was put together to commemorate...commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Virginia Geological Survey. The quarry is not open to collectors... J U L Y / A U G U S T 1985 157 Figure 2: Overall view of quarry area from which most of the vug-filling |  | | Catalog/List | | to 3 mmon rock. (WestforkMineReynodsCo. liissouri USA)a) with 2 or 3 crystals E 3 7 POLY Y.ITE i I" S...Carbide Hine, WilsonSprings G rland Co nty, rk nsas USA) lx E4 lx2 E7.50 497 TELLURITE /2 god yellow crust...brownmetallic (Herbb E2 Hine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lem E6 • , * 0 • 1 • 068 BOTALLACKITE...Attractive blue masses in and on pink BÅRYTES.(BlairLogie Mine, n~ar Stirling, Scotland) lxl El. 50 202 COPPER...Cu minerals on matrix. (30'level Gold Hill Mine Utah USA) lem E4 309 PLANCHEITE Cu/8 Si/8 0/22 pure dark |  | | 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...OH Ix! £3 lx2 £6 2x2 £10 34 ■ ANDRADITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish...serpentine. Ix! £5 lx2 £10 38 BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Rich brown mass with approx 5 % Cymrite...£15 2x2 £30 Ba Na Al SiO 22 BANNISTERITE Benallt Mine. Lleyn, Wales Dark brown veinlets throughtout calcite/ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | painstakingly by dedicated scientists forming an overall picture of scientific achievement which the layman...pioneers of our age. THE MANGANESE MINES OF CRIMORA, VIRGINIA By EDWARD J. MARCIN 1917 Meadowbrook Rd., Merrick...Merrick, L.I., N.Y. The Manganese mines of Crimora, Virginia are the oldest and largest of the manganese workings...The ores of the mine are Psilomelane, Pyrolusite and Wad (impure, earthy pyrolusite ). The difference...mammillary, botryoidal and stalactitic shapes. The pyrolusite is commonly intermixed with the psilomelane as |  | | Catalog/List | | grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE Li...Mica white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE...dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE Ba Na Ti B...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH U...Na Al Silicate Pure creamy coloured masses (Tanco Mine, Bernie Lake, Manitoba, Canada) lx2ins £4 2x2ins |  | | Catalog/List | | on a rich mass of red-brown Piedmontite. (Praboma Mine, St Marcel, Aosta Italy) display surface 3x3 inches...Also smaller areas on the side, £30 ( Bell creek Mine, Timmins, Ontario Canada ) 13 . STILBITE, rich mass...crystals ~ 2x2.5 Cookeite small crystal plates. . lpe Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil coating...dark grey -pink small crystal group about I cm overall size and crystals to around 4mm (El Solar, Taxco...coating, showing reddish-green colours. Volcano Mine, Tharis, Huleva Province Spain £25 20. DOLOMITE |  | | Catalog/List | | a protected cavity, on 2x2.5 inch Axinite. Obira mine, Oita prefecture, Kyrushu Island Japan £15 BARITE...masses in quartz, manganese matrix Fort Lismeenagh, County Limerick, was in the Borland collection, bought...CASSITERITE a very rich piece, nearly p from S.Crofty Mine Cornwall,, Seager collection small 2x4 inch £10...(Hingston Down, Cornwall) 2x2 I believe this is the mine rather than the quarry itself. £6 CELESTITE dark...card from the Taplin collection Fort Dodge Iowa USA £4 CINNABAR attractive rich red masses with rock |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, USA Correspondence to: L.A.J. Garvie mine the oxidation state (Leapman...norrishite gaudefroyite bixbyite ramsdellite pyrolusite chalcophanite asbolan todorokite braunite hausmannite...tions f r o m 2p ~ 4s will be negligible in the overall L2, 3 a b s o r p t i o n / i o n i s a t i o n...tetragonal Mn fluorides (Oelkrug 1971 ; Allen and Warren 1971 ; K6hler et al. 1978). Electron configurations...6Blg---~5B2g=2.16, and SBlg~SEg=2.43 eV (Allen and Warren 1971). The average value of the 5B2g a n d 5Eg |  | | Catalog/List | | Greenish , sparse, acicular micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall...ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________ County. Arizona, U.S.A £5___...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________...grey masses with possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, ALSTONITE 13 Hexham.Northumberland micros.____...OH__________ magnification there are small crystals County, Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | matrix mostly with Alstonite micro's (Fallowfield Mine, Hexham) 1 x ~ ins El.50 lxl E3 lx2 ES 072 BISHUTHINITE...Pb Sb O OH yellow masses on Quartz. (Trevinnick Mine, near Port Issac Cornwall) lxl .El lx2 El.90 504...botryoidal on matrix. (Gold Hill Hine, Tooele County) Utah, USA) lxl E2.50 lx2 E4 2x)ins EO 226 LANGITE Cu/4...matrix.Monument 1 Hine, Havajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl E3.50 lx2 E7.00 202 COPPER NATIVE.pure...crusts on rock. (Childs Aldwinkle Mine, Pinal County, Arizona USA\ lxl E3 lx2 f5 2x2 ElO 402 TENNliNTITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | painstakingly by dedicated scientists forming an overall picture of scientific achievement which the layman...pioneers of our age. THE MANGANESE MINES OF CRIMORA, VIRGINIA By EDWARD J. MARCIN 1917 Meadowbrook Rd., Merrick...Merrick, L.I., N.Y. The Manganese mines of Crimora, Virginia are the oldest and largest of the manganese workings...The ores of the mine are Psilomelane, Pyrolusite and Wad (impure, earthy pyrolusite ). The difference...mammillary, botryoidal and stalactitic shapes. The pyrolusite is commonly intermixed with the psilomelane as |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5503, USA Received 25 March 1998; accepted 3 March 1999 Abstract...Folk, 1984; Guo and Riding, 1994), eastern Idaho, USA (Meredith, 1980, Chafetz and Meredith, 1983), Yellowstone... Guidry / Sedimentary Geology 126 (1999) 57–74 USA (Pursell, 1985), southern Germany (Koban and Schweigert...in southeastern Morocco and central New Mexico, USA (Fig. 1C) (Chafetz et al., 1998). Although the bacterial...are the result of the relative influence on the overall shape by the bacterial clumps as compared with |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA in revised form USA March IO, 1997 ) Abstract-Transposed...the energetics of natural manganese dioxides (pyrolusite and ramsdellite) and oxyhydroxides (manganite...small, ramsdellite is higher in enthalpy than pyrolusite by 5.4 +- 3.1 kJ/mol for MnOz and groutite is...INTRODUCTION distance is 1.89 A (Baur, 1976). Pyrolusite crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system...structure (Dachs, 1963) is similar to that of pyrolusite while groutite, cu-MnOOH (Glasser and Ingram |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | oxidation-reduction equilibria among hausmannite, bixbyite, and pyrolusite Nancy Birkner and Alexandra Navrotsky* Peter...phases, hausmannite (Mn3O4), bixbyite (Mn2O3), and pyrolusite (MnO2), were determined using high-temperature...the latter has a smaller surface energy than pyrolusite. Oxidation-reduction phase equilibria at the...bixbyite (Mn2O3), and one tetravalent oxide, pyrolusite (MnO2). The thermochemical results are discussed...kJ/mol for bixbyite (Mn2O3), and –71.3 kJ/mol for pyrolusite (MnO2). This result indicates that water, bound |
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