 | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | DECORATIVE-ORNAMENTAL STONES OF VIRGINIA D. Allen Penick, Jr. Virginia is noted particularly for beautiful...grade microlite, amazonite, fine moonstone, and topaz. In addition Virginia is well known for staurolite...minerals, rocks and organic materials found in Virginia, which have been used as gemstones and decora...report. Many of the localities will be familiar to Virginia mineral collectors. Someof the areas mentioned...collect minerals. There has been much written on Virginia mineral localities but no reports are available |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Engineering Experiment Station Series, dealing with Virginia Mineral...Mineral Localities: Virginia Mineral Localities (1960 Edition) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement...(Supplement I) Virginia Mineral Localities (Supplement II) Virginia Minerals and Rocks (3rd Edition) Ex LIBRIS...\I i! II II BULLETIN OF THE ·, I !V I ii VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Engineering Experiment Station...Series No. 151 Ii !I ·1 " ii :c H I I I I ! VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITIES ( SUPPLEMENT II ) By Richard |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities...at Shaw and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of...pegmatite of the Eight Mile Park area of Fremont county, Colorado; while pink chalcedony has been found...Dakota and of the Bridger Mountains in Fremont county, Wyoming. Feldspar Group The feldspars form a...crystals to five feet in diameter. At Mbnera, Nelson County, Virginia, in crystals to 3x6 feet and weighing eight |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM HUNTERS GUIDE by Russell P. MacFail...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | 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) | | crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other large...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3...noted in the School Section pegmatite of Fremont county, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS Maine, Connecticut...pink and green crystals at Ohio City, Gunnison county, Colorado; dark green, pink, and indicolite tourmalines...miles west of Canon City, Colorado; at Clip, Yuma county, Arizona; and a few other places. CENTRALLASITE |  | | Journal (issue) | | Richmond, Virginia VOL. 45 FEBURARY 1999 NO. 1 MAMMOTH TOOTH FOUND IN ENDLESS CAVERNS, VIRGINIA David...David A. Hubbard, Jr., Virginia Division of Mineral Resources and Frederick Grady, National Museum of Natural...a passage of Endless Caverns in Rockingham County, Virginia in July 1996. The cavers left the tooth in...within the Commonwealth. GEOLOGIC SETTING 2 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF h4INERAL RESOURCES Figure 1:Mammoth...Pleistocene (100,000 bp to 11,000bp). PREVIOUS VIRGINIA MAMMOTH RECORDS Figure 2: Fred Grady preparing |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the Rockies...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show...called bediasites from Bedias, a town in Grimes county. Gold is a subject by itself, but because the gem...the East, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Virginia have been the major gold producers, mostly from |  | | Book | | tanzanite), tectosilicates (such as agate, amethyst, moonstone, chalcedony, onyx, and quartz), and cyclosilicates...Birefringence 6 = 0.254 66 Malachite 67 Moonstone General Category Feldspar variety Identification...Opalescent Streak White 2.61 Specific gravity 68 Moonstone 69 Onyx General Category Oxide minerals -... Lapis Lazuli Lepidolite 62 64 M Malachite Moonstone B 66 68 0 Beryl Onyx Opal C Chalcedony Citrine...sold her jewelry at the Nelson County Farmers Market in Nellysford, Virginia, quickly branching out to |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...ALBITE (sodium aluminum trisilicate Xline mass; Virginia ............................. . Cleavage, showing...laminated; S. Dakota ......... . *Peristerite (Moonstone), opalescent Cleavage, with quartz showing albite...aluminum, iron and cerium orthosilicate Massive; Virginia or N. Carolina ......... ... ...... . Orthite.... . . . . . . . . . . . Xline, with Fuchsite; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | 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, |  | | Book | | 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...in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets, glowing pastel moonstone, vivid aqua...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...Geological Surveys Distribution Branch. 1200 Virginia 22202. Those S for Eads Street. Arlington...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...ninety-degree angles. These are prized as ornaments. Virginia and Georgia are major sources of such crystals |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the Rockies...pink hue (right) from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado. MOTTLED AGATE from Chihuahua, Mexico...usually veined with black. This is from Siskiyou County, California. z'^m-: LABRADORITE, the feldspar...as Lake Superior agate. SODALITE from Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, is deep-blue mottled with flesh-colored |  | | Catalog/List | | laminated; S. Dakota . . . . . . . Peristerile (Moonstone), opalescent Cleavage, with quartz showing albite... . . . . . . . Asbestos Loose fibers in vial; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Norway . . . .. .. . .. .... ...... ... .. .. .. Moonstone, translucent gemmy pieces; Ceylon, ix i", 25t...per lb. . . . . . . Amazonstone, cleavage, pale; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleavage... . . . .20 .60 .20 Bituminous Coal (Coking) ; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Bitum |  | | Catalog/List | | aluminum, iron and cerium orthosilicate) Massive; Virginia, or N. Carolina ................. . 34 Orthite.... . . . . . . . . . . 6 Massive, gray banded; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Columnar...lb . . . . . . 6 •Amazons/one, cleavage, pale; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Microc/ine-Perthite... . . . . . . . . 6 Bituminous Coal (Coking) ; Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ca1111el.... . . . . . 65 MONTMORILLONITE-See Bentonite MOONSTONE-See Albite MOTTRAMITE (basic lead copper vanadate) |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Pleaoc teturn this publication to the Virginia Geologieal Survcy whcn you havc no further uce for it...COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSTON ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Deposits of Virginra BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 COMMONWEALTH, OF VTRGINIA STATE COMMISSION...COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin...33 Pegmatite Deposits of Virginia BY ARTHUR A. PEGAU UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1932 RICHMOND: DrvrsroN | | | Book | | D1stn but1on Branch 1200 S Eads Street Arl Ington Virginia 22202 Those for areas west of the M1ssIssIppI...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...ninety-degree angles. These are prized as ornaments. Virginia and Georgia are maior sources of such crystals...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 |
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