| | Report (issue) | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...1988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Richard...Mitchell and William F. Giannini COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINERALS AND ENERGY DIVISION...CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 1 988 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 89 MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | THE MINERALS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA PART I I : CARBONATES, SULFATES, AND PHOSPHATES By R. S. MITCHELL...BLAND, JR. Department of Geology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Following the scheme introduced...given to minerals tals in vugs and as crusts, in soapstone which contain the somewhat complex anionic groups...the old Alberene quarry. In the carbonates, sulfates, and phosphates new quarry at Alberene white cleavable...Stone quarry at Red Hill. Calcite is the major component of the common in the soapstone quarry at Old | | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | Old Dominion Soapstone Quarry ALBEMARLE t /fTr C Ch I arlottesville COUNTY'-' v VIRGINIA Lewis Brooks...(Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville). These specimens were collected...collected by various people who have visited the quarry over the past 15 years. A preliminary description...University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 INTRODUCTION T h e Old Dominion soapstone quarry, located...located i n southern Albemarle County, Virginia, is part of one of the richest soapstone belts in the world | | | 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) | that the average natural radiation background for Virginia is 125 mrem. Natural background sources account...aspects of radon and radioactivity published in Virginia Minerals are by Lasch (1988), Johnson (1979),... and Johnson, Gathright,and Henika (1979). VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Vol. 37 Table 1... 1.5 5.6 - 1.0 1.4 - .46 - 7.3 - (I VIRGINIA MINERALS. URANIUM-THE ELEMENT Uranium was first...the other two are nitrogen and phosphorus. 12 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES URANIUM, THORIUM |
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