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Dravite from
Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA


Classification
Species:Dravite
Formula:NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dravite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:48994
Long-form Identifier:1:3:48994:2
GUID (UUID V4):2c2708cf-4504-4908-a879-e5c89d74d1c3
Localities for Dravite in this Region
Empire State No. 4 Mine, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Dravite
2.1km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Empire State No. 4 Mine, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ā“˜No. 2Ā½ Mine (U.S. Talc 2 1/2 mine; Wintergreen mine), Talcville, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) ā“˜Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
19.4km (12.1 miles) ā“˜Road cut, Bigelow, De Kalb Township, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) ā“˜Cream of the Valley Road, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
21.2km (13.2 miles) ā“˜Old Van Buskirk farm (Dana Hill), Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ā“˜Downing farm (Hickory Lake), Macomb, Macomb Township, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) ā“˜Jenne farm, Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
44.4km (27.6 miles) ā“˜Power's Farm (Bower Powers farm; Ryland Crary farm), Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
44.7km (27.8 miles) ā“˜Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CHROMIUM-DRAVITE FROM THE #1 MINE, BALMAT, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK Marian V. LUPULESCUĀ§ New York State...Collections, 3140 CEC, Madison Avenue, Albany, New York 12230, USA Ralph ROWE Canadian Museum of Nature, Mineral...J9J 3N7, Canada Abstract Aluminum-rich chromium-dravite is found in association with bright green tremolite...at the #1 mine at Balmat in the Adirondack Lowlands, St. Lawrence County, New York. The mineral occurs...and contacts. The assemblage Al-rich chromium-dravite + tremolite + quartz Ā± phlogopite Ā± talc Ā± fluorapatite
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mineralogy at Michigan Technological University. A native New Yorker, he has had a lifelong interest in the minerals...of the state and is a research associate at the New York State Museum. 458 ROCKS & MINERALS Dr. Steven...minerals of New York State and is coordinator of the Center for Mineralogy at the New York State Museum...University] at 04:12 29 December 2014 The GEMS of NEW YORK State J ust what constitutes a gemstone has...such as opal, aquamarine, or tourmaline. Although New York State is not known for its traditional precious
Book
MINERALS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY BY GEORGE ROBINSON & SCHUYLER ALVERSON $2.50 In sĀ£> * tā€¢... For many years the mines and fields of St. Lawrence County have furnished museums and many lucky mineral...have been depleted through the the years, St. Lawrence County continues to supply many beautiful specimens...collecting sites at the present time. Potsdam, New York February, 1971 George W. Robinson Schuyler \Y...rock types and mineralized zones of the St, Lawrence County area, A detailed discussion of the geology
Report (volume)
Tourmaline-Rich Rocks in the Grenville Complex of St. Lawrence County, New York U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1626-C...Tourmaline-Rich Rocks in the Grenville Complex of St. Lawrence County, New York By C. ERVIN BROWN and ROBERT A. AYUSO...C22 Discussion C25 Comparison with the Balmat-Edwards district C29 Tourmaline genesis in the North Gouverneur...References cited C31 FIGURES 1. Index map of St. Lawrence County, N.Y. C2 2. Generalized geologic map showing...elements in rocks from the North Gouverneur area, New York C8 6. TiO2-FeO/(FeO + MgO) plot for tourmalines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on
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ā€œdiamondā€), Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo...cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen, Jeff...September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collectorā€™s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Acanthite, Colorado, 442; Utah, 56 Actinolite, New York, 211 Adamite, Utah, 57, 452 Aegirine, Canada,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DAVID E . JENSEN 199 East Brook Rd. Pittsford, New York 14534 Back in the 1940's and 1950's, my wife Kay...Kay and I would travel to the Gouverneur, New York area on several weekends each summer to hunt up old...localities that were mentioned in early reports of the New York State Museum, etc. We would also check over the...the rock piles adjacent to the talc mines, the St. Joe zinc mine, and also marble quarries that were operating...up-to-date news of the mineral world of St. Lawrence County. One reason for this trip was to acquire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tourmaline from the #1 Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA Steven G. Dannenberg 1 , Devany...VT 05405, USA New York State Museum, Research and Collections, 3140 CEC, Albany, NY 12230, USA Correspondence:...onite schist in the #1 mine in Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York. The atomic arrangement of the sample...bond-valence sum of Cr3+ in the Z-site of the chromium-dravite, making that site more amenable to the substituent...Keywords: tourmaline; chromium-dravite; Balmat mine; St. Lawrence County; New York 1. Introduction and Geologic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY Peter Matt, Wayne Powell, Ryan Mathur...for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY Peter Matt (1), Wayne Powell (1,2),...Graduate Center at CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA; petermatt49@gmail.com 2) Department of...11210, USA 3) Department of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore St., Huntingdon, PA 16652, USA 4) 1 Indian
Book
MtNā‚¬RfllS of New Vork Stole David ā‚¬. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York ā€¢ Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...Harold L. Ailing's the mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University...Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sumĀ­ mary of published knowledge
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA; robinson@mtu.edu New York State Museum,... 3140 CEC, Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230, USA; marian.lupulescu@nysed.gov Correspondence: jchiarenzelli@stlawu...mineral-forming environments, some of which appear unique. New discoveries and rediscovery of historic localities...Grenville Province in southern Ontario, Quebec, New York, and New Jersey, utilizing a variety of data ranging...Much more will be elucidated, as new localities are discovered and new techniques are employed to study
Book
T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...Harold L. Alling's geology students on a trip to the mining districts and the high peaks of the Adirondack...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E.
Journal (issue)
METEORITICS ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ REQIONAL (iEOLOQY pALEONTOLOQY 0Lo&NEW WORLD EXPLORATION S,x catalogs issued yearly covering...MATRIX Publishing Services Inc. 1940A Carlisle Road York, PA 17404 Telephone number: 717/764-9673 FAX number:...E-mail: matrix@redrose.net FOUNDERS OF MATRIX Lawrence H. Conklin and Jay L. Lininger STAFF: EDITOR AND...MINERAL FEATURE The Mineralogy of St. Lawrence County, New York: A Historical Sketch by Jay L. Lininger...Zebulon Howell Benton: The Man Who Would Be St. Lawrence Mining King by Schuyler Alverson 108 HISTORIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA z US Geological Survey, National Center, MS 954, Reston, VA 22092, USA Abstract. Boron...(Canada), Broken Hill (Australia), and Ducktown (USA). Overall, the tourmalines display a wide range in...where R is predominantly Fe 2+ in schorl, Mg in dravite, and (A1 + Li) in elbaite. Na may be partially...massive-sulfide tourmalines fall mainly within the schorl-dravite solid solution series, with a tendency for Mg-rich...have compositions intermediate between schorl and dravite (Ethier and Campbell 1977; Appel and Garde 1987;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tourmaline-group minerals and identified potential new end-members based on their compositional variations...these, a potential new end-member alkali tourmaline, is fluorine-dominant dravite, which they designated...designated fluor-dravite, NaMg3Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)3F. In this article we report a significant occurrence of...fluorine-dominant dravite in crystallized specimens of interest to collectors. We think this is a new tourmaline...Cross Road in the Town of Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York (fig. 2). It is about midway between
Report (volume)
' ' . to- New _Talc Ā·Deposit in ~ St. Lawrence C.OuntyĀ·, ,New /York Ā· I ., ' ' ' I I, I \... ,_-, I ,~ ' ( t.' New Talc Deposit in St. Lawrence County New York By C. ERVIN BROWN CONTRIBUTIONS...Tovvnship, St. Lavvrence County, N.Y _____ In pocket FIGURE 1. Index map of Nevv York State shovving St. Lavvrence...Lavvrence County and the area of this report ___________________ D3 2. Diagrammatic sketch of the De Kalb-Gouverneur...rock from deposit in De Kalb Tovvnship, St. Lavvrence County, ~.Y ----------------------------------------------III
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Excluding Tourmaline) in the Adirondack Region of New York State David G. Bailey 1, *, Marian V. Lupulescu...Clinton, NY 13323, USA New York State Museum, Research and Collections, Albany, NY 12230, USA; marian.lupulescu@nysed...Geology, State University of New York, College at Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, USA; robert.darling@cortland...12180, USA; singej2@rpi.edu Center for Mineralogy, New York State Museum, Albany, NY 12230, USA; sccham2@yahoo...like that of the Adirondack region of northern New York State, uncommon rock compositions combined with
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and P. B. Moore 912 DISCUSSION The results The new tourmaline data are displayed, by occurrence type...to -5 per mil. The overall range of the eighteen new tourmaline results includes the range of seven published...1982), but cannot be accurately compared to the new data because the other investigators used different... +5 new analyses +10 +15 -->m +20 +25 (Der mil) FIG. 1. The boron isotope data for new tourmaline...are n)so given and may be directly compared to the new tourmaline data. The uncertainty shown is + 1C.
Catalog/List
orange crystals on cockscomb Barytes Mibladen district , Morocco 6x4 Ā£30 () , 1 5 APOPHYLLITE pale...10x6cm showing excellent play of colours Ampanihy District Madagascar Ā£25 13 OLIVINE variety FORSTERITE...dark grey veins in Feldspar Ricksburg Karibib District Namibia 5x3x2.5 Ā£ 18 16 HILLEBRANDITE pale blue...possible Liskeardite on one side Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary Cornwall Ā£10 2 31 HlLGARDITE and BORACITE...on 1.5cm Live Oak pit, Inspiration Mine, Arizona USA Ā£9 f 38 ANALCIME a really attractive piece with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW Danburite LOCALITY Discovered in the Town of Macomb St. Lawrence County New York ANDREW SUTHERLAND...Massena, New York 13662 ajsminerals@hotmail.com SCOTT SUTHERLAND 287 County Route 29 Canton, New York 13617...ROBINSON Department of Geology St. Lawrence University Canton, New York 13617 robinson@mtu.edu MARIAN...3140 CEC Research and Collections New York State Museum Albany, New York 12230 mlupules@mail.nysed.gov ...Clinton, New York 13323 dbailey@hamilton.edu STEVEN C. CHAMBERLAIN 3140 CEC Center for Mineralogy New York
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Environments of New York's North Country by BRADFORD B. VAN D I V E R State University College...College at Potsdam Potsdam, New York U676 (Figure 1). The mineral environments of these two subprovinces...environments of the Adirondack MounĀ­ tains of New York state, which constitute the major part of what...within St. Lawrence County. Students of mineralogy recognize the international reputation of St. Lawrence...Lawrence County for mineral collecting. A survey of Dana's Manual of Mineralogy, any edition, reĀ­ veals frequent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
International University] at 21:11 27 August 2013 FROM NEW YORK STATE T ourmaline is a chemically complex group...become among the most hunted of the mineral world. New York State lacks places for collecting gem tourmalines...environment. There are many tourmaline localities across New York where the species are well studied; these are...tourmaline-group species from the various localities across New York by electron microprobe (EMP) and assigned their...Marian Lupulescu is curator of geology at the New York State Museum. 202 classification, and the Grice
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cr-bearing tourmalines is analysed on the basis of new X-ray single-crystal structure refinements (R 0.019ā€“0...Lupulescu & Rowe, 2011; CempıĢrek et al., 2013). The new mineral chromdravite, with the ideal formula NaM...chromium-dravite. In 2012, Bosi et al. (2012) discovered a new mineral, oxy-chromium-dravite with ideal...3(OH)3O, which is closely related to chromium-dravite. By the time of the present research, crystal-structural...2012). This is the type locality for oxychromium-dravite. located in a series of serpentinites, dolomites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Technology] at 20:15 31 October 2014 ARenaissance in New YorkMineralogy W Figure 1. Warwickite in calcite...from the type locality near Warwick, Orange County, New York. The large crystal is 5.5 cm long. Oren Root...coordinator of the Center for Mineralogy at the New York State Museum and is the chairman of the committee...under the auspices of the New York State Geological Survey and the New York State Museum (NYSM) as an...Jensen in 1978 as a book. The ā€œGazetteer of Major New York State Mineral Localitiesā€ included in this issue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA New York State Museum, Research...Albany, NY 12230, USA Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, USA Earth and Environmental...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rensselaer, NY 12180, USA Correspondence: jchiaren@stlawu.edu; Tel.: +1-315-229-5202...occurrences in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York (Figure 1). Whereas these localities are well-known...(SW to NE) Natural Bridge (NB) Rose Road (RR) Edwards (ED) Dana Hill (DH) Jenne Farm (JH) W. Pierrepont
 
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