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Tourmaline from
Griffin Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Griffin Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:869607
Long-form Identifier:1:3:869607:6
GUID (UUID V4):e585d016-dcc9-4ee7-bee0-6aad84480c63
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
3.9km (2.4 miles) Presnell Mine (Young's Mine), Micaville, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Johnson's Cove Mine, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) Ray Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) Cora Mine, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Rock Mine, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) S. W. Presley Mine (Presnell Mine), Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) Sinkhole Mine, Bandana, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) Banner Mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) Cattail Mine (Iscom Mine), Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) Brown Creek Mine, Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 577 Work done...done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development and in part...Administration Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina By FRANK G. LESURE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL... Work done in part in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development... Geologic map of part of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina and Tennessee. 2-6. Maps showing location of
Journal (issue)
Winter Branch Chairmen: Midlands - G.M. Green, North West - I. Knight, Scottish - B. Jackson, South West...inclusions orientated perpendicular to the c-axis. A tourmaline-quartz combination from Brazil has an iridescent...albite-oligoclase orthoclase perthite. Four-rayed star tourmaline (bicolour elbaite) has one direction caused by...new unusual cat's-eyes and star stones Quartz-tourmaline cat's-eye from Brazil A strange stone weighing...from a pegmatite in Minas Gerais. The base is tourmaline with a transparent light green core with a dark
Report (issue)
Knoxville 1°x2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°x2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina / by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [etaf...Geology—Tennessee. 2. Geology—North Carolina. 3. Geology—South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources—Tennessee...and mineral resources—North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II...Knoxville l°x2° quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina 2. Paleozoic metamorphic facies map
Book
MINES MINERS MINERALS AND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Western North Carolina’s Hidden Mineralogical Treasures...E L L 2005 PARKWAY PUBLISHERS, INC. Boone, North Carolina Copyright ©1999 Lowell Presnell All Rights...Mines, miners, and minerals of western North Carolina : western North Carolina’s hidden mineralogical treasures...(hard cover) 1. Mines and mineral resources—North Carolina—History. I. Title. TN24.N8P74 2005 338.4‚7622‚09756—dc22...Domestic Mica Buying Policy 111 20. Western North Carolina & the War Years .119 21. The Mineral Kingdom
Report (volume)
Knoxville 1 °X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Knoxville 1°X2° Quadrangle, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina By G.R. ROBINSON, Jr., F.G. LESURE...Knoxville 1°X2° quadrangle Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina I by G.R. Robinson, Jr. ... [et al...Geology- Tennessee. 2. Geology-North Carolina. 3. Geology-South Carolina. 4. Mines and mineral resources-...and mineral resources-North Carolina. 6. Mines and mineral resourcesSouth Carolina. I. Robinson, G.R. II
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world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, siderite Faber lead mine-near Faber cerussite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, argentiferous...rutile, spessartine, topaz, tourmaline, triplite Trueheart pegmatite mine (f)-near Amelia beryl (var.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ControlsandExploration Applications WILLIAM L. GRIFFIN, CSIROExploration andMining,P.O.Box136,51 DelhiBoa&NorthRyde...Thehighest basemetalcontents arein ore-related tourmaline samples fromKiddCreek(Ontario),Broken Hill (Australia)...(Australia), andSazare(Japan). Tourmaline datafromtheseandmanyothermassive sulfidedeposits clusterby ...mineralexploration, specifically fortheevaluation of tourmaline concentrations in rocks,soils,and streamsediments...strata-bound mineraldeposits, and as stratiform (bedded)tourmaline-richrocksor tourmaincluding thosecontaining Cu
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1B01YJ JH1lrL~ 11HHJ J\J-rAJii W1.sr B JY1111.Il • CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Field Trip Guidebook 1981 ... October 24-25, 1981 Gaffney, South Carolina - CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1981 OFFICERS +', . I...Schaeffer Duke'Power P.O •. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 0 Secretary-Treasurer: • S. Duncan...Department of Geology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 Chairman of the Membership Committee:...Department of Geology Catawba College Salisbury, No~th Carolina 28144 Field Trip Leaders: J. Wright Horton,
Report (issue)
under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority Physical...under a cooperative agreement with the State of North Carolina and the Tennessee Falley Authority UNITED...Production of sheet and punch mica, 1912-14, in North Carolina, the Southeastern States, and the entire United...data for mica specimens, arranged by lot and by mine or prospect-_-___--_-___-_-.___---___-_____--_ Results..._______________ 13. Test data for mica (not identified by mine), taken from the production line of the Colonial
Book
CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________............._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...was m e r e l y p a r t o f t h e waste o f t h e mine. W h a t t h e y needed was h i g h grade ore o...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m
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Deposits between the Yadkin and Dan Rivers, North Carolina and Virginia--------- ------------ ___-___-_-____-_--_-...Drilling data, Yadkin River drainage basin, Surry County, N.C.--- 2. -- 5. __ .._ . 9 ------- ----...Drilling data, Oconee River drainage basin, Oconee County, Ga.-------------------------------------------...Drilling data, Flint River drainage basin, Spalding County Ga.------------------------------------------------...the flood plains of streams in western North and South Carolina--------------------------------------------------
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com www.gravescompany.com 1800 Andrews Ave., Ext North, Pompano Beach, FL 33069 Toll Free (800) 327-9103...alpha-supply.corn -" .... • NW Federation Show King County Fairgrounds Enumclaw, WA August 31, Sept 1 & 2...• Louisiana Quartzite Opal 20 Two rockhounds mine a local source; by Steve Voynick Project: Pretty... Our New Addres ls LAPIDARY SUPPLY, INC. 49S8 NORTH MAIZE RD. MAIZE, KANSAS &7101 7 CLOSEOUTS RUBY...00 Pink TOURMALINE 4x2mm marq. Sl.95 Deep lab AMETHYST 4mm round 95 t Green TOURMALINE 3mm round
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Gem Shop in Asheboro, North Carolina, and are dealers in many North Carolina gem and mineral shows....has been to the Cottonpatch Gold mine near New London, North Carolina, to try his hand at gold pan­ ning...ning and to the Rutherford mine in Virginia to collect amazonite. Most of Stefan's collecting, however...TELEPHONE (414)923-1348 Qrtfftn Qems & jewllei R o d Griffin P.O. Box 26 Edgecliff, New South Wales 2027 Sydney...holistic healing. • Ruby • Beryl (many varieties) • Tourmaline • Topaz • Garnet • Lapis lazuli • Kunzite and
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CH. Winter Branch Chairmen Midlands: J.W. Porter North West: 1. Knight Examiners A.J. Allnutt, MSc., Ph...been produced since 1976 from the Chuncheon area, north east of Seoul, in the Province of Kangwondo, which...Ch'unch'on). Annual production of the nephrite mine (the Daeil Mine) is reported to be approximately 80 000-90...map of nephrite mine area, Chuncheon, Korea. Occurrences The geology of the nephrite mine area consists...1995,24, 8 549 Fig. 3. Mine workers remove nephrite ore at the Daeil Mine, Chuncheon, Korea. The nephrite
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Humboldt Range (Nevada, USA), the Basin district (Montana, USA) and Equity Mine (British Columbia, Canada)...Zonal distribution of different compositions of tourmaline can be observed including regular increases of...alteration zones. In the central part of these systems tourmaline is absent and the alteration assemblage is characterized...including the presence of borosilicate minerals. Tourmaline, dumortierite, and in places datolite, danburite...(1993), Novazza (Italy) by Cadel (1986), Equity Mine (British Colombia) by Cyr et al. (1984), Wojdak
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plumes of debris at the mouths of over one hundred mine openings. Imbedded solidly in mica schist, the treasure...Left, Patricia Emerald (629 carats) from the Chivor mine, Colombia. Main crystal is a perfectly formed 12-sided...alpine-type deposits in the vicinity of Hiddenite, North Carolina. By far the greatest number of crystals and...in which a common associate is black (schorl) tourmaline; they also grow in some greisen cavities where...found near Hiddenite, North Carolina. After W. E . Hidden, Notes on North Carolina Minerals, American Journal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reads: "Rose quartz. Clora May Mine, Trout Creek Pass, Chaffee County, Colo." The locality is described...localities swell this book to 223 pages). Chaffee County is in the central part of Colorado. CONNECTICUT—"I...ph—phosphoresces Thompson, Conn., abou: 1 to 3 miles north of U.S. Route 44."—note from Harold P. Trefethen...astringent metallic taste. Thompson, in N / E Windham County, is in N / E Connecticut. FLORIDA—"I am mailing...brown, l.w. Belle Glade, in western Palm Beach County, is in southern Florida. I N D I A N A — "The enclosed
Report (volume)
......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota............................................. South Carolina......................................:..........1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon...Catalogue of the mineral localities of South Carolina: South Carolina Geol. Survey, ser. 4, Bull. 2, 1908. Scott
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Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the head­
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< "'< Sheet Mica from the Early-Vaughn mine, Lamar County. J '\ LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DEPARTMENT...Counties------------------------------------Rabun County ------------------------------------------------Hart...Monroe Counties------------------------------Upson County -----------------------------------------------T...-----The Old Bell mine-----------------------------------------Miles B. Brown mine------------------...______ Mauldin mine ---------------------------------------------The Old Atwater Mine-------------"'
Report (volume)
State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G...... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle Sloan, Charleston. South Dakota....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Journal (volume)
Mexico. Eight-sided crystals from the Traversella mine, Piedmont, Italy. .&. crystals. It can also be...South Africa; and Maine and other regions of the USA. Minor deposits of rose quartz can also be found...are found in the valley of the lrawaddy River, north of the country's capital , Rangoon . Sri Lanka is...in Afghanistan , India, Pakistan, China, Montana, USA, and Norway. • • TWo 19th-centurv brooches set with...at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, USA. • A Burmese ruby in calcite, a common mineral.
Report (issue)
GEOLOGIC NOTES Volume 13 October 1969 Number 4 Carolina Geological Society Guidebook October 3-5, 1969... A Guide to the Geology of Northwestern South Carolina.................................................Piedmont Belt of Northwestern South Carolina Villard S. Griffin, Jr....................................Part of the Blue Ridge of Northwesternmost South Carolina Robert D. Hatcher, Jr....................................................... ............. 11 Carolina Geological Society 1969 Field Trip Stops #1 through
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INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Method for Identifying Tourmaline Species Age Dating of Zircon Inclusions in Sapphire...2019 VOLUME 55, No. 1 EDITORIAL 1 Studies on Tourmaline, Sapphire, Cultured Pearl, and a Reliquary of...ARTICLES 2 A New Method for Determining Gem Tourmaline Species by LA-ICP-MS Ziyin Sun, Aaron C. Palke...simplified but comprehensive classification of gem tourmaline species based on quantitative measurement of...trace-element chemistry of freshwater natural pearls from North America and China with LA-ICP-MS and uses LDA to
Report (issue)
Blue 'Ridge from the Dahlonega Plateau in South Carolina 4 Migmatitic Biotite Gneiss unit at Woodall...Woodall Shoals on the Chattooga River (Georgia-South Carolina state line). Lenses of amphibolite are present.... 441 south of Clayton near the RabunHabersham County line. 13 Upright graded bed of congolmetatic...the- Chattooga - Rive':i: on the Georgia-South Carolina s~ate line. This is thought to be an a lineation...the Brevard Zone and Low Rank Belt of Habersham County .. Granitic gneiss, biotite gneiss, sillimanite
 
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