Related Records

1. Actinolite

   Numerous dark green elongate columnar crystals (many of which are broken) of actinolite embedded in pearly white to greenish talc.

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2. Actinolite

   Rock sample of bright green vitreous elongate actinolite crystals embedded in tan massive and granular quartz.

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3. Actinolite

   Sample of dark green vitreous elongate actinolite crystals with splintery fracture and no surrounding matrix.

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4. Actinolite

   Sample of numerous tiny dark green acicular crystals of actinolite (amphibole) embedded in pearly white to greenish talc.

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5. Actinolite

   Nine slender fragments of dark green fibrous asbestiform (though not friable) actinolite with no surrounding matrix.

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6. Actinolite

   Isolated slender sample of green fibrous actinolite with no surrounding matrix.

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7. Actinolite

   Large sample of short radiating dark green blades of actinolite crystals with small amounts of colorless massive quartz matrix.

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8. Actinolite - 1870

   Small sample of indurated, dark green fibrous actinolite crystals that curve very slightly. Historic record could not be determined.

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9. Actinolite - 1870

   Small sample of greenish black, long fibrous actinolite with several microfolds in the fibers. Colorless massive quartz is also present. Historic record could not be determined.

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10. Adamite

    Reddish brown aggregate of sand sized limonite, iron and quartz particles with very little cement matrix. One surface of this aggregate is covered with pale green translucent fan or blade-like groups of adamite crystals.

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11. Aegirine

    Rock fragment of brick red massive nepheline with several flat radial sprays of pearly green acicular or fibrous aegirine.

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12. Aenigmatite

    Small stout crystal of black opaque aenigmatite with a pearly sheen. White and reddish matrix from probably a syenite complex are adhered to the crystal.

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13. Albite

    Large blocky sample of pearly white (though dirty) albite (plagioclase feldspar) with white perthite twinning. Fractured along cleavage planes at nearly 90 degrees. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 81.

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14. Allanite

    Small sample of black massive black allanite with a thin layer of pale greenish radiating clusters of fibrous epidote.

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15. Alstonite

    Specimen consists of a cluster of white translucent sharp dipyramidal alstonite crystals with faint horizontal growth lines along the crystal faces. The crystals emanate from a base of quartz and orthoclase pegmatite.

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16. Alstonite

    Small cluster of white to colorless translucent short dipyramidal alstonite crystals emanating from a base of white sharply bladed calcite and massive calcite.

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17. Alumohydrocalcite

    Specimen is a cluster of pink spheroidal tufts or clusters of fibrous alumohydrocalcite on short colorless stout scalenohedrons of calcite, all on a dark gray shale. This specimen was originally identified as pharmacolite, however it is actually alumohydrocalcite with chromium impurities.

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18. Alunite

    Small irregular sample of opaque, white to gray massive alunite with an elongate vug lined with white rhombic alunite drusy. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 45.

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19. Alunogen

    Small sample of earthy pale yellow fibrous alunogen with minor amounts of black matrix. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 43.

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20. Alunogen

    Small sample of numerous rounded clusters of white acicular fibrous alunogen crystals. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 43.

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21. Alunogen

    Large sample of weathered granitic rock (gneiss) with a coating of yellow earthy and powdery material, possibly alunogen or halotrichite. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 43.

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22. Amblygonite

    Isolated partial crystal with three faces and a partially formed termination of a translucent pale yellow pseudoadamantine amblygonite. Three clusters of tiny brown tabular crystals of unknown identity are also present (possibly eosphorite).

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23. Amblygonite

    Small sample of white massive (vein) quartz with a thin seam of white small lath shaped crystals of amblygonite. There is also an occurrence of amblygonite on one outer margin of the sample with additional unidentifiable minerals that are dark gray, black, and green.

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24. Amphibolite Schist

    Sample of metamorphic rock composed of tiny crystals of dark green amphibole (possibly actinolite) in dark green micaceous schist with greenish yellow metallic massive pyrite. Specimen was misidentified as radiated tourmaline.

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25. Anatase

    Rock specimen with clear quartz and gray, translucent, dipyramidal anatase crystals. The other side of the specimen is covered with clear calcite crystals. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 99.

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26. Anatase

    Rock specimen of feldspar and hornblende with golden yellow, translucent, dipyramidal anatase crystals. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 99.

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27. Andalusite

    Specimen is a small crystal of greenish white andalusite in gray phyllite. The crystal exhibits the characteristic cross shaped inclusions of carbon that are notable for the chiastolite variety.

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28. Andalusite

    Large sample of gray fibrous andalusite with reddish brown iron staining. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 79.

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29. Anglesite

    Small clusters of golden brown translucent bladed crystals of anglesite growing from a vesicular fragment of gossan.

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30. Anglesite

    Single crystal of colorless translucent anglesite with tan prismatic striated phosgenite, all in a large cluster of small cubic silver metallic galena crystals. This specimen is very heavy. Historic record could not be determined.

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31. Anhydrite

    Large sample of pale pinkish white pearly massive anhydrite with veins in gray microcrystalline limestone. 90 degree cleavage of the anhydrite is obvious. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 21.

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32. Ankerite

    One half of a geode lined with colorless hexagonal quartz crystals and brown stacked rhombohedrons of ankerite formed in random orientations (rosettes).

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33. Ankerite

    Small cluster or rosette of tan translucent blades of ankerite with yellow metallic tetrahedral chalcopyrite.

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34. Anorthite

    Specimen is a thinly cut and polished slab of black and pearlescent labradorite (plagioclase) feldspar. The crystals are small with different orientations, giving the specimen a sparkly or iridescent appearance. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 71.

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35. Antlerite

    Rock specimen of gray microcrystalline matrix with numerous veins of antlerite throughout. One end of specimen also has a one centimeter thick seam of cross-fiber antlerite. Specimen was previously identified as Brochantite, however it is more likely Antlerite.

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36. Antlerite

    Rock specimen of pinkish brown matrix with cross-fiber veins of blackish green pseudofibrous antlerite.

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37. Apatite

    Specimen consists of two large stout crystals of hexagonal blue-green apatite with pyramidal terminations. The outer faces of one crystal have not fully formed, while the other is well formed. Matrix surrounding crystals is pink massive calcite.

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38. Apatite

    Several small slender crystals of blue translucent hexagonal apatite embedded in tan massive calcite.

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39. Apatite

    Large isolated crystal of heavily fractured blue green opaque hexagonal apatite with a large break in the center that is filled with colorless massive quartz (giving the specimen a bend in the center). Associated minerals are colorless massive quartz, white feldspar and silvery muscovite mica.

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40. Apatite

    Two stout isolated crystals of green translucent hexagonal apatite with no surrounding matrix.

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41. Apatite

    Specimen consists of black hexagonal books of biotite mica with a singe hexagonal column of apatite that is opaque brown with a transparent greenish yellow area. White plagioclase is also present intergrown in the biotite.

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42. Apatite

    Large granitic rock fragment composed of colorless to white plagioclase feldspar (possibly albite), colorless massive quartz, and greenish silver muscovite mica, with to slender crystals of blue opaque hexagonal fluorapatite.

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43. Apatite

    Single crystal of dark red and green hexagonal nearly terminated apatite with horizontal cracks throughout embedded in white massive calcite with pink and yellow tint. Calcite fluoresces bright red orange under short wave UV light.

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44. Apatite

    Rock specimen with seven plus hexagonal columns of pale green vitreous apatite with horizontal growth lines embedded in white plagioclase feldspar and clear muscovite mica.

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45. Apatite

    Cluster of small and a few large transparent dark green to light gray short hexagonal crystals of fluorapatite with faint striations along the length of the crystal faces. The base of the specimen is covered in small colorless to white rhombohedral calcite crystals (drusy).

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46. Apatite - 1902

    Large heavy sample of dark green massive apatite with minor amounts of red clay. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 32.

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47. Apophyllite

    Cluster of large milky white translucent crystals of prismatic apophyllite. This sample is included in the Catalogue of the Collection of Minerals in the College of S. C. and can be found on page 77.

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48. Apophyllite

    Large heavy dark gray amygdaloidal volcanic rock with numerous large pale green prismatic crystals of apophyllite with square cross section. Blue green earthy material is also present - possibly chrysocolla. The underside of the specimen as white earthy material filling the amygdules.

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49. Apophyllite

    Rock specimen of very pale lavender hexagonal quartz crystals with colorless tabular translucent striated crystals of apophyllite located on the quartz terminations.

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50. Apophyllite

    Rock specimen with clusters of pearly white translucent cubic apophyllite, colorless quartz drusy, pale green botryoidal prehnite, and small blebs of brassy metallic chalcopyrite.

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