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Knobly Mountain, Mineral County, West Virginia, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 35' 50'' North , 78° 48' 35'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Potomac Park2,530 (2011)1.6km
Cresaptown4,592 (2011)2.1km
Bowling Green1,077 (2011)3.0km
Wiley Ford1,026 (2011)3.5km
Bel Air1,258 (2011)4.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
17238
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:17238:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A one mile long cut made for the West Virginia Central Railroad on the farm of J C Brady, located on the west side of Knobly Mountain. The cut exposed limestone formations that contained exceptional crystals of celestite prior to 1890.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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8 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Celestine
Formula: SrSO4
Description: Crystals are colorless, pale blue to deep blue, measuring in size from 1mm to more than 75mm in length and 5cm in thickness, both attached to the walls of vugs in the limestone or as "floaters" occuring in clay filled vugs. The larger crystals often contained clay inclusions. see: http://www.mindat.org/photo-196264.html for a contemporary illustration
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Native Sulphur
Formula: S8
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Strontianite
Formula: SrCO3

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Strontianite5.AB.15SrCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Celestine7.AD.35SrSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C StrontianiteSrCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O CelestineSrSO4
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O QuartzSiO2
O StrontianiteSrCO3
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S CelestineSrSO4
S SphaleriteZnS
S Native SulphurS8
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca FluoriteCaF2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
SrStrontium
Sr CelestineSrSO4
Sr StrontianiteSrCO3

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