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Spessartine from
Hutter Mine (Herter Magnetite Mine), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Spessartine
Formula:Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spessartine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hutter Mine (Herter Magnetite Mine), James River-Roanoke River Mn-Fe-Ba Mining District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:154544
Long-form Identifier:1:3:154544:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Spessartine
26.0km (16.1 miles) ⓘWheatley Pegmatite Mine (Big Hicks Mine; Moneta Mine), Moneta-Forest, Bedford County, Virginia, USA
26.0km (16.1 miles) ⓘSeaboard Mine (Newman Mine), Egypt Mines, Moneta-Forest, Bedford County, Virginia, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘRosa Evans Mine, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
67.2km (41.7 miles) ⓘKnight Mine, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
67.5km (41.9 miles) ⓘShort Tom Smith Mine (Ben Smith Mine), Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
References
Beard, James S., Tracy, Robert J. (2002) Spinels and other oxides in Mn-rich rocks from the Hutter Mine, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, U.S.A.: Implications for miscibility and solvus relations among jacobsite, galaxite, and magnetite. American Mineralogist, 87 (5) 690-698 doi:10.2138/am-2002-5-611
Tracy, Robert J., Beard, James S. (2003) Manganoan kinoshitalite in Mn-rich marble and skarn from Virginia. American Mineralogist, 88 (5) 740-747 doi:10.2138/am-2003-5-603
 
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