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Zircon from
Rutherford Mines, Amelia (Amelia Court House), Amelia County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rutherford Mines, Amelia (Amelia Court House), Amelia County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:266249
Long-form Identifier:1:3:266249:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘBerry No. 2 Mine, Berry Mine, Amelia (Amelia Court House), Amelia County, Virginia, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘMorefield Mine (Morefield pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia County, Virginia, USA
55.1km (34.3 miles) ⓘBowles Mine (Boles Mine), Gold-Pyrite Belt, Goochland County, Virginia, USA
56.0km (34.8 miles) ⓘMcGloam Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA
56.9km (35.4 miles) ⓘBowles Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA
78.7km (48.9 miles) ⓘSulphur Mine (Crenshaw Mine; Victoria Furnace Mine), Mineral, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
87.2km (54.2 miles) ⓘNorth Garden Mine, North Garden, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
88.3km (54.9 miles) ⓘTrinity United Methodist Church, Crossroads (Cross Roads), Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
97.4km (60.5 miles) ⓘRoseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
References
a classic locality revisited. The Canadian Mineralogist, 36(2), 339-353.
Pegau, Arthur A. (1932) Pegmatite Deposits of Virginia. Bulletin 33. Virginia Geological Survey 123pp.
Dietrich, R. V. (1990) Minerals of Virginia. Virginia Geological Survey.
Lumpkin, G. R. (1998). Rare-element mineralogy and internal evolution of the Rutherford# 2 Pegmatite, Amelia County, Virginia
 
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