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Apatite from
Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Hamlet
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ilmenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:908
Long-form Identifier:1:3:908:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Apatite in this Region
American Rutile Quarry, Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
Giles-Hite Prospect (A. T. Stratton Prospect; Hight Prospect; Hite Prospect; H. M. Giles Prospect; Shelton Prospect; H. H. Harvey Prospect), Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘAmerican Rutile Quarry, Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘGiles-Hite Prospect (A. T. Stratton Prospect; Hight Prospect; Hite Prospect; H. M. Giles Prospect; Shelton Prospect; H. H. Harvey Prospect), Roseland, Nelson County, Virginia, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘU. S. Titanium Company Mine (Warwick Prospect; American Cyanamide Piney River Mine), Roseland, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘAmerican Cyanimid Wood Pit (S. V. Wood Tract; B. F. Camden Tract; Thomas Wood Deposit), Roseland Anorthosite, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘSmith Prospect (J. D. Smith Tract), Roseland, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) ⓘBuffalo River Prospect, Roseland, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘGillespy Prospect, Roseland, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘWares Gap (Weirs Gap), Roseland, Amherst County, Virginia, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘOld Dominion Soapstone Quarry, Old Dominion, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
35.1km (21.8 miles) ⓘAlberene Soapstone Quarry, Alberene, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
References
Swanson, V.F. and Shelton, J.E., 1962, Flotation of Titanium Minerals from the Roseland Anorthosite, near Roseland, Nelson County, VA.: U.S. Bureau of Mines, Rep. Inv. 5953, 21 P.
 
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