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Titanite from
New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Titanite
Formula:CaTiO(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chlorite Group7
Actinolite6
Quartz4
Albite3
Prehnite2
Stilbite Subgroup2
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)1
Chalcopyrite1
Amphibole Supergroup1
- var Byssolite1
Pyrite1
Epidote1
Galena1
Datolite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Titanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:91930
Long-form Identifier:1:3:91930:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Titanite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
25.0km (15.6 miles) Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) Maryland Mine (Allen shaft), Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
33.4km (20.7 miles) Vulcan Materials Company Crushed Stone Quarry (Manassas Quarry), Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
43.7km (27.2 miles) Piney branch, Rock Creek park, NW Washington, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), USA
44.8km (27.8 miles) New London Mine (Linganore Mine), New London, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
58.9km (36.6 miles) Savage Gabbro Quarry, Savage, Howard County, Maryland, USA
62.5km (38.8 miles) Woodstock, Howard County, Maryland, USA
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