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Albite from
Snead Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Snead Mine, Gold-Pyrite Belt, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:994381
Long-form Identifier:1:3:994381:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
29.2km (18.1 miles) ⓘShadwell Mine (Chalottesville Quarry), Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘNicholas Prospect, Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia, USA
48.6km (30.2 miles) ⓘWhite Peak Mines Nos. 1 through 4 (Miller Mine; Purcell Mine), Flat Rock, Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
52.4km (32.6 miles) ⓘJohn Patterson Mine, Amelia County, Virginia, USA
52.6km (32.7 miles) ⓘRutherford Mines, Amelia (Amelia Court House), Amelia County, Virginia, USA
53.5km (33.3 miles) ⓘEdenton Mine, Brokenburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
54.2km (33.7 miles) ⓘLigon No. 1 pegmatite prospect, Chula, Amelia County, Virginia, USA
54.5km (33.9 miles) ⓘAmelia (Amelia Court House), Amelia County, Virginia, USA
55.5km (34.5 miles) ⓘNaylor-Bruce Prospect, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
55.6km (34.5 miles) ⓘMorefield Mine (Morefield pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia County, Virginia, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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