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PostPosted: Dec 23, 2010 05:41    Post subject: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

Virginia the "Old Dominion State"




Hematite - Manassas Quarry Prince William Co. Virginia USA.jpg
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Manassas quarry, Prince William Co., Virginia, USA
Vug is 7.0 x 3.0 cm.
Self-collected by Jessica Simonoff
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PostPosted: Dec 23, 2010 10:08    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

Not my best effort, but you get the idea....

Turquoise
Bishop Mine
Lynch Station
Campbell County
Virginia

My specimen #1334.



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PostPosted: Dec 23, 2010 10:22    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

A couple more micros...


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Calcite, Blacksburg, Virginia. Crystal 1 mm across the top. RPR #4656.
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PostPosted: Dec 23, 2010 12:11    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

Sorry for the quality of the picture. I have trouble shooting white minerals.


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Centerville, Va.
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PostPosted: Dec 23, 2010 12:21    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

Pictured in the Min Record article on Lynch Station.


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PostPosted: Dec 23, 2010 12:27    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

Great Turquoise! Congratulations.
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PostPosted: Dec 23, 2010 14:17    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

Jordi Fabre wrote:
Great Turquoise! Congratulations.


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Thank you for your comment. I have had this one in my collection since 2001. It moves from my T/N collection to my U.S collection depending on what I am showing at the time. It started out life bigger then this but the dealer I got in from trimmed it down to this T/N.
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PostPosted: Dec 24, 2010 05:53    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

A wonderful fluorapophyllite on prehnite from the Fairfax quarry, Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, that happily resides in my collection. It is 12 cm across.


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PostPosted: Dec 25, 2010 17:11    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

Pete
The turquoise photo is quite nice. I've found those notoriously difficult to photograph!.
Say- what is the black matrix on those?

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PostPosted: Apr 18, 2011 12:34    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

An apple-green Prehnite


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PostPosted: Jul 17, 2011 11:06    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

A new nice addition from John S. White collection.


Prehnite & Epidote - Fairfax quarry_Centreville_Fairfax County_Virginia_USA.jpg
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Fairfax quarry, Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
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PostPosted: Apr 14, 2013 13:00    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Virginia  

Another image for the Virginia State to update this thread, using an image downloaded here by Jessica Simonoff


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Malachite on Hematite
Manassas quarry, Manassas, Prince William Co., Virginia, USA
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