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Albite from
Bald Knob deposit, Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA


Locality type:Deposit
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 Bald Knob deposit, Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1008579
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1008579:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘOre Knob Mine, Ore Knob, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
39.2km (24.4 miles) ⓘRock Quarry Road site, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
39.5km (24.6 miles) ⓘCranberry Copper Mine, Cranberry Creek Segment, Gossan Lead Mining District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll County, Virginia, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘFairmont Copper Mine (Fairmount Copper Mine), Cranberry Creek Segment, Gossan Lead Mining District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll County, Virginia, USA
40.3km (25.0 miles) ⓘBrown and Stephenson Mine (Brown and Stevenson Mine), Cranberry Creek Segment, Gossan Lead Mining District, Southern Section-Blue Ridge Province, Carroll County, Virginia, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) ⓘElkin Quarry, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
45.1km (28.0 miles) ⓘMathis Quarries, Antioch, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
45.8km (28.5 miles) ⓘMount Airy quarries, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) ⓘ115 Quarry, Oakwoods, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
51.6km (32.0 miles) ⓘFitches Knob Quarry site, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
References
Winter, Gary A., Essene, Eric J., Peacor, Donald R. (1981) Carbonates and pyroxenoids from the manganese deposit near Bald Knob, North Carolina. American Mineralogist, 66 (3-4) 278-289
 
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