Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alberene, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 155574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alberene, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Alberene Soapstone Quarry
General Store
Sheepneck Creek
State Road 772 Roadcut

Latitude: 37°53'10"N
Longitude: 78°36'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.886111111111,-78.616388888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel
Talc	Vivianite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel
Talc Vivianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	279281	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	279281	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	279281	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	279281	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	279281	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	279281,279282,279283,279284	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	279282,279283,279284	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	279281	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	279281	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	279282,279283,279284	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	279281	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	279281	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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