Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 155575
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155575.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Arlington Boulevard
Barracks Road Shopping Center
Martin Marietta Quarry
Matthews Chapel
McIntire Park
Neve Hall
State Road 631 Roadcut
State Road 779 Roadcut
U.S. Highway 250 Roadcut
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence
US Highway 29 & Highway 29 Bypass Intersection Roadcut

Latitude: 38°1'13"N
Longitude: 78°25'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.020277777778,-78.43

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.

Baryte	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mordenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Sulphur

Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mordenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Mordenite None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Sphalerite Starkeyite Sulphur

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	279316	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	279314	11547
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	279316	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	279308,279309,279312,279313	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	279306	2812
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	279305	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	279308,279309,279312,279313	14640
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	279305	210
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	279311	4924
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	279316	405
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	279306,279308,279309,279312,279313	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	279307,279311,279314,279315	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	279306	293
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	279307,279314	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	279307	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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