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Locality Name:
Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mine; American Gems Mine; LKA International Emerald Mine), Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA


mindat Locality ID: 19740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mine; American Gems Mine; LKA International Emerald Mine), Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°54'39"N
Longitude: 81°5'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.910833333333,-81.084166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClayDiasporeFeldspar
GarnetKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Titanite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6084
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O60688
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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