Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Axton Pegmatite District, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Axton Pegmatite District, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Axton

Latitude: 36°39'19"N
Longitude: 79°43'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.655277777778,-79.716666666667

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.

Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 B Be Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Tourmaline

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Dravite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	282193	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	282189,282190,282192,282193,282194	4286
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		648
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	4	282189,282192,282193,282194	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	282189	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	282188,282189,282190,282191,282192,282193,282194,282195	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	282189,282192,282193,282194	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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