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USGS SPRUCE PINE District GEOLOGY North Carolina NC Vintage 1962 With HUGE MAPS!
$ 16.89
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SCARCE, HIGH DEMAND ITEM!!This is USGS Bulletin 1122-A,
Geology of the Spruce Pine District, Avery, Mitchell and Yancey Counties, North Carolina
, published in 1962. It includes the 26-page book and both of the original geologic maps that combine to make one enormous map of the area!
This publication has loads of information on this interesting area that has produced many great mineral specimens of various kinds. Now here is the amazing part: This entire publication is in remarkably good condition and really looks like it was used very little. The maps especially barely look like they have been unfolded, let alone used. How it survived in such good shape all these years is a mystery, but you get to benefit from it. Here is just a partial list of the minerals that can be found in this district, courtesy of Mindat.org:
Albite
Allanite
Almandine
Apatite
Autunite
Beryl: Aquamarine, Emerald, and Morganite
Biotite
Bornite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorophane
Chrysocolla
Clarkeite (Type Locality)
Clinozoisite
Columbite
Covellite
Epidote
Euxenite-(Y)
Ferrocolumbite
Fluorapatite
Gahnite
Gummite
Kaolinite
Kyanite
Lepidolite
Malachite
Microcline, Amazonite
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
Opal var: Hyalite
Orthoclase
Petalite
Pumpellyite
Quartz var: Smoky Quartz
Riebeckite
Samarskite-(Y)
Schorl
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spodumene
Thulite
Titanite
Topaz
Torbernite
Uraninite
Uranmicrolite
Uranophane
Uranpyrochlore
Zircon var: Cyrtolite
This is a great opportunity to own a rare and historic publication in good condition with some great maps. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to add to your literature on this important mineral-producing area.
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