Minerals of Virginia

Building Stones of Virginia

Gold in Virginia

Marble in Virginia

Mica in Virginia

Salt in Virginia

Virginia Diamonds

Virginia Iron in the Colonial Era

Links

• A Geological Visit to the Virginia Copper Region in 1859
• Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery:
• apophyllite on prehnite from a diabase quarry in Centreville (Northern Virginia)
• Goosecreekite from Loudoun County
• turquoise has been found in Virginia
• Mindat.org
• Virginia Rocks and Minerals (from Virginia Tech)
• manganese: Crimora Lake (scroll to Mile 92.6 at the bottom, in Guide to Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive)
• US Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
• General Soil Map - Areas Where Sources of Sand Are Probable
• US Geological Survey
• Minerals in Virginia
• The Mineral Industry of Virginia
• Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy
  • Mineral Collecting in Virginia
  • rutile (titanium dioxide)
  • slate
• "Productions mineral, vegetable and animal" A notice of the mines and other subterraneous riches; its trees, plants, fruits, &c. (Thomas Jefferson: Notes on the State of Virginia)

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Virginia Geology
Geography of Virginia