Stoneco Auglaize Quarry (Junction, Paulding County)
41.1931° N, 84.4586° W · ± 10 km
Fluorite from Ohio, United States, with photos of specimens from this locality.
Minerals found here
Fluorite at Stoneco Auglaize Quarry (Junction, Paulding County)
Small zoned purple cubes and iridescent brown cubes in calcite-lined vugs in dolostone.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
- Formula
- CaF₂
- Morphology
- Cubes lining vugs
- Typical size
- Zoned purple cubes up to about 9 mm on the photographed cabinet specimen
- Color / luster
- Zoned purple and brown iridescent; pale lavender fluorescence under UV
- Associated minerals
- Calcite
- Surface features
- Brown cubes show an iridescent sheen
- Availability
- Unknown
Geology of the locality
- Setting
- Carbonate quarry in northwestern Ohio on the Findlay Arch; fluorite lines cavities in dolostone, together with calcite (regionally also celestine).
- Host rock
- Dolostone
- Region
- Ohio
- Country
- United States
Coordinates are those of the village of Junction, Ohio, taken from Wikipedia; the quarry lies nearby but its exact position was not confirmed. The Ohio Geological Survey leaflet describes fluorite in NW Ohio dolostones in general and does not name this quarry; the quarry itself is only named on the photo file page and in a Wikipedia photo caption. Coordinates: Wikipedia coordinates of the village of Junction, Ohio; the page mentions the Stoneco Auglaize quarry only in a photo caption and gives no quarry position. The existing value is therefore the village, not the quarry. Coordinates: Wikipedia coordinates of the village of Junction, Ohio; the page mentions the Stoneco Auglaize quarry only in a photo caption and gives no quarry position. The existing value is therefore the village, not the quarry. Coordinates: Wikipedia coordinates of the village of Junction, Ohio; the page mentions the Stoneco Auglaize quarry only in a photo caption and gives no quarry position. The existing value is therefore the village, not the quarry.
Sources
- SRC-196 · Website
File:Fluorite-20138.jpg (Wikimedia Commons file page)Lavinsky, R.M. (photographer) · 2010 · Wikimedia Commons - SRC-197 · Article
Celestine in Ohio (GeoFacts No. 28)Wolfe, M.E. · 2014 · Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey - SRC-198 · Website
Junction, OhioWikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
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