W. EB. Midden— Mineral Localities in North Carolina. °21 
Art. III.—WNotes on Mineral Localities in North Carolina; by 
Ws. Hart HIDDEN 
Monazite from Milholland’s Mill, Alexander Co—In August 
Jast (1880) I obtained at this locality some very beautiful crys- 
tals of geniculated rutile, which had been found there loose in 
the soil. Permission having been obtained to work the prop- 
erty I succeeded on the first day’s working* in finding these 
rutiles in situ. In connection with the work I “panned down” 
some of the loose vein material, and in this manner the mona- 
zite crystals were first discovered. There is every probability 
that if the work at the locality is continued the monazite will 
found in place in the vein. e rock is a fest pische 
. : 
In coridaebeatitid by “panning,” say 15 lbs. of the loose vein 
material, many hundred minute crystals of monazite would be 
foun , perhaps only a half a dozen o ich . 
would exceed gsth inch in diameter; rarely, pe i 
crystals were found of $th inch in length. Under SS jee 
the microscope, the majority of the minute 
monazite crystals are’seen to be perfectly trans- 
parent and of a topaz color. The planes are a ie 
very highly polished and lustrous. The crystals 
are atin hy long prismatic with modified ter- 
ny merge the ster pile | the shape of an 
* The soils.of this region are the result of decomposition and disintegration on 
the spot; it is eee an easy task to discover the source of minerals 
* found on the sur : 
