Where to Find Staurolite in Virginia
Virginia has 5 mapped collecting spots that report staurolite, spread across 5 counties. 5 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every staurolite spot we track in Virginia
Best spotStuartPatrick County, VirginiaPublic access · Almandine Garnet, Staurolite, Corundum +1
Best spotFairy Stone State ParkHenry County, VirginiaPublic access · Staurolite
Leigh MountainPrince Edward County, VirginiaPublic access · Garnet, Kyanite, Rutile +2
Ashland area fieldsHanover County, VirginiaPublic access · Staurolite
Blue RidgeRoanoke County, VirginiaPublic access · Staurolite
Standout staurolite spots in Virginia
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Fairy Stone State Park
Henry County
Fairy Stone State Park is Virginia's most famous staurolite locality, source of the twinned iron-aluminum silicate crosses that give the park its name.
Stuart
Patrick County
The mica schists around Stuart carry a rich metamorphic suite, with almandine garnet, staurolite fairy stones, corundum, and kyanite all documented in the Blue Ridge basement rocks by Mindat and Virginia geologic survey mapping.
Best counties for staurolite in Virginia
Ranked by the number of mapped staurolite spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
- Hanover County1 spot
- Henry County1 spot
- Patrick County1 spot
- Prince Edward County1 spot
- Roanoke County1 spot
Before you go
Read the staurolite identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Staurolite in the encyclopedia.
