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Michael, I haven't collected much in Virginia, but one of the first places I collected as an adult was in Amelia, Virginia. It's about an hour and half drive from Richmond, as I recall. There is a fee collecting pegmatite site just outside Amelia, which was written up in a recent Rocks and Minerals magazine issue. This locality is known for its amazonite, as well as its topaz. MY older son found a nice, euhedral topaz crystal about 2cm long and 1cm wide. It wouldn't make it to the Smithsonian, but he's still proud of it 6 years later. I have always wanted to collect in the Northern Virginia trap rock quarries for goosecreekite and other zeolites, but have never had the chance. If you get good directions to any, let me know! Thanks. Nathan A.Schachtman