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C.K. Williams & Co. Quarry (Williams Quarry), Chestnut Hill, Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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Aragonite : CaCO3

C.K. Williams & Co. Quarry (Williams Quarry), Chestnut Hill, Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Fibrous aragonite with minor amounts of serpentinite rock matrix, 6 cm long.
S413-70 #1907#
 © 2007, JGWPhoto ID: 137993    View Count: 132

Chrysotile : Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

C.K. Williams & Co. Quarry (Williams Quarry), Chestnut Hill, Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources specimen. Ex. Maxine L. (Mickey) Heyl (1926-1993) collection. Mickey was a scientific illustrator for the USGS. P. Cristofono photo.
 © 2008 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 155044    View Count: 116

Diopside : CaMg[Si2O6]

C.K. Williams & Co. Quarry (Williams Quarry), Chestnut Hill, Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

1 cm crystal. S409-267 #1877#
 © 2009, JGWPhoto ID: 260745    View Count: 9

Eastonite : KMg2Al[(OH)2|Al2Si2O10]

C.K. Williams & Co. Quarry (Williams Quarry), Chestnut Hill, Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

The phyllosilicate Eastonite. Type locality specimen from the C. K. Williams & Co. Quarry, Chestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. Specimen size: 7.5 x 6cm. From the PA Annex of my personal collection, acquired in 2003.
 © M.HeintzelmanPhoto ID: 14889    View Count: 1748

Eastonite : KMg2Al[(OH)2|Al2Si2O10]

C.K. Williams & Co. Quarry (Williams Quarry), Chestnut Hill, Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Pale grey-green eastonite, with tremolite. S402-190 #1107#
10 cm field of view, vertical.
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 154446    View Count: 171

Eastonite : KMg2Al[(OH)2|Al2Si2O10]

C.K. Williams & Co. Quarry (Williams Quarry), Chestnut Hill, Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Width of field is 7.0 mm. Collection of Jesse Crawford. The depth of field has been enhanced using Helicon Focus (13 exposures). Equipment: Nikon D-100 on a homemade microscope.
 © 2008 Jesse CrawfordPhoto ID: 174922    View Count: 114

Eastonite : KMg2Al[(OH)2|Al2Si2O10]

C.K. Williams & Co. Quarry (Williams Quarry), Chestnut Hill, Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Dimensions: 3.5"x2.5"x2"

Flaky green eastonite.
Photo ID: 246757    View Count: 29

Molybdenite : MoS2

C.K. Williams & Co. Quarry (Williams Quarry), Chestnut Hill, Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Specimen of massive Molybdenite in Serpentine with minor Eastonite from the C.K. Williams Quarry, Easton, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. Specimen size: 9.5 x 6.5cm From the PA Annex of my personal collection, acquired in 2003.
 © M.HeintzelmanPhoto ID: 14940    View Count: 477

Serpentine Group : D2[Si2O5](OH)4 + or - nH2O, Tremolite : ☐[Ca2][Mg5][(OH)2|Si8O22]

C.K. Williams & Co. Quarry (Williams Quarry), Chestnut Hill, Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

1 1/2" x 3/4" polished specimen showing white tremolite in serpentine. This is similar to the type of ornamental stone (verde antique) quarried here.
 © Fred SchusterPhoto ID: 243973    View Count: 27

Thorogummite : (Th,U)[(OH)4x|(SiO4)1-x], Wölsendorfite : (Pb,Ca)U2O7·2H2O, Uraninite (Var: Thorian Uraninite) : (U,Th)O2

Sherrer Quarry, C.K. Williams & Co. Quarry (Williams Quarry), Chestnut Hill, Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Originally identified as thorogummite altering from thorianite, but based on Montgomery's article in Am. Min. vol. 42 p. 804, this can be considered as a mixture of wolsendorfite (Frondel's Mineral C), dark brown resinous, and thorogummite, yellow resinous, as pseudomorphous replacments of a roughly cubic thorium-enriched uraninite crystal. ...
 © 2007, JGWPhoto ID: 139337    View Count: 221
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