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Antigorite (Var: Picrolite) : (Mg,Fe2+)3[(OH)4|Si2O5]

Delight Quarry (Soldier's Delight Quarry; Dyer Quarry), Soldiers' Delight ridge, Delight, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA

10 cm specimen. S402-363 #1235#
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 154474    View Count: 214

Antigorite (Var: Picrolite) : (Mg,Fe2+)3[(OH)4|Si2O5]

Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA

A 3/4 inch wide and 5 inch long piece of antigorite of the variety known as picrolite in the Creekmur collection.
 © Charles CreekmurPhoto ID: 233877    View Count: 55

Antigorite (Var: Picrolite) : (Mg,Fe2+)3[(OH)4|Si2O5]

Cedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry), Fulton Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Specimen of Antigorite var. Picrolite. From the Cedar Hill Quarry, Fulton Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Specimen size: 6.5 x 5cm. From the PA Annex of my personal collection, acquired in 2003.
 © M.HeintzelmanPhoto ID: 17392    View Count: 1068

Antigorite (Var: Picrolite) : (Mg,Fe2+)3[(OH)4|Si2O5]

Cedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry), Fulton Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA

A very well-formed and large (for its species), crystal of the Serpentine group mineral, Antigorite. The varietal name Picrolite refers to the columnar variety of this mineral, which is only found in seven locations worldwide, six of which are in the US and one locality in the Slovak Republic. A fine example of an unusual mineral from a classic ...
 © Russell G. RizzoPhoto ID: 189692    View Count: 141

Antigorite (Var: Picrolite) : (Mg,Fe2+)3[(OH)4|Si2O5]

Haines & Kibblehouse Penn-Maryland Materials Quarry, Fulton Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA

8 cm, S402-380 #1190#
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 144306    View Count: 194

Antigorite (Var: Picrolite) : (Mg,Fe2+)3[(OH)4|Si2O5], Chromite : FeCr2O4

Wood's Chrome Mine (Wood's Mine), Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Antigorite var Picrolite with inter-lain seams of chromite from Woods Chrome Mine, Texas, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Specimen size: 10 x 6.5cm. From the PA Annex of my personal collection, acquired in 2005.

 © M.HeintzelmanPhoto ID: 50335    View Count: 546
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