Easton, Forks Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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Ref.: Reed, Juliet C. (1976), Annotated Biblio. of Minerals New to the Pennsylvania List 1965-1974, The Mineralogical Society of PA, Inc.: 32-33; Montgomery, Arthur (1955), "Paragenesis of the Serpentine-Talc Deposits near Easton, PA,: PA Acad. Sci. Proc., Vol. 29:203-215; Montgomery, A. (Jan, 1963), "Gordon's PA MIneral List," in "Pennsylvania Minerals (PM), PM(3), Keystone Newsletter; Montgomery, A. (July, 1963), "Updated PA Min. List," in PM (9); Lapham, Davis M. and Geyer, Alan R. (1965), Min. Collecting in PA (1969): 113, (1969): 127; Montgomery, Arhtur (1969) "Updated List of PA Min.," in PM (38); Grant, Raymond W. (Feb & Mar, 1973) "Revised PA Min. Lists & Index," in PM (122 & 123); Grant (Sep, 1974), "PA Min. Species as of August, 1974," in PM (141). Easton Pennsylvania is located on the Delaware River. It is the home of Lafayette College and its famous Professor of Mineralogy, Dr. Arthur Montgomery, who studied this area and published extensively on its mineralogy.

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Actinolite Amphibole Supergroup var: Uralite Anthophyllite Antigorite 'Apatite' Aragonite Augite Autunite Axinite-(Mn) Azurite Baryte 'Biotite' Boltwoodite Brucite Calcite Celestine Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group'

Chrysocolla Chrysotile Cuprite Diopside Dolomite Dravite Eastonite (TL) Epidote 'Ferro-Actinolite-Tremolite Series var: Nephrite' Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena Graphite Gypsum Hematite Hydromagnesite Ilmenite 'Limonite' Magnesite

Malachite 'Manganese Oxides var: Manganese Dendrites' Marcasite Marialite Metanováčekite Molybdenite Muscovite Orthoclase Paragonite Phlogopite Phosgenite Pyrite Pyrolusite Quartz 'Scapolite var: Wernerite' Schorl 'Serpentine Group' Sphalerite Talc

Thorianite Thorite Thorogummite Titanite Topaz 'Tourmaline' Tremolite 'Turgite' Uraninite var: Thorian Uraninite Uranophane Vermiculite Vesuvianite Weeksite Wölsendorfite Zircon

75 entries listed. 61 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

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