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

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.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Actinolite
var: Nephrite
Amphibole Group
var: Uralite

Anthophyllite
Antigorite
var: Bowenite ?
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
Aragonite
Augite
Autunite
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Boltwoodite
Brucite
Calcite
Carnotite ?
Celestine
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cuprite
Diopside
Dolomite
Dravite
Eastonite (TL)
Epidote
Fluorite
Galena
Graphite
Gypsum
Hematite
Hydromagnesite
Ilmenite
Lepidocrocite ?
Limonite
Magnesite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites'

Marcasite
Marialite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Orthoclase
Paragonite
Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
Scapolite
var: Wernerite

Schorl
'Serpentine Group'
Sphalerite
Talc
Thorianite
Thorogummite
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Turgite
Uraninite
var: Thorian Uraninite
Uranophane
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Weeksite
Wölsendorfite
Wulfenite
Zaratite
Zircon


119 entries listed. 60 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region:
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  • Pennsylvania
    • Northampton Co.
      • Forks Township
        • Easton

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