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Crump's Quarry, Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Described as being on the "grounds of the Pennsylvania Training School for the Feeble Minded.", 0.4 km (0.25 mile) north of State Road, and 1.6 km (1 mile) west of Media. Feldspar quarries, pegmatites, and exposures are nearby.

In "pyroxenite" and "metaperidotite."



References:
Gordon's Mineralogy of Pennsylvania (1922) p. 191





Mineral List:
Actinolite
Albite
var: Albite Moonstone

var: Sunstone
Almandine
Anthophyllite
'Asbestos'
Beryl
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Columbite
Corundum
'Deweylite'
Enstatite
'Fergusonite'
'Hornblende'
Hypersthene
Magnesite
Microcline
var: Amazonite

Microlite
Orthoclase
Orthoclase
var: Delawarite

Quartz
Samarskite-(Y)
'Serpentine Group'
'var: Retinalite'
Talc
Tremolite
Vermiculite


28 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.

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