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Osborne Soapstone quarry, Blandford, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA

Ultramafic tectonic "sliver" thrust fault deposit. (Note: The pegmatite minerals listed are found in small pegmatite sills adjacent to the quarry.)





Mineral List:
Actinolite
Amesite ?
Antigorite ?
Biotite
Calcite ?
Chamosite ?
Chloritoid ?
Clinochlore ?
Diopside ?
Enstatite ?
Epidote
Ferrohornblende
Hedenbergite
Magnesite ?
Magnetite
Microcline
Muscovite
Quartz
Schorl
'Soapstone'
Talc
Titanite
Tremolite ?


23 entries listed. 21 valid minerals.

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