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Manton Avenue Quarry (Manton Quarry; Violet Hill Quarry), Dyerville, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA

Ref.: AmMin 11:334-340; Rocks & Min.: 18:84; 20:464; 61:266; Miller, C. E. (1971) Rhode Island Minerals and Their Locations, University of Rhode Island, Kingston. A "bluestone" quarry located at Manton near Providence. Closed 1941. George English described the foliated talc from here as the best in the USA.





Mineral List:
Actinolite
Albite
Anatase
Ankerite
Antigorite
Apatite-(CaF)
Autunite
Baryte
Biotite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
'Chalcedony'
Chalcopyrite
Clinochlore
Dolomite
Enstatite
Epidote
Fluorite
Forsterite
Hematite
'Hornblende'
Ilmenite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Meionite
Monazite-(Ce)
Orthoclase
Pargasite
'Prochlorite'
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rutile
Schorl
'Serpentine Group'
'Stilbite'
Talc
var: Steatite
Titanite
Tremolite
Zircon
Zoisite


45 entries listed. 36 valid minerals.

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