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Scott's Mine, Nottingham, West Nottingham Township, State Line Chromite District, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA


List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 7 - MULTIPLE OXIDES
AB2X4
Chromite7.2.3.3Fe(Cr,Al,Fe)2O4
Group 14 - ANHYDROUS NORMAL CARBONATES
A(XO3)
Magnesite14.1.1.2MgCO3
Group 71 - PHYLLOSILICATES Sheets of Six-Membered Rings
Sheets of 6-membered rings with 2:1 layers
Talc71.2.1.3Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks
Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si
Quartz75.1.3.1SiO2
Unclassified Minerals
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore
-Mg5(Al,Cr)2Si3O10(OH)8
'Serpentine Group'-D2[Si2O5](OH)4 + or - nH2O
'var: Marmolite'-D2[Si2O5](OH)4 + or - nH2O


7 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.

References

Genth, F.A. (1875), Mineralogy of Pennsylvania: 39-43.

Dana 6 (1892): 1067.

Gordon, Samuel S. (1922), Mineralogy of Pennsylvania: 181.

Pearre, N. C. and Heyl, Jr., A. V. (1960) Chromite and other mineral deposits in serpentine rocks of the Piedmont upland Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1082-K, p. 779-780.

Smith, II, R. C. and Barnes, J. H. (1998) Geology of Nottingham County Park, Pennsylvania Geologic Survey, 4th series, Open File Report 98-12, p. 15-20 and especially Figure 23 and back cover.

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