| | Description | |
| Comments: | Worlds finest locality for the Brucite, hosting the largest crystal ever found (to 0.2m). Crystals from here are rich and well developed, in numerous modifications including large tabular crystals and occasional groups in rosettes. coloration from this locale tends towards pale green coloration in the richest specimens. | | Habit: | tabular plates with pseudo-hexagonal edging. usually foliaed masses | | Colour: | white to pale green, pearly to waxy luster, transparent in thin sections/plates | | UV Fluorescence: | bright blue-white response | | Quality of samples: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) | | Rarity at site: | Very common | | Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Believed Valid | | References | |
| References: | Ref1) Dana 6: 1069. Ref2) Mineralogy; J. Sinkankas, 1964 pg. 339 Ref3) Preliminary Report on The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania 1874; F. A. Genth; pg. 51 | | Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Brucite data | | Locality Data: | Click here to view Wood's Chrome Mine (Wood's Mine), Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA | | Photo Gallery | View Gallery (11 photos) |
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