Williamsite

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Name:	Named by Charles Upham Shepard in 1848 in honor of its discoverer, Lewis White Williams [December 20, 1804 Goshen, Pennsylvania - September 19, 1873], a mineralogist and geologist of West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Williams was on the 1857 "Camel Expedition" with Lieutenant Ned Beale.

A variety of Antigorite

A translucent pale apple-green variety of antigorite.

Classification of Williamsite
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Localities for Williamsite
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USA

Pennsylvania

Lancaster Co.

Fulton Township

Cedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry)

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