Lancasterite

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Wood's Chrome Mine (Wood's Mine), Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA
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A Mixture Of:	Brucite, Hydromagnesite

Also may be aragonite.

Classification of Lancasterite
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References for Lancasterite
Reference List: - +	Silliman (1850) American Journal of Science: 9: 216. Smith, J.L. & G. J. Brush (1853) American Journal of Science, ser. 2 15: 214. Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 271.
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Localities for Lancasterite
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USA

Pennsylvania

Lancaster Co.

Little Britain Township

Texas

Wood's Chrome Mine (Wood's Mine)

Gordon, Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, p. 205 (1922)

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