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Marmolite

A variety of Serpentine Subgroup

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Marmolite

Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA

Marmolite

Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA

Marmolite

Scott Mine, Nottingham, West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

Marmolite

Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA

Marmolite

Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA

Marmolite

Scott Mine, Nottingham, West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

Marmolite

Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA

Marmolite

Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA

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About MarmoliteHide

Formula:

D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄ D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn

Name:

Named by Thomas Nuttall in 1822 relating to minerals found at Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. Named from the Greek word "marmalos" meaning "pearly" as the mineral has a pearly to metallic luster.

A variety of Serpentine Subgroup

Light green pearly serpentine which may show a somewhat laminated fracture pattern.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

9997 (as Marmolite)
11135 (as Serpentine Subgroup)

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:9997:0 (as Marmolite)
mindat:1:1:11135:7 (as Serpentine Subgroup)

GUID
(UUID V4):

fa72bee1-a861-4687-8e66-bf63ba155a24 (as Marmolite)
e16c41ee-7458-4d7d-8426-6003359faf55 (as Serpentine Subgroup)

Chemical Properties of MarmoliteHide

Formula:

D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄ D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn

Elements listed:

Al, Fe, H, Mg, Mn, Ni, O, Si, Zn - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Synonyms of MarmoliteHide

Marmoline

Other Language Names for MarmoliteHide

German:Marmolit

Spanish:Marmolita

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

1 photo of Marmolite associated with Magnetite

Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for MarmoliteHide

Reference List:

Nuttall, Thomas, 1822, Observations on the Serpentine Rocks of Hoboken, in New-Jersey, and on the Minerals which they Contain, American Journal of Science, series 1, v. 4, p. 19-23.

Finch, I. (1833) Travels in the United States of America and Canada, Containing Some Account of their Scientific Institutions, and a few Notices of the Geology and Mineralogy of those Countries, to which is added, An Essay of the Natural Boundaries of Empires, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, London, pp. 455.

Localities for MarmoliteHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


France
Pays de la Loire Loire-Atlantique Châteaubriant-Ancenis Blain ⓘ La Pessuais	Baret, Ch. (1905): Catalogue de la Collection de Minéralogie de la Loire-Inférieure, Muséum de Nantes, 120.

USA
California San Benito County Idria (New Idria) ⓘ Unspecified Cr occurrence [2]	Becker, George F. (1888), Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope: USGS Monograph 13, atlas: 110 Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 335.
Delaware New Castle County ⓘ Mount Cuba serpentinite	Van Gosen, Bradley S. (2005) Reported historic asbestos mines, historic asbestos prospects, and natural asbestos occurrences in the eastern United States. USGS Open-File Report 2005-1189.
Maryland Baltimore County Bare Hills ⓘ Bare Hills Serpentine Quarry East	Ostrander, C. W. & W. E. Price (1940) Minerals of Maryland: Natural History Society of Maryland, 27p.
Montgomery County ⓘ Tschiffely (Wheatlands) Aggregate Quarry	Jat Thompson Collection
Massachusetts Essex County Newbury ⓘ Devil's Den (Devil's Den lime pit)	Sears, John Henry (1894): Geological and Mineralogical Notes, No. 9 in Bulletin of the Essex Institute, volume XXVI.
Hampden County ⓘ Blandford	Dana 4:284 (1854)
Russell ⓘ Atwater serpentine quarry	Clarke, F. W., (1904): Analysis of Rocks, Laboratory of the United States Geological Survey, 1880-1903.
New Jersey Hudson County ⓘ Hoboken	Nuttall, Thomas, 1822, On the Serpentine Rocks, of Hoboken, in New-Jersey, AJS s1, v. 4,p 16-23.
ⓘ Stevens Bluffs	Nuttall, Thomas, 1822, On the Serpentine Rocks, of Hoboken, in New-Jersey, AJS s1, v. 4,p 16-23.
Morris County Montville Township ⓘ Lake Valhalla Quarry (Gordon's Crystalline Limestone Quarry)	Weber, J. and Greer, R., 1965, Dehydration of Serpentine, American Mineralogist, v 50,p 450-464.
ⓘ Montville serpentine deposit	Mins. of NYC & Its Environs, NY Min. Club Bull. Vol 3, No. 1, Manchester, J.G. (1931): 31.
ⓘ New York	The Minerals of New York City & Its Environs, New York Mineralogical Club Bull. Vol. 3, No. 1, Manchester, J.G. (1931): 84.
New York City Manhattan (New York Co.) ⓘ 10th Avenue between 50th Street & 63rd Street	The Minerals of New York City & Its Environs, New York Mineralogical Club Bull., Vol. 3, No. 1, Manchester, J.G. (1931): 30.
Putnam County Town of Southeast ⓘ Tilly Foster Iron Mine	Jensen (1978) Minerals of New York State, pp.42-43
North Carolina Caldwell County ⓘ Baker's Mine	Dana 6:1075.
Jackson County ⓘ Webster-Balsam	Wilson,W.F.,and McKenzie,B.J.,(1978) Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina
ⓘ Webster-Addie ultramafic ring dike	Wilson,W.F and McKenzie,B.J,1978, Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina ,Information Circular 24
Pennsylvania Chester County West Nottingham Township ⓘ Goat Hill Magnesia Quarries	Dana 6: 1067.
Nottingham ⓘ Scott Mine	Dana 6: 1067.
ⓘ Delaware County	www.libraries.psu.edu/emsl/guides/X/delaware.htm.
Middletown Township ⓘ Lenni	Gordon, "Mineralogy of Pennsylvania" 1922 p. 193.
Lancaster County State Line Chromite Mining District Little Britain Township Texas ⓘ Wood's Chrome Mine (Wood's Mine)	Dana 6:1069.

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