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Antigorite from
Corundum Hill, Unionville, Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Antigorite
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Antigorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Corundum Hill, Unionville, Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:540166
Long-form Identifier:1:3:540166:6
GUID (UUID V4):b2ac456b-e3a8-46ef-884f-52a26c77765c
Nearest other occurrences of Antigorite
34.3km (21.3 miles) Grace Mine, Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
36.1km (22.4 miles) Wood's Chrome Mine, Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
38.6km (24.0 miles) Cedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Haines & Kibblehouse Penn-Maryland Materials Quarry, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
40.0km (24.9 miles) Jenkins Mine (Jenkins Corner; North Rock Springs), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
40.7km (25.3 miles) Red Pit Mine, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
40.7km (25.3 miles) Rock Springs Iron Mine, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
41.6km (25.8 miles) Line pit (Lowe's Mine), Cecil County, Maryland, USA
41.6km (25.8 miles) Line pit (Lowe's Chromite Mine), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
44.3km (27.6 miles) Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
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Report (issue)
DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...colorless crystals), Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
Report (issue)
Serpentine Rocks Of the Piedmont Upland Maryland, Pennsylvania And Delaware By NANCY C. PEARRE and ALLEN V...talc, asbestos, magnesite, sodium-rich feldspar, corundum, and serpentine UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...districts ______ -._-_____-_____-___._. Montgomery County, Md_-_-_---_---_-_-----------_-__--_-_-_Soldiers...----.._-_-_-------_-----_-----------_----West Chester district...-_._.. --__- .. .._.__ Philadelphia.....____.___._... Cedar Hill (Geiger) quarries._--_.-_-----__.____ West Chester district...___.____-________
Report (issue)
750° to A typical antigorite curve____ _ ___________________ The collection of antigorite curves. _______-_-_..._______-_-_.___ Detailed analysis of the antigorite curves in the temperature range 25° to 700°C ..---__--_...---__--_.. Detailed analysis of the antigorite curves in the temperature range 700° to 800°C ___________ Detailed...Detailed analysis of the antigorite curves in the temperature range 800° to 1,100°C ___ _--__ Effect of...___________ Clinochrysotile (Globe-type), Gila County, Ariz___________________________________________
Report (issue)
Solution Studies of Chrysotile, Lizardite and Antigorite GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 384-B... Solution Studies of Chrysotile, Lizardite and Antigorite By GEORGE T. FAUST and BARTHOLOMEW S. NAGY STUDIES...SOLUTION STUDIES OF CHRYSOTILE, LIZARDITE, AND ANTIGORITE By GEOBGE T. FAUST and BABTHOLOMEW S. NAGY X...discriminating among chrysotile, lizardite, and antigorite was made in the light of the studies reported...chrys>otile and the pair of platy phases lizardite-antigorite. The identity of the platy phase must 'be determined
Report (issue)
---------------------------------------- 102 Corund urn Hill Deposit ----------------------------------------------...__________________________ 101 28. Geologic map of Corundum Hill deposit ________________________ 103 29. Geologic...reconnaissance surveys on associated minerals such as corundum, chromite, nickel, and vermiculite. It was found...described as such by Pratt and Lewis in their report, "Corundum and the Peridotites of Western North Carolina...7 Joseph Hyde Pratt and Joseph Volney Lewis, "Corundum and the Peridotites of Western North Carolina
Journal (issue)
p4,, Over two million residents Arizona's Pinal County welcomes everyone as a V.I.P.!!! ?ieU S ~ , ae...MINERALS MAY-JUNE 1978, Volume 53 Number 3 PENNSYLVANIA! EXECUTIVE EDITORS Rudy Bradbury John Hanahan...Hanahan Jr Richard S. Mitchell GUEST PENNSYLVANIA EDITOR Delbert L. Oswald FOUNDER Peter Zodac MANAGING EDITOR...Schmerling 94 Pennsylvania- A Geological Gem Beth Schooler 99 The Paleontology of Western Pennsylvania Richard...Chert in Western Pennsylvania Richard L. George 108 Rare Earth Minerals from Pennsylvania Ralph G. Wells
Report (issue)
Charlotte, NC 28223 Irene Boland 630 Cannon Drive, Rock Hill, SC 27930 Tyler Clark 508 Presidents Walk Lane,...Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Alex Glover Zemex Industrial Minerals...Sciences CB#3315 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 Robert D. Hatcher, Jr. Dept. of Earth...Sciences CB#3315 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 Matthew A. Massey Dept. of Geological...Stair Gap, (NC) Chunky Gal Mtn, (NC) Willets-Ochre Hill am., P22A (NC) Otto Fm. (NC) Wiley Gneiss (GA) Sutton
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals
Report (issue)
Geological Survey, 1950) Trinity Anemousite County, California. Contributions to Mineral¬ (discredited...1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition and Optics...Aluminocopiapite Utah NMNH K. J. Murata, Trinity County, California M. C. Bandy, 1938. Utah. J. M. Axelrod...Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) Island Group (F...Rock, Antigorite, Antillite See references above. chromian—see (discredited, Chromian Antigorite =
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Report (issue)
.........................................96 Pennsylvania ..............................................type" talc deposits, based on Waterbury and Barnes Hill localities (Chidester, 1962) ......14, 15 2. Geologic...Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Districts...talc-chlorite schist. Most of the talc deposits in Pennsylvania are in altered serpentinite and are similar..."Vermont-type" talc deposits, based on Waterbury and Barnes Hill localities (Chidester, 1962). Scale approximately
Book (volume)
(Kiefer, 1949) Tri-octahedral Phlogopite Talc Antigorite (a) (b) (c) (d) 1120° 1140°-1210° 1230°C. 900°...1. Muscovite (clear flawless crystal), Methuen Township, Ontario (Hurlbut, 1956). Anal. F. A. Gonyer....conglomerate in staurolite zone of metamorphism, Acworth Township, New Hampshire (Clifford, 1957). Anal. J. Ito...components). 10. Mariposite, Ross Mine, Hislop township, Ontario (Moore, 1936). Anal. Moorehouse. 2-R...zone, Lake Hammersley, Clove quadrangle, Dutchess County, New York (Barth, 1936). Anal. T. F. W. Barth (Recalculated
Report (issue)
Olary, southern Australia. Sass (1965). Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia. Moral and Slmmons (1969). Feldspar... 32 32 50 50 Sample from E.C. Robertson. Corundum Hill, N.C. 15.2 13.2 II 1 Hortonolite dunite (Mg... 135A Serpentine to Mg.Si I%O le (OH), 139B (Antigorite). 5.5 6.0 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6 /S /S 'I/S 2.61...61 2.61 2.61 2.61 2.61 2.63 3B6 Serpentine (Antigorite). 5.3 383 Serpentine (Williams!te). 7.1 381...100 25 100 2.58 2.58 Southbury, Conn. Wards. Chester, Vt. Dark green, massive; X-ray; 15$ magnetite
Book (volume)
references, among them may be mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Optical Effects. PRINCIPAL GEMSTONES Diamond, Corundum (Ruby and Sapphire), Beryl, Topaz, Opal. IMPORTANT...Clinozoisite, Serpentine, Copper Rhyolite, Red Corundum in Amphibolite, Pyrite, Calcite, Howlite, Ulexite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carl A. Bakos, Editor, Mineralogica/ Society of Pennsylvania. The Geology Newsletter, Allen O. Reiser, Editor...Rochland Nuggets, Marvin Klibinoff, Editor, Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc. Neivlapso, Dr. Philip...Jerry Fever, Editors, Junior Division, Rockland County AJneral and Gem Society, Inc. Lack of a large attendance...Merit A-3 MINERALS- ANY TYPE AND SIZE Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Ine Newark Mineralogieal...a field trip to the Old Granite Quarry and Joppa Hill, New Hampshire, where calcite crystals, ilmenite
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Buffalo, New York 14205 66 Leek Crescent Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1H1 Design and Layout: Joseph Gisini/PageWave...be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...sapphires and rubies are actually the same mineral, corundum. The difference between the two is at the atomic...9 Microcline Corundum encke Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
accompanied by other alteration minerals such as antigorite, chrysotile, chlorite, talc, pyrophyllite, biotite... in his study of the Day Book Dunite of Yancey county, North carolina, attributed vermiculite to the...concluded that the vermiculite at Buck Creek, Clay County, North carolina was the direct consequenceof the...vermiculite mine in the country. The mine is on a hill about 4,000 feet above sea level and 2,000 feet...the same function. A pure vermiculite from Corundum Hill, North Carolina, when ignited, shows a much
Book (edition)
from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1-X I I PRINCIPAL GEMSTONES Diamond, Corundum, Beryl, Topaz, Opal. II 68 IMPORT ANT GEMSTONES...Gibson's Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North Carolina 7. Eldorado Bar, Montana 8....of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California
Book (edition)
Diffracrio11 File, 1601 Park Lane. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA. Introduction This volume is the third edition...Green River Formation in (TL) Uintah Co .. Utah. USA. Named for P.H. Abelson. 20.7.3 AbernalhJile. K(U00As0...26 A. Z=4 [PDF 1 6-386]. (TL) Temple Mts. Utah. USA. Named for J . Abernathy. Abhurite. S n 30(0HhCl... 4 Aca Acanthicone. syn . of epi.dote. A.H. Chester ( 1896) Diet. Names Mi11 .. p. t . Acanthite. Ag2...A.H. Chester ( 1 896) Diet. Names Min., p. I . Acanticonite. variant of acanticone. A.H. Chester ( 1 896)
Book (volume)
Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy...sne-aseseeateeCounty, Can tess ccraccacaerscsascn enaeantsrse Figure
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expressed in clase. 7 - quartz. 8 - topaz, 9 - corundum, 10 - dia- percentage. The collected data on optics...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rare-with scorodite in U-bearing lignite in the Caves Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South
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Plains state varies from nearly level farmland to hill ridges, increasing steadily in elev. From 1,000’...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles
Book (volume)
read 99.72. 345 23, down for Goat Hill read Great Hill. 80 read 81 3313 Colusite,for Cu3(Sn,Te...in the third StiUweU, Crystal Chemistry, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1938. R. C. Introduction to...V . {hnkJn), then from equation 5 . — X2) — hill hhix'i = hih x'o . = — x' h [7] , jp'o...variations. In some special instances (as in quartz and corundum), however, long usage has established varietal...of chemical elements used as varietal 2' A. H. Chester, A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals including
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Red and gray sandstone shale, and limestone. PENNSYLVANIA 40 I 60 50 Ml I 80 KM 76° -, I II --...l0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Mark Schweiker, Governor DEPARTMENT...Geology Slippery Rock University Published by PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PITTSBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...from Hyner View, Hyner Run Slate Park, Clinton County, showing accordant ridges in the Appalachian Plateaus...of the Ridge and Valley province in Huntingdon County. Flooded meanders of Raystown Lake on the Raystown
 
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