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Steatite from
Westminster, Windham County, Vermont, USA


Classification
Species:Talc var: Steatite
Formula:Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Steatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Westminster, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:543503
Long-form Identifier:1:3:543503:6
GUID (UUID V4):20455ddc-eadb-458c-b33d-c8760f2c8d4c
Nearest other occurrences of Steatite
10.3km (6.4 miles) Bemis soapstone quarry, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) Pine Hill Quarry, Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
53.7km (33.3 miles) Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
86.3km (53.6 miles) Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, USA
91.1km (56.6 miles) Groton Soapstone Quarry, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRAND, ISLE: L Jirrwowwux/ lot* llMt UK* U'A VERMONT Mineral Locality Index VANDALL T. K I N G P.O....Massachusetts 01776 MASSACHUSETTS Figure J. Vermont political divisions map; adapted from U.S. Geological...of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS he state of Vermont is relatively small,...manufacture of nails and simple iron objects. Talc and steatite were mined for use in such things as hot plates...ry in the world is in Rochester (Windsor Co.), Vermont. Min­ eral products mined "as is" for their final
Journal (issue)
whitener, and mica for sparkles. Soapstone and steatite are synonyms for impure talc. Soapstone is a significant...have been carved from soapstone and steatite for millennia. A steatite quarry, with artifacts dating to...has been found in Iran. Ancient Egyptians glazed steatite objects to harden them. They glazed the objects...producer, followed by India and the United States. Vermont is notable to collectors because green talc crystals...cover, were found at the Vermont Verde Antique Quarry in Rochester, VT. Other Vermont quarries have produced
Report (issue)
36 REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST Brick Clays As pointed out by the writer,' there are in the...been in operation in the past at East Ryegate, Westminster, Putney, and Bennington but, as far as the writer...Deposits and Clay Industry of Vermont; 15th Rpt. Vt. State Geol. (1925-26). VERMONT 1935-1936 I TWENTIETH...GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF VERMONT 193 5-1936 I TWENTIETH OF THIS SERIES I ELBRIDGE...JACOBS F.G.S.A. State Geologist RELIEF MAP OF VERMONT Vermont Mineral Industries The mineral industries
Report (issue)
GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF VERMONT 1929-1930 SEVENTEENTH OF THIS SERIES GEORGE H...H. PERKINS State Geologist STAFF OF THE VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1929-1930 GEORGE H. PEinuNs, State...University of Vermont. ELBRIDGE C. JACOBS, Assistant CONTENTS Geologist, University of Vermont. CHARLES...PHYSIOGRAPHY OF VERMONT, G. H. PERKINS ..................... THE aEOLOGY OF VERMONT OCHER DEPOSITS,...107 MOUNT MONADNOCK III VERMONT, J. E. Worr ................... LIST OF VERMONT MINERALS, G. H. PERKINS
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of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...and 87 under DENCE, and 91 under SMITHFIELD, for Steatite read line 11 from the top, for (Webster.) read...Quartz, red and yellow, beautifully crystallized. Steatite. (N. G,) FRANCONIA, (Grafton Co.) Epidote, in...loSteatite, in large quantities. (C.) calities of steatite in the United States, situated 2 m. N. from the...river. Garnet, in the vicinity of the locality of steatite, in mica slate (Hall.) Granular Limestone, in
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were found by Mr Frithof Gustavson, now of New Westminster, British Columbia, among wood ashes and charcoal...Jacobsen’s collection is also an elbow pipe made of steatite, (fig. 74) ; there is a hole broken in the bowl...on the opposite or northern bank of the river. Steatite pipes have been found in the lower FIG.73.- C...glance distinguish them from the coast FIG.74. -Steatite pipe from Bellapeoples. coola, British Columbia
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but they may be traced southerly into Litchfield county, where they exist abundantly, and are sometimes...Black Mountain. Thislies ite. A in Dummerston, Vermont, and consists of gran- geologist standing in...range which occupies the eastern part of Litchfield County and appears so decided in its characters in Bristol...slate I would mention the eastern part of Halifax. Vermont, also New Fane and Belchertown, two miles north...northerly, so that it occupies the principal part of Vermont. Prof. Silliman in his " Tour between Hartford
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Keene Mineral Club, Keene, N.H., invited the Westminster, Mass., and Bellows Falls, V t , clubs to join...figures formed naturally in rocks. The Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society, Inc., Spring Valley, N.Y...held at the West Nyack, N.Y., YMCA in The Fulton County Mineral Club, Gloversville, N . Y., is sitting... went to Pacelot, S. C , to an outcropping of steatite (soapstone). This was a favorite quarry for the... 20 Skyline Terrace, Danbury, Conn. LITCHFIELD COUNTY MINERAL CLUB, Torrmgton, Conn. Miss Sylvia R. Wadhams
Report (issue)
GEOLOGIST ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUS1RIE OF VERMONT 1945-1946 I TWENTY-FIFTH OF THIS SERIES Centennial...GEOLOGIST ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF VERMONT 1945-1946 I TWENTY-FIFTH OF THIS SERIES Centennial...MON, The Vermont Geological Survey: 1844-1946 .......................I STATE OF VERMONT State Geologists...epartnient of Natural Resources, Mont pelier, Vermont, Zadock Thompson ...............................important technical study of the granites of Derby. Vermont. The mineral industries of the state reached new
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sportsmen Show held December 2, 3, and 4 in the County Center m White Plains. Mr. David Seaman showed...shown by Mr. Waller Morgan were from Westchester County, while Mr. Ted Schoen's were uranium rocks and...Mrs. Edith Watts Regular meetings are held at the County Center in White Plains, N. Y., on the third ROCKS...Paterson, N. J. June: A Two Day Trip to Chester, Vermont, So Acworth, N.H., and to Davis Mine at Rowe, Mass...1956, to the Kinkel Quarry, Bedford, Westchester County, New York. Altho Joe Rothstein of the Field Trip
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authors of Reports, the former on the Geology of Vermont, and the latter on that of South Carolina. has...; for example, octahedrons of spinel change to steatite, still Cubes of pyrites are changed retaining...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford There is...at large quantities of this gas. Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs ; in BuncombeAt Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England
Report (volume)
Bulletins, nos. 10-12. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 3, nos...50, 53, pt. 2, 56, 57, 59-61. Washington, D. C. Vermont Geological Survey: 6th Report. Burlington, Vt....Development Company's Survey. Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va., 1907. 28 pp., 4 pis. Gives information...oil-bearing Tertiary formations of Santa Barbara County, California. Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 50 (Quart...1908. 27. The Miner ranch oil field, Contra Costa County, California. U. S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 340, pp
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form ; example, octahedrons of spinel change to steatite, still for retaining the octahedral form. to...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe At Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England...been met with, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, (fig. 4,) and Hall county, Georgia. The original rock
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; for example, octahedrons of spinel change to steatite, still retaining the octahedral form. Cubes of...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...Blue Ridge at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. At Bath...been met with, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, (fig. 4,) and Hall county, Georgia. The original rock
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authors of Reports, the former on the Geology of Vermont, and the has been received in various latter...; for example, octahedrons of spinel change to steatite, still retaining the octahedral form. Cubes of...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...Warm and Hot Springs ; in Buncombe At Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England
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form for example, octahedrons of spinel change to steatite, still Cubes of pyrites are changed retaining...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford There is...at large quantities of this gas. Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebulthe earth, ...at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe At Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. lition ...been met with, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, (fig. 4,) and Hall county, Georgia. The original rock
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near Borax Lake, in Califoinia ; Inferno, Humboldt County, Nevada, , abundant. The sulphur of commerce is...region, and in the mines of Aurora, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Tins ore affords much of the antimony...with in Rutherford County, North Carolina; Hall County, Georgia also Franklin County, North Carolina in...also in Clierokee Ravine, Butte County, Forest Hill in El Dorado County (one weighing nearly 5 *62 grains)...grains), Fiddletown in Amador County, and in Nevada County, California; and on the coast of Southern Oregon
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Sandstone, do Argillaceous Slate and Graywacke, do Steatite, Serpentine and Limestone, do duartz Rock, Talcose...and New Red Sandstone, 31 - - . Serpentine, Steatite or Soapstone, 25 29 - - . - • - - • ...diluvium, Peculiarities in the Diluvium of Berkshire County, Second Proof (diluvial grooves,) of a southerly...been greatly aided by the geological map of that county, published a few years since by Professor Dewey...Diluvial tracts of considerable extent exist in the county of Nor- Connecticut valley, and along the western
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I. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. Steatite Ollite Serpentine Saussurite Green Granitel...marice, talc, black lead, most kinds of manganese, steatite ( Speck stein), amianthus, chalk, &c. &c. " But...from Smoland. The same, with Taxas spots of steatite, from in Smoland. STRUCTURE II. SCHISTOSE...other volcanic of re- gions*. Aspect 2. of steatite, Basaltin, with nodules Mingled. from the isle...quartz crystals ; sometimes filled with green steatite, calcareous spar, zeolite, or a Small grains
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near Clear Lake, in California; Inferno, Humboldt County, and Rabbit Hole Mines, Nevada; near Evanston,...Y.; Greenville, N. C.; near Attleboro, in Bucks County, Pa.; Wake, N. C. ; on Tyger River, and at Spartanburg...annually nearly a million of dollars; sparingly in Vermont, New Hampshire, and other New England States; in...the eastward of Halifax; GOLD. 125 in Beauce County, Canada; also, north of Lake Superior; and in the...North Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, formerly in the County of Wicklow, where a nugget of 22 ounces was found;
Journal (issue)
Cd Ga Ge | V | Ti Mn Fe As In Sn | Cu Sb New Westminster Mining Division 135. Brookmere, B. C..... 136...As | In|} Sn Cu | Sb |Ag Pb} Bi |’ Utah Beaver County (Triboluminescent) .M /1.0 W Silver King Coalition...triboluminescent sphalerite with wurtzite, from Beaver County, Utah. Excluding this sample, we obtained highest...feature. Sphalerite from the Lardeau and New Westminster Mining Divisions shows indium most consistently...hse 8 ONNGTCEDWOON 6 oases.4 er ere oe 10. New Westminster........ meee 5 Mig SUOMI ogo ee 6 2 Widvncs 6s
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that red of carnelian jasper, serpentine, or steatite stood for the green flesh of Osiris in his aspect...time to the repertoire; marble rather rarely, steatite, quartzite, chalcedony, hematite, agate, and jasper...however, does exist, and that is the presence of steatite, gypsum, limestone, marble, and basalt in the...triangular, At first only the relatively soft stone steatite seals. was used, and the designs were confined...that rate 7 on the Mohs scale of hardness whereas steatite rates but one. The difficulties the Greeks encountered
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Report (volume)
Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips, Austin. Vermont..........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
 
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