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Serpentine Subgroup from
Manton Avenue Quarry, Manton, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Serpentine Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:D3[Si2O5](OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Serpentine Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Manton Avenue Quarry, Manton, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:153754
Long-form Identifier:1:3:153754:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Serpentine Subgroup
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘIron Mine Hill quarry, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘWest Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
56.9km (35.3 miles) ⓘRedstone Granite Quarry (Cherenzia Quarry), Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘBolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
78.5km (48.8 miles) ⓘRagged Hill, West Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
85.3km (53.0 miles) ⓘChelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
86.3km (53.6 miles) ⓘLynnfield serpentinite area, Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
96.2km (59.8 miles) ⓘUltramafic rock bodies, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
AmMin 11:334-340
 
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