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Clinochlore from
Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA


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Clinochlore

Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Clinochlore

Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Clinochlore

Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Clinochlore
Formula:Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Magnesite4
- var Breunnerite1
Magnetite3
Hornblende Root Name Group2
Albite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Clinochlore data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:361069
Long-form Identifier:1:3:361069:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Clinochlore
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘBlue Hill, Media, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
32.2km (20.0 miles) ⓘBrinton's Quarry, Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘKibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘCorundum Hill, Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
51.4km (32.0 miles) ⓘJones mine, Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
54.0km (33.6 miles) ⓘGrace Mine, Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
60.6km (37.7 miles) ⓘMargerum Brothers Quarry, West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
69.7km (43.3 miles) ⓘWhite Barrens, Elk Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
74.9km (46.6 miles) ⓘSylmar, West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
75.0km (46.6 miles) ⓘScott Mine, Nottingham, West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Samuel S. Gordon, pg. 221-222
Gordon, Samuel G. (1922) The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. Special Publication 1. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 255pp.
 
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