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


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Breunnerite

Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Breunnerite, etc.

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

Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
09662070017533140705153.jpg
Breunnerite, etc.

Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
08333390017272735777360.jpg
Breunnerite

Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
09662070017533140705153.jpg
Breunnerite, etc.

Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Magnesite var: Breunnerite
Formula:(Mg,Fe)CO3
Comments:occurrence in chloritic shist, often associated with minor magnetite octahedral xtls in matrix.
Colour:lt brown, opaic to glassy (translucent)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Clinochlore1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Breunnerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:387497
Long-form Identifier:1:3:387497:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Breunnerite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘGladwyne Quarries, Gladwyne, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
99.1km (61.6 miles) ⓘMaryland Green Marble Corporation Quarry (Cardiff Serpentine Quarry), Cardiff, Harford County, Maryland, 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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