| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Magnesite |
| Formula: | MgCO3 |
| Comments: | occurrence in chloritic shist, often associated with minor magnetite octahedral xtls in matrix. |
| Colour: | lt brown, opaic to glassy (translucent) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Magnetite | 3 |
| Clinochlore | 3 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Magnesite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 995661 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:995661:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Magnesite |
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| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘGladwyne Quarries, Gladwyne, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 42.2km (26.2 miles) | ⓘMount Cuba serpentinite, New Castle County, Delaware, USA |
| 43.2km (26.9 miles) | ⓘDickson's Quarry (Dixon's Quarry), Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA |
| 73.5km (45.7 miles) | ⓘSherrer Quarry, C.K. Williams Quarry complex, Chestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 75.0km (46.6 miles) | ⓘScott Mine, Nottingham, West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 78.8km (49.0 miles) | ⓘGoat Hill Magnesia Quarries, West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 80.4km (50.0 miles) | ⓘWood's Chrome Mine, Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 80.4km (50.0 miles) | ⓘCarter's Chrome Mine, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 83.0km (51.6 miles) | ⓘCedar Hill Quarry (Stoltzfuss Quarry), Fulton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 83.0km (51.6 miles) | ⓘGeiger Quarry, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA