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Ch. 8: Spodumene (Hiddenite), Smaragdite, Iolite, ... Lapis Lazuli

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GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES IN THE
and Coventry, Vt.; near Winchester and Hinsdale, N. H.; and at Cumberland, R. I. The Alice Mine at Butte City, Mont., has produced a large quantity of rhodonite associated with rhodo-crosite, which has been used to some extent as a gem stone. It has recently been described by Prof. William N. Rice as occur­ring at White Rocks, Middletown, Conn., but only in a limited quantity.
The variety of rhodonite known as fowlerite has been found at Franklin, N. J., in groups of rich, flesh-colored crystals finer than
RHODONITE
ever before known, some of them being 6 or 7 inches thick, form­ing groups a foot across. Although of value for gem material, it possesses higher mineralogical value. More than $1,000 worth was sold for specimens during the year of its discovery. The rhodonite of Cummington, Mass., of the richest flesh and light red color, was only found in boulders previous to 1887, when it was traced to the ledge by W. W. Chapman. Blocks were taken out weighing some hundreds of pounds each, having a rich pink and red color, and with large surfaces entirely free from streaks of black oxide and in other places beautifully mottled; they were
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