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NATURAL HISTORY OF VERMONT. 



Part 1« 



LOCATION OF MINERALS. 



Minerals. 



We shall close this short chapter by 

 indicating some of the principal localities 

 of interesting minerals, many of which 

 will be still further noticed in part third, 

 under the names of the towns in which 

 they are situated. 



Actynolite. — Windham, Grafton, New- 

 fane, Brattleboro', Norwich — the latter 

 very beautiful. 



Agaric .Uf/ieraL-Lyndon, Groton, Man- 

 chester, 



Aluminous S7afc.-Pownal, Rockingham. 



Amclhyst. — Westminster, Ludlow. 



Jlmianthus. — Weybridge, Mount Holly, 

 Lowell, Barton. 



Argillaceous Slate. — Common. 



Asbestos. — Mount Holly, Lowell, Troy. 



Augite. — Charlotte, Chester. 



Bitter Spar. Grafton, Bridgewater, 



Lowell. 



Blende. — Orwell. 



Calcareous Spar. — Vergennes, Shore- 

 ham, &c. 



Calcareous Tufa. — Clarendon, Middle- 

 bury, Ilubbardton, Manchester, Orwell. 



Carhonate of Lime. — Common. 

 Clialcedony. — Newfane. 



Chlorite. — Grafton, Windham, Bethel, 

 itc. 



Ckrysophrase. — Newfane. 



Cojiper, (Carbonate Green). — Bellows 

 Falls, (Sulp/iuret,) Straiford, Waterbury. 



Copperas. — Strafford, Shrewsbury. 



C//«?it^c.— 'Grafton, Bellows Falls, Nor- 

 wich. 



Diallage. — New Haven. 



Dolomite. — Jamaica. 



Epidolc. — Middlebury, Chester, Berk- 

 shire, &c. 



/•'e/r/A7;ar.-Townshcnd, Thetford, Monk- 

 ton, «&c. 



Fetid Limestone. — Shoreham, Bridport, 

 &c. 



Flint. — Or-ivell. 



Fluate of Lime. — Putney, Rockingham. 



Gurnet Bethel, Bridgewater, Nor- 

 wich, &c. 



Graphite, Plumbago, or Black Lead. — 

 Hancock, Charlotte, 



Hornblende. — Jericho, Ludlow, &c. 



J/orns?otte. -Middlebury, Shoreham, Sal- 

 isbury, Bennington, Orwell. 



Jasper. — Middlebury, in rolled masses. 



Kaolin. — M onkton, Brookline. 



Lead, (Sulphuret) or G(dena. — Sunder- 

 land, Thetford, Danby, Morristown. 



Lime, Fluate. — Putney, Rockingham, 

 Thetford. 



Lime, Fetid Carbonate. — Bennington. 



Lilhomarge. — Bennington. 



Made. — Near Bellows Falls. 



Manganese, 0.?(/rfe.— Bennington, Bran- 

 don, Monkton, Pittsford, Chittenden, Ply- 

 mouth. 



jMiniilc. — Shaftsbury, Manchester, Dor- 

 set, Rutland, Middlebury, Swanton, Ply- 

 mouth. 



JMarl. — Peacham, Barnard, Benson, Al- 

 burgh. 



IMica. — Chester, Craftsbury, Orange, 

 Grafton, &c. 



Novaculitc, or Oil Stone. Thetford, 



Mempliremagog Lake. 



Polstonc. — Grafton, Newfane. 



Potter's C/«(/.— Middlebury. 



Prehnite. — Bellows Falls. 



Quartz. — Common. Fetid Q., Shrews- 

 bury. Grcasij Q., Grafton, Hancock, 

 New Haven, &c. Qiior/z Chnjstal, 

 Castleton, Vergennes, Waitsfield, St. 

 Jolinsbury, «S:.c. IMill.ii Q., Stock- 

 bridge, Grafton, Middlebury. Radia- 

 id Q., Hartford. Smoky Q., Shrevvs- 

 buvv, Wardsborough. Tabular Q., 

 Windham. 

 /,'(;/«;// /■/(.•. —Bellows Falls. 

 Saipdilc — Brattleborough. 

 Scluirl. — Grafton, Bridgewater, Bratlle- 

 borougii, Newfane, Duuimerston, &.c. 



Serpentine, Precious. — Lowell, Ludlow, 

 Troy, Cavendish, Windham. 



Slaurnlidc. — Rockingham, Vernon. 

 Stcalilc. — Grafton, Bethel, Moretown, 

 Bridgewater, Troy, &c. 



StclarUli'. Bennington, Dorset, Ply- 

 mouth, Montpelier. 



Sulphur. — Wilmington, Bridgewater. 

 Talc. — Grafton, Windham, Newfane, 

 Ludlow, Bridgewater, Hancock, Montpe- 

 lier, Fletcher, &c. 



Tiliuiiii.in. — Whitingham. 

 Tiitinndllnc. — Peacham. 

 'FrcmolUc. — Bellows Falls, Wardsboro'. 

 Tufa Calcareous. — Orwell, Clarendon, 

 Middlebury, tfcc. 

 Zinc. — Orwell. 

 Zoisile. — Rockingham, Wardsborougli. 



