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different localities but slightly. In some places it is white ; in others it is green, either light 

 or dark ; but as a whole, wherever it appears in these long ranges, it is nearly the same. In 

 the primary of New-York, however, it is extremely scarce ; only tlurec or four localities being 

 known. 



One of these is in Fowler, not far from the Belmont farm. It is nearly white, soft, and 

 distinctly foliated. It is in a bed of gneiss, into which rock it appears to pass. In line, it has 

 a perfect resemblance to the soapstone of the Green mountains. 



Again, in the same neighborhood, about half a mile west, soapstone is found under the 

 same conditions and under nearly the same circumstances, only that here it is associated with 

 tremolite. 



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