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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 three 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 fine, 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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