LIST OF MINERALS AND ROCKS 
Occurring in the Vicinity of Newport. 
The following list of minerals and rocks includes those found by 
the writer in the course of his geological studies about Newport. It 
is quite probable that it does not represent all that actually occur in 
the region, but at all events it includes those of common occurrence. 
The order is alphabetical. Only the principal localities are given : 
MINERALS. 
NAME. 
Anthracite (plumbaginous). 
Asbestos. 
Calcite. 
Chlorite. 
Chlorite (partial pseudomorphs 
after Garnet and Staurolite). 
Chrysotile. 
Dolomite. 
Epidote. 
Feldspar (Crystals, species not de¬ 
termined). 
Fluorite (traces). 
Garnet (Crystals). 
Jasper. 
Magnetite (Crystals). 
Mica (two species Crystals). 
Ottrelite (Newportite Crystals). 
Picrolite 
Plumbago (granular). 
Pyrite (Crystals). 
% 
Quartz (pellucid Crystals).* 
(milky). 
Serpentine (green). 
“ (dark purple). 
Siderite. 
Staurolite (twins and trillings). 
Talc. 
Zoisite (Crystals). 
LOCALITY. 
Portsmouth, Coal Mines. 
Portsmouth. 
Portsmouth, Castle Hill. Moorland 
Road. 
Paradise, Castle llill, Rose Island. 
North Conanicut (west side). 
Newport Neck. 
Lime Rock. Fort Adams. 
Conanicut, near Dumplings. 
Castle Hill, Bailey’s Beach, Para¬ 
dise. 
Newport Neck in Flinty Slate. 
N. Conanicut (west side), Dutch 
Island. 
Newport Neck, Fort Adams. 
Purgatory, Berkeley Rock, Brown’s 
Point. 
Paradise, Watson’s Pier in S. Kings¬ 
town. 
N. Conanicut (west side). 
Newport Neck (north shore). 
Narrow River, N. Kingstown. 
Easton’s Point, S. Conanicut (west 
side). 
Narraganset Shore, “ Cliffs.” 
“Cliffs,” Sachuest Neck. 
Newport Neck. 
Brenton’s Cove. 
Mackerel Cove (west side). 
Portsmouth Coal Mine, (Crystals). 
N. Conanicut (west side). 
Brenton’s Cove, Sachuest Neck. 
Paradise. 
♦In this connection some large Crystals of pellucid Quartz traversed by acicular crystals 
of Hematite or Actinolite found quite recently by Mr. Hugh L. Taylor, ui a Quartz vein of 
the Conglomerate of the Carboniferous Series, ought to be recorded. 
