The Mines and Minerals of Delaware County, Pennsylvania Paperback – September 21, 2024
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| Management number | 219444626 | Release Date | 2026/05/03 | List Price | $19.35 | Model Number | 219444626 | ||
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The Mines and Minerals of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, provides a comprehensive description of the mining history and mineralogy of the county. It is richly illustrated with 472 figures, including over 300 color photographs of the county's beautiful minerals. Photograph include beautiful amethyst, beryl, feldspar, garnet, kyanite, and smoky quartz specimens from museum, university, and private collections. Delaware county's most prolific mineral specimen producing localities are described-the Leiper quarries, Deshong's quarry, the Shaw and Esrey quarry, Mineral Hill, and the Boothwyn area, among many others. In the past, Delaware County mines produced amethyst, asbestos, corundum, chromite, feldspar, garnet, kaolin, mica, and iron ore. This book describes over 180 mines and mineral localities. It includes the known history of each mine and locality and a list of reported minerals. The locations are shown on a set of USGS topographic maps. A comprehensive cross-index is provided, and an extensive bibliography is included. One hundred and thirteen different mineral species have been reported from Delaware County. Read more
| ISBN13 | 979-8337960388 |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Independently published |
| Dimensions | 8.5 x 0.64 x 11 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.46 pounds |
| Print length | 284 pages |
| Publication date | September 21, 2024 |
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