60.—Serpentine.
Occurs in masses; feeble, resinous lustre; color oily green; powder whitish; often yellowish gray on the outside; can be cut easily; takes a fine polish; becomes reddish by heat; gravity 2.5—same as Marble.
Value.—Worked into mantels, jambs, table-tops, and many other ornaments.
Localities.—Found as a rock in large masses. Deer Isle, Me.; Baltimore, Cavendish, Jay and Troy, Vt.; Newbury, Blanford, Middlefield and Westfield, Mass.; Newport, R. I.; near New Haven and Milford, Conn.; Port Henry, Antwerp, Syracuse, Warwick, Phillipstown, Canton, Gouverneur, Johnsburg, Davenport’s Neck, New Rochelle and Rye, N. Y.; Frankford, Hoboken and Montville, N. J.; Texas, Pa.; Cooptown, Md.; Patterson, N. C.; Calaveras County, Cal.; Alder Gulch, Mont. Marble veined with serpentine is called verd-antique.