Localities.—Found with gypsum, clay and sandstone. Washington County, Va.; Petit Anse, La.; Silver Peak, Nev.; Salmon River Mountains, Oregon.
59.—Rutile.
Occurs in crystals generally; metallic lustre; powder pale brown; brittle; unchanged by heat or acids; if powdered and fused with potash, then dissolved in muriatic acid, the solution boiled with tinfoil assumes a beautiful violet color; gravity 4.
Value.—Used for coloring porcelain and artificial teeth.
Localities.—Found in granite and, limestone rocks. Warren, Me.; Merrimack, and Warren, N. H.; Bristol, Putney and Waterbury, Vt.; Windsor, Shelburne, Barre, Conway and Leyden, Mass.; Monroe, Conn.; Warwick, Edenville, Amity and Kingsbridge, N. Y.; Sudsbury, West Bradford, Parksburg, Concord and Newlin, Pa.; Newton, N. J.; Crowder’s and Clubb Mountains, N. C.; Habersham and Lincoln Counties, Ga.; Magnet Cave, Ark.
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.