Radiated actynolite of a beautiful bluish green in Litchfield; in Canton of a brownish green.
Steatite is common, and is quarried in Litchfield. The varieties of talc are very common, connected with steatite, cyanite, and chlorite.
Chlorite in Litchfield, is found on quartz, with talc.
Porcelain clay in Litchfield in small quantities, and in Washington.
Graphite is found in Cornwall in great quantities. Its gangue is gneiss and sienite. It is lamellar, and has a metallic lustre; is easily obtained, and might be made useful. Epidote and cyanite are found with it.
Ores are not common. Oxides of iron, and sulphuret of iron are scattered over the whole range. Near Mount Prospect in Litchfield, sulphuret of iron in mass is in great quantities; and sulphate of iron on the surface of the ground near it. A stone containing a few grains of native copper was found in Litchfield.
The red oxyde of titanium occurs in Litchfield sparingly. A very handsome specimen of the reticulated oxyde of titanium, was picked up. It was on mica, and the mica had an evident tendency towards the same form.
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