Description: Margarite Melvin Mine, Chester, Hampden Co,, Massachusetts, USA 7.5 x 10.2 cm Pink margarite with minor green clinochlore and magnetite from another classic Massachusetts locality. The magnetite at this location was mixed with corundum and was mined as emery for abrasives. Self collected.

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