Rare Locality MAGNESIOCHROMITE In Serpentine - - Red Pit Mine, Pennsylvania - -
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:19776835 |
I'm pleased to offer this specimen of Magnesiochromite in Serpentine from the Red Pit mine, near Wakefield, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The specimen measures 1.89 x 1.37 x 1.14 inches or 4.79 x 3.48 x 2.91cm and comes with an old label (pre-1990) from David Shannon Minerals of Mesa, Arizona. The address on the label can be used to pinpoint its age--the Shannon's lived at the stated address from 1976-1990.
I had never heard of the Red Pit mine in Pennsylvania and wa...s happy to get this piece as part of a large lot of minerals that I purchased from a very old Phoenix collection. The specimen shows black magnesiochromite grains in a yellowish green serpentine. The Red Pit mine was apparently quite an operation at one time but an underground explosion on the 400 foot level in 1868 apparently sealed its doom and no production has taken place since that time. At one point, it was second only to the famous Woods Chrome mine in terms of tons of chromite produced. At the time of its operation, the chromite was being used as a yellow paint pigment.
Please check my feedback and my other items. All specimens are carefully wrapped, come with complete and accurate labels and are quickly shipped. As always, your complete satisfaction is unconditionally guaranteed and I even offer FREE return shipping on any item that fails to satisfy for any reason---you can't go wrong. I'm reminded of the firm pledge printed on the old Foote Mineral Company mineral catalogs from more than a century ago,
"Quality of specimens is assured as we permit return of specimens at our expense."
Thanks for looking!
I had never heard of the Red Pit mine in Pennsylvania and wa...s happy to get this piece as part of a large lot of minerals that I purchased from a very old Phoenix collection. The specimen shows black magnesiochromite grains in a yellowish green serpentine. The Red Pit mine was apparently quite an operation at one time but an underground explosion on the 400 foot level in 1868 apparently sealed its doom and no production has taken place since that time. At one point, it was second only to the famous Woods Chrome mine in terms of tons of chromite produced. At the time of its operation, the chromite was being used as a yellow paint pigment.
Please check my feedback and my other items. All specimens are carefully wrapped, come with complete and accurate labels and are quickly shipped. As always, your complete satisfaction is unconditionally guaranteed and I even offer FREE return shipping on any item that fails to satisfy for any reason---you can't go wrong. I'm reminded of the firm pledge printed on the old Foote Mineral Company mineral catalogs from more than a century ago,
"Quality of specimens is assured as we permit return of specimens at our expense."
Thanks for looking!
