Goshen stone

Goshen stone

Goshen stone is an unusual variably colored variety of mica schist found mostly in New England. It is quarried and sold as a landscaping stone. [http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=2916749&page=1 Pitcher Discovers Rare Rocks, Hopes Dodgers Discover His Talents] , abc.com, accessed March 2, 2007 ] The stone sells for approximately 100 US dollars a ton.

Goshen stone appeared in US national headlines in 2007 when Matt White, a former Major League Baseball pitcher then pitching in the minors, discovered approximately 2 billion US dollars worth of the stone on property near Cummington, Massachusetts he had recently purchased.

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