 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Natural History New York, New York 10024 The Triassic traprock quarries of New Jersey have been a prolific...supplement previous publications dealing with New Jersey traprock* minerals, especially those of Manchester...(1931) cites more than 40 traprock localities in New Jersey. This article focuses on the Bergen Hill occurrence...Lower New Street quar ries, Paterson; Warren Brothers quarry, Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry, Upper...Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great Notch (Fig. 1). Several important diabase localities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Finds at the Famous Prospect Park Quarry Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey All specimens self-collected...noted JAMES S. ZIGRAS 171 Arundel Road Paramus, New Jersey 07652 jzigras@hotmail.com MATTHEW L. GORRING...Studies Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey 07043 gorringm@mail.montclair.edu Figure 1. Locality...Locality map, by William Besse. he Prospect Park quarry has been producing fine mineral specimens for...minerals it is possibly the most significant trap-rock quarry in the world. Not many localities can boast fine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | yellow-green fluorescence characterizes some New Jersey datolite. Datolite is commonly seen in monoclinic...anhydrite and glauberite are well known from several New Jersey localities, and datolite after quartz is reported...localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite...Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch quarry at nearby Amherst...Lower New Street quarries at Paterson (Peters et al. 1980) and quarries at Prospect Park, Passaic County |  | | Journal (issue) | | babingtoniet • Trap rock en mineralen van New Jersey, USA Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen vzw Oprichtingsdatum... epitactisch gegroeid op babingtoniet van New Jersey, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover vindt U elders...van de Manassas groeve, Prince William County, Virgiania, USA. SEM opname en copyright Thomas Ambruster...10-18/9-17 h. Beurs (M). GB SUNBURY-ON-THAMES. Kempton Park Racecourse. 10-18/10-17 h. >info@rockngem.co.uk>...10-17/12-17 h. Beurs (M). SURGERES (17). Salle Castel-Park. Beurs (M-F). SAINT-ETIENNE (42). Salle Louis Aragon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Carolina] at 06:31 08 October 2014 Chips from the Quarry Anna M. Domitrovic. halls, leading overnight...article on the Prospect Park quarry in New Jersey (July/August 2005 issue), the babingtonite altered to blue...nite intergrowth. Mason (1960) writes about babingtonite “often covered by a white to light blue film...explanation for the special babingtonite-hedenbergite intergrowth. Both babingtonite and hedenbergite have...The original measurements were performed on a babingtonite-hedenbergite intergrowth from Arvigo, Val Calanca |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | related minerals. Localities of thls type in New Jersey and neighboring states provided consistently...labels featuring such localities as Paterson, New Jersey, or Centreville, Virginia. Recently, however...in Paterson, Prospect Park, Lambertville, Bergin Hill, and other localities in Passaic, Somerset, Essex...Essex, and Hudson Counties, New Jersey (Schaller 1932; Mason 1960). Prehnite specimens to 1.8 meters across...Route 80 in Passaic County, New Jersey. It also occurs in the Roncari quarry, Hartford County, and at Cheshire |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals In The New Jersey Traprocks By GARDINER GREGORY Lee Avenue School, Hicksville, L. I., N. Y .... There are two areas in New Jersey that are world famous for their minerals. One is the Franklin &...& Sterling Hill area in Sussex County which is famous for its large number of minerals, about 180 in number...extending from Somerville in Somerset County to Paterson in Passaic County. This area is noted for its fine...come from the Paterson area. The traprocks of New Jersey are intrusive into and interbedded with the Triassic |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. Dunn Famous Mineral Localities: Paterson, New Jersey................157 by Thomas A. Peters, Joseph....................................... 132 What’s New in Minerals?.......................................n . photomicrography: Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York designed by Wendell E. Wilson Mineralogical...receive additional grants we would rather use them for new projects instead of reprinting old ones. We are content...“Descriptive Mineralogy: Discovery and Characterization of New Minerals.” Papers are solicited for both the general |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NEW JERSEY-A ROCKHOUND'S PARADISE New Jersey is not a large state, but within its borders lie many...of the minerals found in New Jersey: Native Elements Graphite—Sussex County Sulfides Sphalerite—Franklin...Phosphates Vivianite—Allentown, Shrewsbury in Monmouth County Silicates Amethyst—Basalt sills Scapolite—Franklin...Hill, Snake Hill, Bergen County Good Heulandite—Watchung Mountains, Prospect Park and Garret Mountain, Paterson...McBride Avenue Quarry Natrolite-Houdaille Quarry, Bound Brook; Snake Hill, Bergen County Mesolite-Many |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | basalt cavities, Prospect Park Quarry Rhodonite—Franklin-Ogdensburg (past) Babingtonite—A rare mineral...mineral found many places in New Jersey Axinite—Franklin zinc ore deposits Hemimorphite—In zinc deposits associated...publication of the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithica, N.Y. NEW LONG ISLAND MUSEUM The need...for a museum of Natural History on Long Island, New York, will be realized this coming fall of '76, con...Bicentennial celebration. The new Long Island Museum of Natural History in Bellmore, New York will include displays |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter Prehnite, O&G Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, CT. Photo: Bob Cooke. the specimens...yellow-green through many shades of green. The Upper New Street Quarry was active from 1893 to 1925, although specimens...Prehnite, Prospect Park Quarry, Paterson, NJ. Bottom: Prehnite with babingtonite, Roncari Quarry, East Granby...Granby, Hartford County, CT. Photo: Bob Cooke. Now we get to the prehnite close to home. Fine botryoidal...the notable exception of Vulcan’s Manassas Quarry. That quarry, as with all the quarries in this area, excavates |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book | | decade, however, the need has been growing for a new, comprehensive index. Because the 14-year index suffered... Consequently, it was our decision to prepare a new index which is cumulative back to volume 1, fully...the 14-year index, and which is organized on a new plan. Nevertheless, all readers and users of the...the last ten years, and which has inspired this new effort. The current 25-year index is divided into...appears n Brief descriptive note, as in "What's New in Minerals?" p Photograph or other illustration |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BI-MONTHLY 1951 MINERALS OF THE ARLINGTON TRAP ROCK QUARRY ON GOOSE CREEK, LOUDOUN CO., VA. By FRENCH MORGAN...18, D. C. The writer first became aware of this quarry during the fall of 1943 when the newly organized...field trip to the locality It was an old producing quarry at that time, and has probably been in operation...were reported as being of considerable size. The quarry is located a mile and onehalf south of Virginia...than a wise man can answer. The ridge on which the quarry is located is entirely composed of intrusive trap |  | | Report (issue) | | BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS...ITS ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY...BY James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author...of his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally...in the old lists, and the names of many others, new to the district, and discovered in recent years, |  | | Journal (issue) | | distribution in the Orange Mountain Basalt, Paterson, New Jersey ...............................................Arthur Russell, was to be despatched to Swallowfield Park near Reading in 1964, with his colleague the late...Natural History Museum, Bob was an early adopter of new technology, and was largely responsible for bringing...endless analysis of two unknown phases from Merehead Quarry, took up much of his time. Eventually, with the...collaborators these phases were characterised as the new minerals parkinsonite and mereheadite. Readers of |  | | Report (volume) | | Mesozoic geology of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina...Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | East Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society Spring Valley, N e w York The Rockland County Mineral and...the Tilly Foster Mine, coming back to Rockland County with some Connecticut real estate. Mrs. Marguerite...S Westchester Mineral and Gem Society North Jersey Mineralogical Society The Westchester Mineral...monthly meeting on March 15th at the County Center, White Plains, New York. Speaker of the evening was Theodore...illustrated lecture on "'The Minerals of Prospect Park, New Jersey." At the previous meeting, the speaker |  | | Book | | years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis | | | Book | | years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis |  | | Book | | locall - rs where amomeor prospectors m a y still prospect f o r gems mai t e a l s a n d a l s o fossils...CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........... _ . _ 1 _ CHAPTER 3 Pennsylvania___...states each year give collectors a chance to buy new finds, see f i n e workmanship, a n d s h o w t h...r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania:...well known old localities are not all “has beens;” new hobbyists and experienced collectors alike prove |  | | Book | | BOUNTY BOOKS A Division of Crown Publishers, Inc., New York The author acknowledges the help and co-operation...autunite 72, 74 axinite 91, 97 azurite 46, 49 babingtonite /0/, 102 balas ruby 24 barite 57, 57 barytocalcite...Houghton Perm deposits in the Urals, discovered New in Zealand, Graphite, C: hexagonal system; sg...the in the Austrian Alps. The United States of New York. for use as chief deposits are in the Adirondack...suppliers are, in order, the USSR, Canada, and the USA (South Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California) |  | | | | autunite 72, 74 axinite 91, 9/ azurite 46, 49 babingtonite /0/, 102 balas ruby 24 barite 57, 57 barytocalcite...in Australia, Alaska, and at Sudbury, Ontario. New in Zealand, Graphite, C: hexagonal system; sg...the United States are in the Adirondack region of New York. Its high melting point makes it suitable for...suppliers are, in order, the USSR, Canada, and the USA (South Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California)...massive pyrite is found at Ellenville, Ulster County, New York. This very widespread mineral is to be found |
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Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA