| | 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) | 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...Here, it is commonly associated with natrolite, analcime, stilbite, heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite...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 | | | 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) | Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Analcime Downloaded by [University of Bristol] at 06:14...crystals. A prime example of this phenomenon is analcime, a species of wide distribution that is particularly...quarries at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Analcime is typically seen as white, transparent to translucent...is weakly electrostatic when rubbed or heated. Analcime is cubic (4/m32/m) although it can be pseudocubic...at the addresses above. 128 ROCKS & MINERALS Analcime is hydrated sodium aluminum silicate (NaAlSi2O6·H2O) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 04:47 09 October 2014 MARTIN...Physics The College of New Jersey Ewing, New Jersey 08628-0718 @@F]()& P n Analcime (a) Heulandite (b)...crystal forms displayed by some of the Millington quarry minerals, based on drawings in Klein and Hurlburt...Triassic Passaic Formation Precambrian Rocks Figure 3. Location map and genMillington Quarry era1 geology...Town quarry area. Map compiled from Cummings (1985) and Lewis and Kummel(1912). Millington quarry is situated | | | 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...fine specimens of the ten zeolites: analcime, chabazite, gmelinite, heulandite, stilbite, laumontite, thomsonite | | | 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...Gmelinite—With chabazite Analcime—Paterson, in basalt, McBride Avenue Quarry Natrolite-Houdaille Quarry, Bound Brook; | | | Report (issue) | [Al3.91Si8.10O24]∙11.62H2O. (2) Great Notch, New Jersey, USA; corresponds to (Ca1.12Na0.98Sr0.12 K0.06)Σ=2...related igneous rocks, also pegmatites. Association: Analcime, chabazite, calcite, aragonite, quartz. Distribution:...In the USA, from Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., and Great Notch, Paterson, and Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New...New Jersey; at Springfield, Lane Co., Oregon. On Pinnacle Rock, Five Islands, and Two Islands, Nova Scotia...Subcommittee on Zeolites of the IMA, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. Can. Mineral., 35, 1571-1606 | | | Book | Tudith L. Vozza F. Silva Printing Palisades Park, New Tersey l L r This book is dedicated 11 to...Jerry Furia of "Fur:y Camera & Sound" in Dumont, New Jersey for their technical assistance with the photography... they are most often over- IND ~ EX PAGE ANALCIME/ANALCITE 1 ARDUINITE 6 ASHCROFTINE 8 BREWSTERITE...EXPLANATIONOF FORMULA DIFFERENCES 120 'I - ANALCIME = ANALCCTE The name is from the Greek word Analkis...commonly thermal and seams Analcime secondary zones. - rich areas Analcime and Sodalite. rock types | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA ‘Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Department...Institute, Unive~ity of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA (Received Febrzlary6, 1989; accepted in r~vi~~d~r~...obtained for natural samples of the zeolites, analcime, chabazite, clinoptilolite, laumontite, mordenite...6’80,, 6D). Most of the data were collected on analcime-49 samples from 34 world-wide locations and a...variety of geological settings and ages. Dehydrated analcime has a range in @‘Of that extends from 4.3.to 26 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | New Jersey's well-known Fanwood and Summit quarries expose the same stratigraphic section and yield many...Summit Quarries, New Jersey WARREN CUMMINGS 225 Beechwood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08618 T H E SUMMIT...cut, located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, formed a major mineral collecting site prior...Construction Materials, the last operator of the quarry, ceased operation in 1977, and since 1983 the pit...Company quarry in the Borough of Watchung, Somerset County—sometimes known as the Scotch Plains quarry, or | | | Book | nomenclature. Haily is given credit for naming stilbite, analcime, harmotome, and laumontite although he only popularized...zeolite synonyms). The aluminosilicate structure of analcime was the first zeolite structure to be determined...years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...chemical compositions and structural states of analcime alone, up to 25 species could be named, that would...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International | | | Book | nomenclature. Haily is given credit for naming stilbite, analcime, harmotome, and laumontite although he only popularized...zeolite synonyms). The aluminosilicate structure of analcime was the first zeolite structure to be determined...years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...chemical compositions and structural states of analcime alone, up to 25 species could be named, that would...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International | | | 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 | | | Catalog/List | the grains and a few more scattered about. Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg bei Mayen, Yulkaneifel, Rheinland Pfalz...finely fibrous pure mass 2x1.5 inch Prospect Park, Patterson, New Jersey USA £ 18 18. CAVANSITE small blue...Vevja Quany, Tvedalen Norway £7 24. CHABAZITE Mg, a new species ! water-clear micro on 3mm matrix baxsi...about I to 2mm thick. Tip Top Mine, South Dakota USA large 2x3 £30 27. TITANJTE very unusual £20 yellow-brown...middle of the vein. Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California USA £17 35. SODALITE good solid orange | | | Journal (issue) | WASHINGTON May 3, 2008 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver...buffet restaurant, so please join us if you can. Park Mill Plain Blvd. Ft. Vancouver Way Washington...Bridge Oregon Columbia River 2 Barahonaite, a New Mineral from Gold Hill, Utah Don Howard After many...the new mineral Barahonaite. Why has it taken so long to establish this material as a valid new mineral...material from a new find at the Dolores prospect in Murcia Province, southeastern Spain. The new mineral, as | | | 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 (issue) | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona........................................rhodonite from Franklin, New Jersey . . . . 123 by P. J. Dunn & P. B. Leavens A new zinc magnesium carbonate...unnamed species from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey ......................126 by P. J. Dunn McGuinnessite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | (International Mineralogical Association) Commission on New Minerals and Minerai Names has voted on this revision...sixth edition, p. 566-569, for full references.) NEW NOMENCLA TURE HYDROXYAPOPHYLLITE Hydroxyapophyllite...type locality for the new species is the are Knob mine, Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina. At this...type locality, the Ore Knob mine, Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina. The crystals are white and 5 to...#136898. Figure 5. Fluorapophyllite from Paterson, New Jersey. The crystals have inclusions of a green fibrous | | | 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 | | | Book | milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...person wishing to examine a locality personally. New information relating to Washington's mineral diversity...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...than 2,200 mineral species have been identified and new ones are discovered and described each year. Over...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Arem photo. March/April: Cacoxenite, Dravo quarry, Shelby ‘County, Alabama. Dan Behnke photo. MayIJune: Stibnite... Beaver County, Utah. Private collection, Jeffrey Scovil photo. Barite, Colorado, 329; New Mexico, 109;...Bindheimite, Utah, 41 1 Bismuthinite, New Mexico, 109 Bismutite, New Mexico, 109 Bladh, K.W., John Williams...Guernsey Limestone Quarry, Washington County, Ohio, 251-59 Bornite, Colorado, 329; New Mexico, 109 Brandow...Anatase, & Rutile from the Silver Link Mine, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 327-30 Brookite |
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Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA