 | | 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 (issue) | | another such pseudomorph to the collection. This new addition also generated further inspiration for a...growth of pectolite was recently found at Prospect Park, New Jersey. The specimen is made up of a remnant...stunning Juster. Munich2004 (Continued from page l) New Finds Mineralientage Miinchen is more than minerals;...about field collecting, descriptive mineralogy and new mineral finds. This year, why not consider giving...information to: (or a copy} with a'.I nEces:ary Mineral New P.O. Box 2088 Peeks kill, NY 10566-2088 Newslette |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | ====================================== What’s New in the Mineral World? Report #28 May 28, 2011 by...noted, and of course there are a few interesting new items as well. And, as has been happening quite a...late 2010 find in the famous Prospect Park quarry, Passaic County, New Jersey. Since showtime, at least...that the Kosnars should have taken over the Prospect Park treasures, as their late father Richard, although...although he later moved on to Colorado, was a New Jersey native and showed the boys, early in life, how |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | PENNSYLVAN1 A & NEW JERSEY «s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott...Book Co. 315 CLOVERLEAF DRIVE, SUITE F BALDWIN PARK, CA 91706 Copyright © 2000 Gem Guides Book Company...man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other persons directly......... Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE...Shelocta Siderite Concretions..... New Paris Fluorite....................... New Enterprise Banded Chert.... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 04:47 09 October 2014 MARTIN...Department of Physics The College of New Jersey Ewing, New Jersey 08628-0718 @@F]()& P n Analcime...crystal forms displayed by some of the Millington quarry minerals, based on drawings in Klein and Hurlburt...tetragonal, s[201}, unitx[021), cell a:cu(i = Pyrite (f) Geology, Mineralization, and Zoning KEY Jbn...Triassic Passaic Formation Precambrian Rocks Figure 3. Location map and genMillington Quarry era1 geology |  | | 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 |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first half...chabazite, and, occasionally, sulfides such as pyrite, galena, and sphalerite. Remarkable specimens with...Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad cuts and tunnels in the Jersey City...Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected from many localities in Passaic County...West Paterson (including the famous Upper and Lower New Street quarries where crystals to 7 cm have been |  | | Book (volume) | | nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area around the confluence of the Loup...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 |  | | 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 (volume) | | seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet thick in...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet thick in...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | The following short items were submitted by our new group of "Mineral Spies" as well as other Mineral...accurate) articles on a timely basis. - Editor. New Moroccan Acanthite Discovery By Dave Bunk dave@davebunkminerals...dave@davebunkminerals.com After hearing about a new find of octahedral acanthite crystals from Morocco, I...(Continues on page 2) Stalactites from Prospect Park, New Jersey Bradley D. Plotkin bdpchab@optonline.net...cleaned off the roof of my house and assembled a new stainless steel barbecue. It was now mid-afternoon |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | SECRETARY TEMA J. HECHT 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 H: 212-749-5817 C: 917-903-4687 thecht@att.... . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The 42nd Annual New Jersey Earth Science Association Gem & Mineral Show...community that pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey, area. Members are encouraged to submit articles...BY TEMA J. HECHT 600 WEST 111TH STREET, APT. 11B NEW YORK, NY 10025 thecht@att.net SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER...Buckwheat Dump. Meet at the Franklin Mineral Museum. Park, and walk from there. Fee charged. 10:00 am – NOON |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 A ''New'' Discovery of Philipsbornite and Segnitite Two rare...net In one of my cabinets is an old Prospect Park (New Jersey) specimen from the Joe Cilen Collection...the mystery. (Continues on page 3) ----- 2 A "New" Discovery of Philipsbornite and Segnitite (Continued...Diffraction (XRD) confirmed the material as segnitite, new for the locality and quite similar in appearance...(XRD)confumed that the mineral was, indeed, philipsbornite, new for the locality and likely for the U.S. as well |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November 2014 Covellite Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado Two minerals are typically formed when...water table in deposits containing chalcopyrite and pyrite at depth. Covellite suitable for micromounts has...localities as the Loudville mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Mineral Hill, WakeFigure 1. A surprisingly...Carroll County, New Hampshire; the Ecton mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; and many New Jersey trap-rock...trap-rock quarries such as those around Prospect Park, Passaic County. It was a minor ore mineral in many |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | squares NEW for the list It is also possible to order from the last long catalogue No 104 New Customers...plus post 1147 ■■ ALTAITE Organ Mts, Dona Anna County, New Mexico a few silvery I mm spots in dark matrix...- - - - -~ ---1152 ■ AL UNITE Marysvale, Piute County, Utah Pure orange-pink crystalline mass KAISO/4OH..._ Fcldsp3~ -·· ~ 510 ■■ CHALCEDONY Greystones Quarry, lezant, Cornwall Grey banded massive lx2 £1 2x2...- -- -- - -- - - -- - 134 ■ CHALCOCITE Swinless Quarry, Kilbirnie, near Glasgow, Scotia Rich metallic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for March-April, 1949 CHIPS fROM THE QUARRY .................................................H . lf1/askey ............ 140 GEODES AT GARDEN PARK, COLO. By Glenn R. Seo// ................................................................ 1 SO NEW JERSEY STATE GEOLOGIST SPEAKS AT EXCHANGE CLUB ............................... 156 A GOOD DAY AT PROSPECT PARK, N . J. By T . Orchard Lisle .................o<,KS AN D M t Nt:llAts - 114 CHIPS FROM rfHE QUARRY COMING EVENTS 6th Annual Convention National Speleological |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............................... p. 14 Manassas quarry geology, pt. 2 ................. p. 15 Upcoming...notable datolite localities, particularly in New Jersey, where nice crystals, along with The Mineral...November 2019 Datolite crystal from Prospect Park, Passaic County, NJ. Photo: Bob Cooke. 2 vugs in...Datolite pseudomorph after anhydrite, Prospect Park, Passaic County, NJ. Photo: Bob Cooke. Initially, datolite...quarries of Passaic County and in Hudson and Somerset Counties as well. The Roncari Quarry in Connecticut |
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Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA