| | 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 | | | 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...(a) Heulandite (b) P Apophyllite (c) a Sphalerite ~~ 1.0:1.761, a{100}, c[Ool}, m[llO}, p[Oll};...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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | GEOLOGY of NEW YORK Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville] at 09:24 21 December 2014 the...of resources. To further this image, in 1836 the New York State legislature voted to sponsor a comprehensive...first extensive scientific study of the geology of New York State, and it culminated in 1842 and 1843 with... I believe, were aware of the mineral wealth of New York, or of the number of species which it contains...by James Dwight Dana (himself a native of Utica, New York) as a source for mineral locality references | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | NEW JERSEY-A ROCKHOUND'S PARADISE New Jersey is not a large state, but within its borders lie many...minerals found in New Jersey: Native Elements Graphite—Sussex County Sulfides Sphalerite—Franklin, massive...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 | | | 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...occasionally, sulfides such as pyrite, galena, and sphalerite. Remarkable specimens with analcime crystals...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) | 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 (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) | 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'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 | 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 | | | Catalog/List | 2x2x and about 2.5 inches high 3. BARYTES with Sphalerite , a very attractive display piece of cockcomb...cockcomb Barytes crystals with micro Sphalerite on 2x2 matrix Lers Malines Mine, Gard, France £20 4. BENTORITE...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 | | | 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 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 | | | 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........................................389 What's New in Minerals?.......................................for the Tucson Show, but it’s a possibility. 354 NEW GLOSSARY COMING! The fifth edition of Fleischer’s...tattered Glossary up to our Show table ai buy a new copy of the same edition to replace the worn out | | | Journal (issue) | /4 /04 (!Jctol,.,., f9J/.J/. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Murdock ........ WORLD'S FJNEST DESCLOIZITES COME FROM NEW MEXICO ORPIMENT AND REALGAR FROM MERCUR, UTAH .....c:iation ROCKS AND MINERALS 302 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ROCKS & MINERALS Rates High! Editor R & M: Please...escerday I found a big chunk ( 800 or 900 lbs. ) of a new red and brown mineral and have sent samples to Chicago...(The Terlingua Quicksilver District of Brewster County, Texas, pp. 325-332). Recently, the Esperado Mining | | | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | those containing other silver minerals, Keweenaw County. barite, fluorite, and quartz and those characterized...phenomenal specimens in major Acton mine, York County, the Deer collections. One state that is draped...crystallized-silver south of Sing Sing Prison in New specimens are well known from the Caribou York; at...white barite crystals Bridgewater copper mines, New Jerfrom the White Raven mine, Ward district, sey...silver has been found in Boulder County (Raines 1992). Locally New Jersey trap-rock quarries, abundant was | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | November 2014 Covellite Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado Two minerals are typically formed when...chalcopyrite, chalcocite, enargite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, and bornite. Excellent chalcocite pseudomorphs...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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Pectolite-In pillow basalt cavities, Prospect Park Quarry Rhodonite—Franklin-Ogdensburg (past) Babingtonite—A...Babingtonite—A rare mineral found many places in New Jersey Axinite—Franklin zinc ore deposits Hemimorphite—In...Hemimorphite—In zinc deposits associated with sphalerite Idocrase—Franklin, with wollastonite Tephroite—Rare, found...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 | | | 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 |
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