 | | 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 |  | | 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...information b Book review c Crystal morphology information d Crystal drawing ff Continues on following |  | | 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 (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...San Jose, CA) Forrest Cureton II (Stockton, CA) Rock Currier (Jewel Tunnel Imports; Arca dia, CA) Wayne...Thomas Gressman (Delafield, WI) David R. Hahn (Crystal Habit; Portland, ME) Hamel Mining and Minerals |  | | 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, |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |  | | 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 |  | | 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 | | WHAT IS PROBABLY THE WORLD'S FINEST APOPHYLLITE CRYSTAL, CENTREVILLE, VA. SPECIMEN C O L L E C T E D B...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: |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for March-April, 1949 CHIPS fROM THE QUARRY ............................................................................................ 123 ROCK- HUN11NG INCREASES ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. By Helen Ke1111edy...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 .............. |  | | | | Associate Professor Lamar University HIGHLAND PARK QE 365 T37 1973 _ Photographs by Werner Lieber...Lieber ^ C0b627 S STERLING PUBLISHING CO., Inc. new york ~7^ee v 4-6^ London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC...Published by Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by...Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co. Ltd P.O. Box 34, Brickfield...that is, chemical formula, physical properties, crystal system, and most important to you as a collector |  | | Book (edition) | | Cok Tree Press PUBLISHING CO., Inc. Co., Ltd NEW YORK London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY OTHER...Published by Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by..., Nassau, Baham as Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co., Ltd., P.O. Box 34...is, chemical formula, physical properties, crystal system, and most important to you as a collector...which we cannot possibly deal with at length here— crystal structure. CrysraLLoGRAPHy is a whole sub- division |  | | Journal (issue) | | FELLOWS Peter Bancroft The Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . ...The left crystal and the central crystal are from pegmatite no. 576, near shaft 6. The crystal on the right...from a mid-1990s pocket near shaft 2. The central crystal is in the Marco Amabili collection; the other two...announcement made at the end of the August 3 “what’s new in the mineral world” installment on our website...stopped for a minor traffic infraction by a Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy while driving home from work. |  | | Journal (issue) | | up nodules having blue, gray & white centers. A new find Polished halves up to 3 inches $1.00 and $2...- - -• Vari-colored banded agates from Braen's quarry, Hawthorne, N. J. 2"x 2" to 4"x 4" 50c to $3.00...CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER. 1936 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .. . . . ......... .... .. .. ............ • ....McCoUum Blatr .............................•.... SOME NEW MEXICO AGATES. by G. B . Ellermeter ...........•...Auoclation 130 ROCKS and MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY (Formerly the Bulletin Board) AN APPRECIATION |  | | Book (volume) | | species. And for those interested in discovering new deposits, the geology and mineralogy of sources is...Iwo Volumes Volume | JOHN SINKANKAS [aN] VAN New NOSTRAND York Cincinnati REINHOLD Toronto COMPANY...Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 Van Nostrand Reinhold Limited 1410...eg Ow a Ne Sarah PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION The quantity of new information accumulated since publication...such new information in a second volume. [hus the present book becomes V olume I. while the new information |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Key was born on May 18, 1935, in Jer sey City, New Jersey. His parents are Clarence Hoffman and Mildred...(Beckett) Key. Charles was raised in Fanwood, New Jersey, where since early youth he had an in terest...would frequently collect; these included Weldon's quarry, as well as the Summit, Bound Brook, and Millington...he attended Union Junior College in Cranford, New Jersey. For several years Key had a variety of jobs...example, he had special free access to the Prospect Park quarry near Paterson where he attended nearly every |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the "Keystone Newsletter.") Do you know why many quarry owners will not grant permission to collectors... Always watch for the over-hang. Just because a rock has been sticking there since Tnassic time is no...there forever. 2. Listen for loose walls and rotten rock. Hammering on such can cause a lot more than you...to come down. 3. Talus or piles of loose blasted rock can avalanche and take you with them. Test the rocks...rocks for looseness before climbing. If a rock rolls move sideways. 4. Inspect a mineral location before |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Magnetite PRATT FERRY, Bibb Co., (near) Verigated Marble ROCK RUN to JACKSONVILLE, Calhoun Co. Bauxite ROCKFORD...Bradshaw Mts.) near Yavapai Co. Onyx Marble MINERAL PARK, Maricopa Co. Turquoise MORENCI, Modoc Point, Greenlee |  | | Journal (issue) | | 166 ART OF GEM CUTTING NIW THIRD IDITION The New Third Edition of THI AltT Of GIM CUTTING is now available...lapidary art has been brought up to date in the new edition. The present authors are Dr. H. C. Dake,...THI AltT Of GIN CUTTING includes a .areat deal of new data invaluable as a guide and reference ftN the...amateur and professional gem cutter. It includes a new chapter on the identifiatlon of cems. The sections...special lapidary technique has been included with the new work. Send us your $1 .50 now and receive first copies |  | | 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 (issue) | | of Natural History, 77th Street and Central Park West, New York, N. Y. Registrations limited. ,v A Nature...this important borate. An interesting article by a new author. Huge Beryl Crystals at Albany, Maine: by...crystals of beryl ever found in America. The largest crystal has a length of eighteen feet, a diameter of four...MINERALSRegular subscription . . . . . . . $1.00 The QUARRY MANAGERS JOURNAL- Regular s ubscription . . . ...and MINERALS- To introduce RocKs ANO MINERALS to new subscribers, we have made a special arrangement with |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...vugs of crystalline talc. Easily the best extant crystal, a doubly terminated floater found in a talc vug...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between |  | | Book (edition) | | The current progress in mineralog), with countless new data in books and scientific as well as amateur journals...formula, allegiance to a mineral group, symmetry and crystal structure as well as the strongest X-ray powder...and opaque minerals. More attention is paid to crystal habit or aggregate development and their sizes...submitted to, and accepted by, the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...species must contain chemical formula, structure (crystal system, space group, and unit cell dimensions) |  | | Book | | Photographs by Mike Caggiano ASSOCIATION PRESS • New York FINDING AND PREPARING PRECIOUS AND SEMIPRECIOUS...James A. Peterson Association Press, 291 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10007 All rights reserved. No part of...They could probably buy a similar specimen in a rock shop or jewelry store for a fraction of what their...the relationship of crystals to various kinds of rock formation he may spend his life searching for particular...about the rock world. Furthermore, in the beginning the world was rock and it is still rock. There is |
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Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA