| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Central and Western New York State M inerals of the Silurian Lockport Group of New York State have been...observed during the initial settlement of western New York, it was the construction of the Erie Canal in...Beck’s (1842) Mineralogy of New York, James Hall’s (1843) Geology of New York, and James Dana’s (1848) Manual...exposed along the Niagara Escarpment of western New York as the “Lockport limestone.”† His choice of Lockport...of dolomite-rich sedimentary rocks of western New York and southwestern Ontario (Shaw 1937). Terminology | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on | | | Journal (issue) | same for distribution; to encourage the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered; and to...Association by nominating them for membership? Each new member helps to extend the Association's act ivi...o,,t.,,u jo,i /u,.., 1911,:1. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ·······································-·····················...NOTES: 21 7 NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW JERSEY MINERALOGICAL...Aaociatio11 198 ROCKS AND MINERALS Chips from The Quarry I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I | | | Book | MtN€RfllS of New Vork Stole David €. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University of Roc Science...Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sum mary of published knowledge | | | Book | T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E....Natural Science Establishment, Inc . • Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Gait, Royal Ontario Museum; Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geological Survey; Dr. Robert J. King, Tewksbuty...MORPHOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF GRAFTONITE FROM PEGMATITES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE M.A. Wise, Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian...Graftonite-bearing pegmatites are not uncommon in New Hampshire and are characterized by an enrichment...Rb, and Cs. Graftonite from seven localities in New Hampshire were examined as part of an ongoing study...of the graftonite-beusite series. Graftonite from New Hampshire always occurs intergrown with triphylite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Monticello is a popular summer resort and county seat of Sullivan County. 283.5 miles—Binghamton, N . Y. This...attractive city in southern Broome County. It is the county seat of Broome County and is a railroad center at...miles—Apalachin, a little village in southeastern Tioga County. 302.3 miles—Our first mineral stop. The road here...town in the extreme southwestern corner of Tioga County and on the Pennsylvania border. Across the border...Sayre is in the extreme northern part of Bradford County, Penn. W e returned to Waverly and continued westwardly | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | mineralogy at Michigan Technological University. A native New Yorker, he has had a lifelong interest in the minerals...of the state and is a research associate at the New York State Museum. 458 ROCKS & MINERALS Dr. Steven...minerals of New York State and is coordinator of the Center for Mineralogy at the New York State Museum...University] at 04:12 29 December 2014 The GEMS of NEW YORK State J ust what constitutes a gemstone has...such as opal, aquamarine, or tourmaline. Although New York State is not known for its traditional precious | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Arbor, MI 48109, USA b Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY...NY 11210, USA ’ Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL T6G 2./I, Canada Received 26...carbonates grade laterally into shale in east-central New York and into fluvial sandstones and conglomerates...the upper Shawangunk Formation in southeastern New York. By late Silurian time, the climate turned arid...in the Shawangunk Conglomerate at Shawangunk, New York (Crawford and Beales, 1983; Wilbur et al., 1990) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | World News on Mineral Occurrences Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...miles long extending from Coosa County thru Talladega and into Calhoun County. Most of the distance it is...Dana's text-book as a titaniferous amphibole. The new system when it comes out will probably simply call...Arizona kaersutite comes from Hoover Dam, Mohave County. A % inch black cube of limonite pseudo after pyrite...another one for the American Museum, though the quarry has been posted. I intend to discuss the matter | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Gait, Royal Ontario Museum; Dr. William Kelly, New York State Ge ological Survey; Dr. Robert King, National...Museums of Canada. The accepted abstracts follow. A NEW O C C U R R E N C E O F R U T I L E IN HASTINGS C...Concession V I I , Wollaston Township, Hastings County. The new occurrence is only 4 km east of Coe Hill, where...pseudomorphic after muscovite in attractive specimens and calcite are also present in the veins. working in Queen...chemical breakdown of the enclosing quartz and calcite. Further investigation along strike from the present | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen, Harold and...and Erica Van Pelt photo. MarcWApril: Beryl and calcite, La Pita mine, Maripi Boyacii, Columbia. Cal Graeber... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. SepteniberlOctober:...November/December: Calcite, variety manganoan, Argentine vein, Idarado mine, San Miguel County, Colorado. Dave | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | pseudomorphs observed there, including hematite after calcite, quartz after azurite, and quartz after hematite...also indicated. Figure 2. Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite from Albany County, after cleaning in a weak...photo. Calcite after aragonite is found in abundance in the Monolith Portland Cement Co. quarry near Red...sec. 9, T. 12 N., R. 76 W., in southern Albany County (locality 1 on fig. 1). The pseudomorphs occur...a specimen of calcite after aragonite (plate 30) from Boxelder Valley in Larimer County near Fort Collins | | | Journal (issue) | .....................180 by W. E. Wilson What's new in minerals? Tucson Show 1989 .....................there is nothing at the edge of their vision. Many new miners have spent long, bruising first shifts getting...contact person. This information must be sent to the new editor, Roy I. Grim, 9155-A Hitching Post Lane, Laurel...southern African countries, and to Australia and New Zealand, $7.50 each. E9 The Mineralogical Record...days, the United States, as pregnant as it was with new ore deposits and minerals, simply did not have schools | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mineralogy, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York Originally published in Science On The March...and the rainbow of the fluorescents of Franklin, New Jersey, but as sedimentary mineral crystals they...Region will be considered to comprise that area of New York State and adjacent Ontario within a radius of...Frontier in a wide band which begins farther east in New York State and extends westward into Ontario bevond...noteworthy are the quarries at Penfield, Lockport, and Niagara Falls, New York, and Dundas, Ontario. All of | | | Journal (issue) | recently announced a cooperative effort with two New York State public schools, donating substantial mineral...the Goshen Central School District in Orange County, New York, received a display quality collection of...sandwiches from the Badu Hill pegmatite, Llano County, Texas. Frank noted that these specimens had increased...superb Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Odgensburg, New Jersey, as well as other field trip locations, provides...plant a seed that may someday germinate and bring new mineral enthusiasts to the hobby and potential scientists | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers of this column will...private), the other two species being quartz and calcite. The reason that these species have such a wide...sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners of the cube...pieces are all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County, Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,...these are highly desirable acquisitions. Quartz, calcite, dolomite, siderite, sphalerite, cerussite, pyrite | | | Report (volume) | the current-year issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...and Lockport Groups) in the Type Area of Western New York By Carlton E. Brett, Dorothy H. Tepper, William...and Lockport Groups) in the type area of western New York I by Carlton E. Brett ... [et al.]. p. em- (U...Geology, Stratigraphic-Nomenclature-New York (State)-Niagara County Region. I. Brett, Carlton E. (Carlton...nomenclature for the Niagara region of western New York accepted by the U.S. Geological Survey prior to | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Uniaersity, New Haoen, Conn. Professor William Ebenezer Ford died on March 23, 1939, in New Ilaven, Connecticut...suburb of New lfaven, Connecticut, on February 18, 1878.He prepared for collegein the schools of New Haven...assistant in mineralogy to Professor Samuel L. Penfield, of the SheffieldLaboratory of Mineralogy, Yale...indeed fortunate to have come under the guidance of Penfield, a kindly mentor and versatile, productive investigator...years Ford published three papers jointly with Penfield and three independently. Two independent papers | | | Report (issue) | 4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses... Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC ...Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating needles, with calcite. Colorless | | | Journal (issue) | 269 by W. E. Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...are still open to collecting and the potential for new discoveries is high. All things considered it seems...incidentally, that the potential is much higher for new discoveries but Arizona has so many well-known occurrences...YUMA COUNTY NAME CHANGED Is nothing sacred? The famous Red Cloud mine is no longer in Yuma County, Arizona | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Fluorite Collecting A Memoir Figure 1. Fluorite with calcite, 15 × 10 × 10 cm, from the Taiping mine, Xianghualing...Minerva No. 1 mine, Cave-in-Rock district, Hardin County, Illinois. Purchased for $35 in 1967. Mark Mauthner... 2.7 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm, from the Penfield quarry, Monroe County, New York. Purchased for $3 in 1973. Jeff...two collecting trips to the Blanchard claim, in New Mexico. One spring-break week, in about 1965, we...Minerva No. 1 mine, Cave-in-Rock district, Hardin County, Illinois. Purchased for $15 from Ben Clement in | | | Report (issue) | MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY BY CHARLES PALACHE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT... Crystals of zincite in narrow open vein with calcite; B, Specimen of zincite showing corroded crystals...(fowlerite) freed from calcite; B, Square prismatic crystals of rhodonite (fowlerite) in calcite.10. A, Large crystals...crystals of edenite freed from calcite; B, Large twin crystal of hastingsite.. 11. Crystals of garnet...in limestone; B, Layers of bementite on wall of calcite vein. 19. A, Botryoidal mass of hydrohetaerolite; | | | Book | L. PENFIELD Professor of Mineralogy AND L. V. PIRSSON Professor of Physical Geology NEW YORK: CHARLES...V. PIRSSON. YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, May, 1901. S. L. PENFIELD ; of the CONTENTS. PART ... By S. L. Penfield ON AMERICAN SPODUMENE. By ON George J. Brush 3 30 SUSSEXITE, A NEW BORATE FROM...FURNACE, SUSSEX Co., NEW JERSEY. By George J. Brush . 33 ON HORTONOLITE, A NEW MEMBER OF THE CHRYSOLITE...FURNACE, NEW 42 ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF DURANGITE. By George J. Brush 45 ON A NEW AND REMARKABLE | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 29 January 2015 FRENCH CREEK IRON MINE, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA M any minerals described in this...locality is the French Creek iron mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, an occurrence worthy of consideration...chalcocite, bornite, pyrite, tetrahedrite, and even calcite pseudomorphs after chalcopyrite. Chalcopyrite is...example of chalcopyrite from French Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The 10-cm-wide specimen has chalcopyrite...mines at Rossie, St. Lawrence County, at the Sterling mine, Jefferson County, and in very large crystals |
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Penfield Quarry, Penfield, Monroe County, New York, USA