| | 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 | | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | Manhattan Island. o__Quartz var. Citrine (yellow), Bedford, N. Y. 3—Tourmaline (brown), Broadwav’and 218th... BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS ENVIRONS...ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY ... James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author has...his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | l\IINERALS • The Metropolitan Mineral Area of New York City --By-- JAl\IES G. MANCHESTER "One of the...lying within a radius of fIfty miles (80 kms.) of New York City. This area, commonly known as the Metropolitan...southeasterly portion of New York State, and the northerly part of the State of New Jersey. 1'hi5 area, with...Committee formed to study the future growth of New York City and to recommend certain civic improvements...Minerals of New York City and Its Environs". by James G. Manchester. bulletin of the New York Mineralogical | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | PEGMATITES OF NEW YORK STATE, USA Marian V. LUPULESCU§ Research and Collections, New York State Museum...Museum, Albany, New York 12230, USA Jeffrey R. CHIARENZELLI Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University...Canton, New York 13617, USA David G. BAILEY Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York...York 13323, USA Abstract Pegmatites in New York State are largely restricted to areas of exposed Precambrian...(scheelite). The pegmatite bodies from southern New York State and from some of the southern Adirondack | | | 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) | AREA, NEW YORK BY DAVID M. SCOTPORD ABSTRACT The Poundridge area in northeastern Westchester County, New...New York, is underlain by the Poundridge and Siscowit granites, the Fordham gneiss, Inwood marble, and...and the Manhattan formation, comprising the New York City group. Field evidence, including the fact that...seem to exist, leads to the conclusion that the New York City group is a conformable sequence either of...limestone-Hudson River shale sequence of Dutchess County to the north. The area has been subjected to regional | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | GEOLOGY of NEW YORK Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville] at 09:24 21 December 2014 the...the Empire State N ew York acquired the nickname of “the Empire State” in recognition of its vast wealth...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 | | | Report (volume) | ................................. Androscoggin County............................................. Auburn......................................... Lincoln County ............................................................-...:.....-................. Oxford County........................;............................................................. Sagadahoc County.. '...... ............................................................................ Hartford County ..... ....................:............ ...... | | | Book (edition) | channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...gas fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und | | | Report (volume) | Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson | | | Report (issue) | or regional metamorphism which affected most of New England. In many of the more argillaceous layers...its gem minerals at Mount Mica, in Paris, Oxford County, is another example of the flatlying, sill-like...northwest corner of the town of Hebron, Oxford County, which is almost wholly pegmatite and seems to...that are almost invariably present are garnet, magnetite, and opaque green beryl. Accessory minerals that...some places, as at Mount Mica, in Paris, Oxford County, certain of the gem minerals are present in considerable | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ORIENTED INCLUSIONS OF MAGNETITE HEMATITE IN MUSCOVITE AND Crrmonl FnoNlnr, aNo GBoncB E. Asnsy Mass..., and Brooklyn, New York. CoNrBrrs ln troduction Description of specimens Magnetite inclusions Hematite...Hematite inclusions .. Structural relations of magnetite. hematite. and muscovite References 104 104 104...The included mineral has generally been called magnetite. However, it is found that two contrasting types...occurrence and hitherto little known, is definitely magnetite. The second type of inclusion, of which the latticeand | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ON ^ - - ^ ^s%r^ Mineral Occurrences ' ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE DESIRED £ . . . PLEASE SEND THEM I N ....Colorado and New Mexico. W e did real good on both pursuits. Enclosed is a specimen which is rather new to me...They are from a cut at Hogback Dam in Hartland County, near Riverton, Conn. "In masses of xline limestone...miles northwest of Bentonsport, Iowa, in Van Buren County, in the southeast part of the State in the geode...near the south end of the Mesabi Range in Itasca County, Minn. Name of mine I doi not know."—item from | | | Report (volume) | ...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey............ New Mexico............................................................. New York. ...........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;... S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair edition, | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in turn is strongly dependent Prong and New Jersey-New York Highlands (Read- on the local structure....Introduction 970 Acknowledgments 970 Geology of New York City area 970 Reading Prong 970 Manhattan Prong...history of New Y ork City region 979 General statement 979 Manhattan Prong 979 New Jersey-New York Highlands...Highlands transition zone 987 Relationship of New York area to total Appalachian picture 988 Conclusions...Location of samples used for isotopic ages, New Jersey-New York Highlands (Reading Prong) 985 5. Location | | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | MONAZITE AND CYRTOLITE CRYSTALS AT DAY, NEW YORK PEGMATITE NEW AMERICAN LOCALITY By ELMER B. ROWLEY, 54...Overlook pegmatite in the town of Day (Saratoga Co.), New York with its extra-large, choice black tourmaline...cyrtolite, on the other hand, are rarely found in New York State. From the writer's knowledge their presence...and 10th Ave., and at, 171st St., and 11th Ave., New York City (Whitlock, 1903). Cyrtolite has been found...at the Kinkel pegmatite quarry, Bedford, ^Westchester County, New York (Newland, 1916). The Day pegmatite | | | Report (issue) | rocks of New Hampshire ....... 44 Table 9 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey ...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New York ........... 56 Table 11 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Hampshire.......................^..^.i....48 Figure...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey....................................55 Figure...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of northeastern New York.........................64 Figure 14. Uranium | | | Journal (issue) | rge O. Wild The Metro11olitnn Mineral Area of New York City. B y James G. Manehester ,\ Brief History...of national h onors; Dr. Bertha Chapman Cady, New York, N. Y ., an officer in the Rocks and Minerals...July 20, 193 1 : James G . Manchester, Scarsdale, New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50.00 The Gem Shop...Africa ............. . 20.00 Fred W . Schmeltz, New York, N . Y . ................... . 20.00 Anonymous...Kyserike, New York ................. . 10.00 An interest.?d friend, P eekskill, N ew York ........ . | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | fishbearing strata were obtained. When the building of the new library was being started, (on the site of the old...sunset, was like many other good intentions of the New Year, forgotten and completely ignored by the majority...Highland Ave. Abington, Pa. Westchester Mineral and Gem Society The Westchester Mineral and Gem Society...Sportsmen Show held December 2, 3, and 4 in the County Center m White Plains. Mr. David Seaman showed...specimens shown by Mr. Waller Morgan were from Westchester County, while Mr. Ted Schoen's were uranium rocks | | | Report (issue) | which Congress had. authorized the construction of new. federal buildings and extensions on which work would...tests for the presence of lime, alkali, clay, magnetite, quicksand, and silt. Granularmetric analyses...affording aid toward preparing specifications for new buildings. 7. Some attention was paid to the proposed...pinkish-gray medium-grained stone, from which the new federal building at St. Paul has been constructed...coarse-grained pinkish-gray granite in the basement of the new capitol building at St; Paul is reported to have | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 09:35 10 October 2014 Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado O wing to its diverse paragenesis and...zircon crystals from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz specimen from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, John Smolski photo...Kennebec County (King and Foord 1994). Zircon crystals to 2.5 cm occur in titaniferous magnetite ore at...Mineville, Essex County, and crystallized specimens have been collected at Deer Hill, Orange County, and at Fine | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | St. Just-in-Penwith: danal- ire, seheelite, 921 New Tolgus shaft, Redruth: axinite, danalite, garnet...pharmacosiderite, plumbojarosite, seorodite, 430 Devon Bedford United mines, Tavistock: eornubite, 2 Ford mine...uraniferous asphaltite, 705 Eskdale: p-veatchite, 500 New Eddlington, Doncaster: galena, uraniferous asphaltite...nordmarkite with pegmatite veins, amazonite, magnetite, sphene, allanite, montmorillonite, stilbite,...Africa Driekop mine, Transvaal: geversite, unnamed new Pt and Pd minerals, (Fe,Ni)2S, braggite, cooperite | | | Report (issue) | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Magnesioferritc Magnetite (Titaniferous magnetite) (Titano-magnetite) (Chromium-bearing magnetite) Alaghemite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com mon rock-making materials |
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