 | | 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 (issue) | | another such pseudomorph to the collection. This new addition also generated further inspiration for a...and laumontite after a hemispherical growth of pectolite was recently found at Prospect Park, New Jersey...tan heulandite crystals and clusters of white laumontite crystaJs to several mm. These two minerals make...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | variety of minerals, including feldspars, prehnite, laumontite, and leucite, have been reported. Analcime is...or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first half...crystallized and include calcite, stilbite, heulandite, laumontite, natrolite, pectolite, prehnite, datolite, apophyllite...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals In The New Jersey Traprocks By GARDINER GREGORY Lee Avenue School, Hicksville, L. I., N. Y .... There are two areas in New Jersey that are world famous for their minerals. One is the Franklin &...& Sterling Hill area in Sussex County which is famous for its large number of minerals, about 180 in number...extending from Somerville in Somerset County to Paterson in Passaic County. This area is noted for its fine... chabazite, gmelinite, heulandite, stilbite, laumontite, thomsonite, natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | Tudith L. Vozza F. Silva Printing Palisades Park, New Tersey l L r This book is dedicated 11 to...Jerry Furia of "Fur:y Camera & Sound" in Dumont, New Jersey for their technical assistance with the photography... HEULANDITE 53 HYDRONEPHELITE 58 LAUBANITE 59 LAUMONTITE 60 LEONHARDITE 65 LEVYNITE= LEVYNE 67 MAZZITE... LOCATIONS: UIS 1.A.. NEW' JERSEY Bergen Hill, Snake Hill, Paterson, New Street Quarries, Upper Montclair...MICHIGAN Houghton County, Park Cowlitz County, Keeneenan Highwood Mts. County CANADA NOVASCOTIA |  | | 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 | | for naming stilbite, analcime, harmotome, and laumontite although he only popularized and more completely...years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and | | | Book | | for naming stilbite, analcime, harmotome, and laumontite although he only popularized and more completely...years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA ‘Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Department...Institute, Unive~ity of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA (Received Febrzlary6, 1989; accepted in r~vi~~d~r~...zeolites, analcime, chabazite, clinoptilolite, laumontite, mordenite, and natrolite. Zeolites were dehydrated...indicate low-temperature origin for these samples. Laumontite (6%), however, may have formed at higher temperatures...isotope relationship between laumontite and calcite suggests that the laumontite has not preserved its original |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ohio. Zell, Lucian M., 522 5th Ave. at 44th St., New york City. Zodac,Peter,l57 Wells St., peekskill.N...the localities describer!. F. A. Cnyonr, Secretary NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB Regal,ar Montlily Meeti...October 20, 1926. A regular monthly meeting of the New york Mineralogical club was held in the I.'ast Assembl|...suggested that the Club visit the West Paterson and Prospect Park Quarries, and that Mr. Morton be appointed guide...Cahn spoke of the discovery of rhodochrosite in Park County, Colorado, and of the finding of the rare nickel |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimens van prehniet van de Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, NJ, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover...Pelckmans Reisbelevenissen in Nevada en Oregon (USA) De reis die Herwig en zijn gezin dit jaar maakte...Beurs (M-F-MM). SOPRON. Ifjusagi Központ, Erzsebet-Park. 9-17/9-16 h. BIELEFELD...Van 1958 tot 1970 zat hij de Commission on New Minerals and New Mineral Names van de IMA (International...prehniet Prehniet-aggregaten van Paterson, New Jersey, USA. Verzameling en foto © Ron Gibbs www.theimage |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | John T. Dyer trap rock quarry, Monocacy Station, near Birdsboro, Berks County, Pa. Registered attendance...attendance 154 members and friends. This quarry has produced many high quality zeolites in its long career...Harold Evans Hard at work collecting at Ferranti's quarry, Bernardsville, N . J . Left to right—Dr. Arthur...S.P. 502 ROCKS AND MINERALS deep pond on the quarry floor, formed by torrential rains in the past several...follows: Sept. 11th—New England Limestone Quarry, East Canaan, Conn. Oct 9th—Silex Quarry. Lantern Hill, No |  | | 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 (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) | | 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 |  | | 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 | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | DISPLAY OF SUMMER'S BEST FINDS Members of the North Jersey Mineralogical Society were surprised on entering...barite from Sterling, Colo., pyrite on tetrahedrite, Park Gty, Utah, large purple crystals of fluorite from...local stilbite, apple green prehnite, unusual laumontite, stilbite and anhydrite on agate, and amethyst...and golden beryl and black tourmaline from Slocum Quarry, Conn. William Aitken displayed a large white polished...iron oxide, maroon in color, and came from Prospect Park, N . J. W. H. Hayes of Irvington showed caledonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | contributing an unprecedented number of mineral species, new to science from these deposits. Since our last issue...eight pages of color photography. Good photography, new and historical, along with period artwork will be...ARTROX£/Paso, TX AURORA MINERALS Freeport.NY LARRY CONKLIN New York, NY DAVID CRAWFORD R0ckford,lL EXCALIBUR MINERALS...Continues. Minerals New to Science Brief Notes on Minerals in Press. A Mineral New to the Deposit by Fred...Betancourt from the Franklin (Farber) Quarry. Hercynite by Fred J. Parker A New Occurrence. Minerals of the Buckwheat |  | | 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...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...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described |  | | 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...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona........................................rhodonite from Franklin, New Jersey . . . . 123 by P. J. Dunn & P. B. Leavens A new zinc magnesium carbonate...unnamed species from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey ......................126 by P. J. Dunn McGuinnessite |
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Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA