 | | 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 (issue) | | another such pseudomorph to the collection. This new addition also generated further inspiration for a...growth of pectolite was recently found at Prospect Park, New Jersey. The specimen is made up of a remnant...shell in color. A sparse sprinkling of mm sized calcite crystals is present on this concave inner surface...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) | | 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...alpine fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet,...stilbite, heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often...localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | ====================================== What’s New in the Mineral World? Report #28 May 28, 2011 by...noted, and of course there are a few interesting new items as well. And, as has been happening quite a...late 2010 find in the famous Prospect Park quarry, Passaic County, New Jersey. Since showtime, at least...that the Kosnars should have taken over the Prospect Park treasures, as their late father Richard, although...although he later moved on to Colorado, was a New Jersey native and showed the boys, early in life, how |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | related minerals. Localities of thls type in New Jersey and neighboring states provided consistently...labels featuring such localities as Paterson, New Jersey, or Centreville, Virginia. Recently, however...prehnitecommonly associated with a wide variety of zeolites, calcite, and quartz-have been collected for almost two...in Paterson, Prospect Park, Lambertville, Bergin Hill, and other localities in Passaic, Somerset, Essex...Essex, and Hudson Counties, New Jersey (Schaller 1932; Mason 1960). Prehnite specimens to 1.8 meters across |  | | 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.... |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | gneiss, and syenite. Association: Zeolites, calcite, nepheline, sodalite, quartz. Distribution: Many...localities, even for ¯ne crystals. From the HÄowenegg quarry, Hegau, Baden-WÄ u rttemberg, Germany. At Puy de...near Veyre, Puy-de-D^o me, France. In the Dean quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England...the USA, at Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., at Prospect Park, Passaic Co., and in the Chimney Rock quarry, Bound...Bound Brook, Passaic Co., New Jersey; from north of Livingstone, Park Co., Montana; around Spring¯eld |  | | 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...come from the Paterson area. The traprocks of New Jersey are intrusive into and interbedded with the Triassic |  | | 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) | | or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first half...many are commonly well crystallized and include calcite, stilbite, heulandite, laumontite, natrolite, pectolite...5 cm across associated with natrolite sprays, calcite, pectolite, apophyllite, and pale green datolite...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | hasn’t been too long since my last online What’s New report; my print report on recent online offerings...July-August issue. In short, I’m keeping up with my what’s-new duties, and am now fully vaccinated, as are all of...concern. The report below introduces some brand-new mineral discoveries, with specimens just now reaching...(weinrichmineralsinc.com) updates his website with new material a couple of times a week, and he runs special...regularly is to keep coming up with generous lots of new things). On his weekend update of May 15-16, Dan |  | | 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...twinned pyritohedron e{210}, the "iron-cross twin." Calcite (e) Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | \hornblende" schists; from some ore veins. Association: Calcite, prehnite, zeolites, danburite, axinite, garnet...Primorskiy Kray, Russia. In the USA, large crystals from the Lane quarry, West¯eld, Hampden Co., Massachusetts;...Massachusetts; in the Roncari quarry, East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut; from Bergen Hill, Hudson Co...and at Paterson and Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey; in the Goose Creek quarry, near Leesburg, Loudoun |  | | Report (issue) | | 06K0.02)Σ=2.92 Al3.76Si8.32O24∙11.08H2O. (2) South quarry, White Head, Co. Antrim, Ireland; by electron microprobe...rocks, also pegmatites. Association: Zeolites, calcite, aragonite, quartz. Distribution: Widespread in...In the USA, from Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., and Great Notch, Paterson, and Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New...New Jersey; at Springfield, Lane Co., Oregon. From around Flinders, Victoria, Australia. On Pinnacle...Subcommittee on Zeolites of the IMA, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. Can. Mineral., 35, 1571-1606 |  | | 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 (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 (article/letter/editorial) | | NEW JERSEY-A ROCKHOUND'S PARADISE New Jersey is not a large state, but within its borders lie many...of the minerals found in New Jersey: Native Elements Graphite—Sussex County Sulfides Sphalerite—Franklin...Franklinite—Sterling Hill, Franklin-Ogdensburg Good Carbonates Calcite—Franklin, Paterson with prehnite Phosphates Vivianite—Allentown...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | /4 /04 (!Jctol,.,., f9J/.J/. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................SFECIMENS................................ 302 UNUSUAL CALCITE CRYST ALS OF THE OLD MARIPOSA MINE. By Frank D...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | investigate for geodes, chert nodules, fossils, Calcite crystals, Marcasite and Pyrite cubes. The area...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | [Al3.91Si8.10O24]∙11.62H2O. (2) Great Notch, New Jersey, USA; corresponds to (Ca1.12Na0.98Sr0.12 K0.06)Σ=2...pegmatites. Association: Analcime, chabazite, calcite, aragonite, quartz. Distribution: Studied material...In the USA, from Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., and Great Notch, Paterson, and Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New...New Jersey; at Springfield, Lane Co., Oregon. On Pinnacle Rock, Five Islands, and Two Islands, Nova Scotia...Subcommittee on Zeolites of the IMA, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. Can. Mineral., 35, 1571-1606 |
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Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA