 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in New York, virginia, and North carolina were investigated. The North Carolina locality is a new hoegbomite...spinel and hoegbomite B. The hoegbomite of the New york emery deposits was formed later than the emery...of cortlandt township, New York. De Lapparenta reported the discovery of a new mineral which he termed...the Turkish emery and Nel? in corundum-spinelchlorite rocks in the corundum fields of eastern Transvaal...Transvaal. Hoegbomite has also been reported from the corundum-rich magnetite ore at Roedstand, Soendmoere,Norway |  | | 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) | | , For. Memb. Geol. Soc. Lond., of Yale College, New Haven, Ct., U.S.A. 1 r p H E hornblendic and associated...north-western of Westchester County, New York—between Croton Eiver on the south and the parallel of Peekskill on the...They differ widely from the ordinary rocks of the county, and may well be designated the Cortland series...reach the banks of the Hudson just south of the Peekskill railroad station, and at several points beyond...and gneiss, and occasionally limestone. Leaving Peekskill by South street, near the river, the first ledges |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | will discuss corundum, an oxide of the abundant of all metals— aluminum. Corundum Corundum, number 9 on...harder than any other mineral except diamond. Corundum occurs as compact, granular, or platy masses,...especially when large. The two' main varieties of corundum are ordinary and gem, with emery often referred...mineral variety, but rather a granular mixture of corundum and other minerals, chiefly magnetite. Emery,...abrasive, is dark gray to black in color. Ordinary corundum is translucent to opaque and ranges in color from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SAPPHIRINE OCCURRENCE OF CORTLANDT, NEW YORK GBnnrr M. Fnrnnu.q.N,(Iniaersity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati...Township, Westchester County, New York, located to the south and southeast of the town of Peekskill, about...about 35 miles north of New York City. The mineral occurs in the emery and cordierite-sillimanite hornfels...72+-726, John Wiley & Sons, New York (1946). 244 SAPPHIRINE OF CORTLANDT, NEW VOfuK 245 The emery is...composed of spinel, titaniferous magnetite and corundum. The relative proportions of these minerals vary |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR CORUNDUM ITS OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED...__..-.._.__.--...- -18 Physical properties of corundum ......................................... 1.5...composition of corundum ........................................ Determination of percentage of corundum in an...---..-.-..-..-...-,.-..--..-.....Sapphire or gem corundum ........_...'.................--..-.-. .........--.-.... Corundum......-....-.-.......--.......-......--......--........_... Block corundum......... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | emery, four--Greece and Turkey in Eurasia and New York and Virginia in the United States--are geneticallyassociatedwith...Virginia. The Chesteremery depositsin Hampden County, Massachusetts, have been traced for several miles...graniticpegmatite.The oreis a granularmixture of magnetiteand corundum,without spinel,and grades in placesinto almost...depositsof the Cortlandt area near Peekskill in WestchesterCounty, New York, occuras veins, pockets,or lensesassociated...schist,Bennettbarite mine near Toshes,Pittsylvania County, Virginia. (Penniman & Browne, analysts.) Altered |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | placers. Occurrence: Association: Magnetite, corundum, ilmenite, sillimanite, andalusite. Numerous...and Vangaindrano, Madagascar. At Peekskill, Westchester Co., New York; near Whittles, Pittsylvania Co...and from Rice, near San Carlos, Gila Co, Arizona, USA. From Cuauhternoc, Chihuahua, Mexico. Found near |  | | Journal (issue) | | of luck!) but out of fear of missing the joy of new experiences and the chance to see and learn. Mineralientage...Weber by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (see February 2005 Mineral News - Ed.). Between...noted for the mounted specimens acquired by the LA County Museum, the collection provides a solid reference...specimens and must recommend Johann Zenz' (2005a, 2005b) new book Agates (Achate in the German version). This...about field collecting, descriptive mineralogy and new mineral finds. This year, why not consider giving |  | | Report (volume) | | DIRECTOR THE OCCUIIRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION CORUNDUM IN THE UNITED STATES BY JOSEPI-I HYDE PR.ATT...Modes of occurrence of corundum ...... ................,_................ Corundum in peridotites...._ ...... Corundum in biotite, contact on saxonite .............................. U 1.1 19 Corundum in enstatite.....1. 20 Corundum in serpentine . _.........._....__...........__....-_..--.._.. Corundum in chlorite-schist.... 20 21 Corundum in amphibolite ................................. ........ 21 Corundum (emery) in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GENESIS OF THE EMERY PEEKSKILL, DEPOSITS NEAR NEW YORK. JOSEPH L. GILLSON AND JOSEPH E. A. KANIA...minedon a smallscale,are located35 milesnorthof New York city on the eastbankof the Hudson, alongandonbothsidesof...theMassive Rocksof theCortlandt Series, near Peekskill, N.Y." Amer..tour.Sci. (3), vol. 36, pp. 254-269...254-269,•888. 506 EMERY DEPOSITS NEAR PEEKSKILL, N. Y. 507 geologicaljournals. Later, however,when the...mostlysoutheast of Peekskill,a town on the eastbank of the Hudson River, about 35 miles north of New York City, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Abbreviations: Item* en new finds are desired. Please send them in. xl—crystal...About 40 miles northeast of Montgomery in Coosa County there is an outcrop that carries considerable tin...listed: albite, apatite, beryl, clinozoisite, corundum, epidote, fluorite, garnet, graphite, hornblende...by J. Francis Williams. Truly there is 'Nothing new under the sun'." CALIFORNIA—Three handsome specimens...Aurora Quicksilver Mine in San Benito Co., Calif. A new occurrence for scheelite has been found in California |  | | Journal (issue) | | page 2) Zalesiite frolll the Gold Hill Mine Toole County, Utah Paul M. Adams 126 South Helberta Avenue #2...Gold Hill mine is also the type locality for the new copper bismuth arsenate juanitaite (Kampf, et al...and another well had just been abandoned. In the new well they couldn't find a trace of Yivianite. just...made them great for micromounting. A year later a new monster dragline was being constructed for this mine...south to the existing pit, but started digging a new cut right at the construction site. One day at lunchtime |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 DISCRIPTIVI UST Of THE NEW MIND.A.IS by English . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................... A MONTANA CORUNDUM MINE. By H. E. M11rdock ........................ARIZONA ........................ THREE MINERALS FROM NEW BRIGHTON, PENN. ...................... COLLECTING...their tt1putirt •rticl,s. ROCKS and MINERALS PEEKSKILL, N. Y.• U. S. A . The official Journal of the...decided that this could best be done by creating a new research labora- tory in X -ray mineralogy. Contributions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hematite from corundum is u'ell shou'n in some sections. In those ores in which the corundum exhibits parting...blebs and as needles, and in the ores in which the corundum does not exhibit parting, hematite exsolved only...Chester, Massachusetts; Macon County, North Carolina; and Peekskill, New York. Interesting exsolution re...merely noted their presencein the ores from Peekskill, New York. The author is deeply indebted to ProfessorW...anhedral grains of corundum, some of which are as large as 2 mm. in diameter. The corundum does not show parting |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | high-grade metamorphism; rarely detrital. Association: Corundum, ferroan spinel, magnetite, ilmenite, rutile,...Namibia. In the USA, at Whittles, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; Peekskill, Westchester Co., New York; and Franklin...Germany. From Inken, Tiovine region, Morocco. In the USA, in the Artillery Mountains, Mohave Co., and in the...743–744. (2) Frondel, C. and E.W. Heinrich (1942) new data on hetaerolite, hydrohetaerolite, coronadite...(3) Frondel, C., U.B. Marvin, and J. Ito (1960) New data on birnessite and hollandite. Amer. Mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | rge O. Wild The Metro11olitnn Mineral Area of New York City. B y James G. Manehester ,\ Brief History...matter September 13, 1926, at the Post Office at Peekskill, N. Y., under the Act of 1\Iarch 3, 1879 Copyright...their respective arti-0les. ROCKS AND iIINERALS PEEKSKILL, N. Y., U. S. A. The Official Journal of the Rocks...of national h onors; Dr. Bertha Chapman Cady, New York, N. Y ., an officer in the Rocks and Minerals...Mineral Contest, RoCKs AND M INERALS Magazine, Peekskill, N. Y. Name of Voter . . . . . ............. |  | | 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) | | DEPOSITS NEAR PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK* Jouw W. Burton, Jn., Columbia Uniaersity, New York City. CoNroNrs...basic plutonics which lie south and east of Peekskill, New York. These are: (1) magmatic segregation; (2)...Hill, where the principal deposits are located. New evidence disclosed objections to the earlier theories...series of basic plutonics south and east of Peekskill, New York. Several theories of origin have been proposed...fact that experiments on artificial production of corundum by Morozewicz5 supported his conclusion. Berkey |  | | Report (issue) | | 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...in the old lists, and the names of many others, new to the district, and discovered in recent years, |  | | Journal (issue) | | of the show. The Museum's planned opening of the new dinosaur hall next fall apparently drove the cancellation...mineral books, old classic specimens, the David New diamond crystal inventory and mineral-related ephemera...Excalibur Mineral Corp. 1000 North Division Street Peekskill, NY 10566-1830 www.excaliburmineral.com 2 Mineral...weekends in a year, and most of us have discovered new ways to "walk and chew gum at the same time" when...subscription requests to: Mineral News, P.O. 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