| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the MILLINGTON QUARRY, NEW JERSEY W A R R E N CUMMINGS 225 Beech wood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08618...I N G T O N Q U A R R Y in Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, resumed operation in 1979...inactivity. New excavations, begun in late 1980 as part of an aggressive expansion program by the new operators...operators, the Millington Quarry Company, have made this quarry an important producer of mineral speci mens...found its way into circulation. Geology The Millington quarry exposes the two lava flows (Figure 3) of the | | | Report (issue) | ====================================== What’s New in the Mineral World? Report #51 December 4, 2018...thing or two, as I like to do, concerning— What’s New on the Web A glance at just the first two pages of...2018 Munich Show, as excellent specimens from two new finds which debuted at that show appear on pages...telegraph it too much, but here is a specimen of the new Iranian andradite from page one of the Quebul site...found at a locality given as Veshnoveh, Kashan County, Esfahan Province, Iran, very sharp, highly lustrous | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | issue), datolite has been suggested as the topic of this Connoisseur’s Choice feature. Datolite crystals...green, and pink to white and colorless; nodular datolite is typically white or pastel shades of pink, yellow...yellow-green fluorescence characterizes some New Jersey datolite. Datolite is commonly seen in monoclinic (2/m)...of some datolite and is derived from the Greek word dateisthal meaning “to divide.” Datolite is a calcium...CaBSiO4(OH) and is a member of the gadolinite-datolite group. Most analyses show very minor amounts of | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | New Jersey's well-known Fanwood and Summit quarries expose the same stratigraphic section and yield many...Summit Quarries, New Jersey WARREN CUMMINGS 225 Beechwood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08618 T H E SUMMIT...road cut, located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, formed a major mineral collecting...Construction Materials, the last operator of the quarry, ceased operation in 1977, and since 1983 the pit...Company quarry in the Borough of Watchung, Somerset County—sometimes known as the Scotch Plains quarry, or | | | 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...common crystal forms displayed by some of the Millington quarry minerals, based on drawings in Klein and Hurlburt...and genMillington Quarry era1 geology of the Millington Normal Fault Town quarry area. Map compiled...Cummings (1985) and Lewis and Kummel(1912). Millington quarry is situated in the southwest of the Hook Mountain | | | Journal (issue) | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...A. Bessudnova Minerals of the Millington quarry, Somerset, New Jersey..................................Mineralogy of the calcite-fluorite veins near Long Lake, New Y o r k ...........................................mine Himalaya mine Hollister Jamestown mine Jensen Quarry Little Three mine Mesa Grande District Orestimba...Congo, Katanga cobalt mines Connecticut, Gillette quarry Czechoslovakia, Pribram mines Pribram mines England | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Peter Andersen Mildura, Victoria, Australia MILLINGTON QUARRY I was gratified to see, in the SeptembedOctober...mineral-specimen production of New Jersey’s Millington quarry. Millington has certainly been one of the...geology and distribution of minerals within the quarry Mr. Becker quotes my 1985 work to a significant...interpretation requires some clarification. The Millington quarry exposes two individual flows that make up...The size and distribution of the amygdules at Millington (see Cummings 1985, fig. 5) are similar to that | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | NOTES AND NEWS NEW AND INTERESTING MINERAIS FROM CENTRAL NEWJERSEY A. C. HawxrNs, Rutgers Uniaersi...activity of quarries in the basalts of central New Jersey has brought to light a number of interesting...stained with copper compounds. covellite is new to New Jersey, so far as records of discoveries are concerned...pits at Glenmoore, south of Hopewell, in Mercer County. The locality is marked on the Trenton Folio geological...309 310 THE AMERICAN MIN ERALOGIST In the quarry of the Bound Brook Crushed Stone Company at Chimney | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...quartz, 54-56 Altaite, Missouri, 96 Analcime, New Jersey, 324; Washington, 273 Anglesite, Bolivia, 414 | | | Journal (issue) | & Erica Van Pelt rystal Classics Ian Bruce Somerset, England Tel: +44 1935 479822 Website: www.CrystalClassics...FELLOWS Peter Bancroft The Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . ...announcement made at the end of the August 3 “what’s new in the mineral world” installment on our website...stopped for a minor traffic infraction by a Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy while driving home from work....Tanzania, and gained fame for his discovery of the new gem grossular variety tsavorite in 1967. In 1968 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first half...heulandite, laumontite, natrolite, pectolite, prehnite, datolite, apophyllite, chabazite, and, occasionally, sulfides...pale green datolite are recorded from the railroad tunnels through Bergen Hill, Bergen County, and similar...tunnels in the Jersey City and Weehawken areas and quarries at Snake Hill, Hudson County. Exceptional analcime...been collected from many localities in Passaic County, such as quarries at Paterson and West Paterson | | | Journal (issue) | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Thirty-eight, Number Three Articles The Lonavala Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India . . . . . ....Obituary: Howard K. Worner by B. Birch What’s new in minerals: Tucson Show 2007 . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . 211 by T. P. Moore Millington, New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...the 2007 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show (see “What’s New”). Readers of this magazine are well aware of the | | | Journal (issue) | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino........................ 2 by W. E. Wilson What's new in minerals Springfield Show 2000 .................world-class specimens o f fluorite, pyrrhotite, ilvaite, datolite, danburite and calcite, plu s fin e exam ples...January-February, 2001 West as a result of the new glasnost policy. One of Russia’s leading private...now they remain one of Russia’s best sources for new mineral specimens. 4 LOCATION The town of Dal’negorsk | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Aragonite, 236 Bald Knob Manganese Deposit, Allegheny County, North Carolina, W. B . Sim mons, Jr., 130 Barite...Columbia, Yukon Territory, 9; rutile, Hastings County, 284 Canfield, F . A . , 232 Canfieldite, 233 Caryopilite...Chamberlain, S. C , New Occurrences of Twinned Crystals in St. Lawrence and Lewis Counties, New York, 285; Mineralogy...Occurrence Near Natural Bridge, New York, 288 Charlesite, 238 Chips from the Quarry, 4, 108, 156, 212, 261 Chlorite...Cummings, W., Mineralization at the Millington Quarry, New Jersey, 213 Currier, R. H . , book review, | | | Journal (issue) | another such pseudomorph to the collection. This new addition also generated further inspiration for a...pectolite was recently found at Prospect Park, New Jersey. The specimen is made up of a remnant rind of...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...information to: (or a copy} with a'.I nEces:ary Mineral New P.O. Box 2088 Peeks kill, NY 10566-2088 Newslette | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | IGNEOUS ROCKS OF NEW JERSEY. BY WALLACEGOOLDLEVISON. (Read May 1.9, 1909, &!ore the New York Minerabgicul...1861: first reached the deeper recesses of the New Jersey tmp in this locality and so disclosed the wealth...of the New Jersey trap satisfactorily accessible for study in silu. The visitor to a trap quarry productive...preference to dynamite. f +.. 121 122 A N N A L S NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES expected that some of these...crystallization. Many circumstances observed in the New Jersey localities seem to indicate that these minerals | | | Report (issue) | Geologic Setting of the Watchung Basalt Flows, New Jersey GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 864-A ...Basalt Flows, New Jersey By GEORGE T. FAUST STUDIES ON THE WATC·HUNG BASALT FLOWS OF NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL...restudy of the volcanism in theN ewark basin of New] ersey UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...Watchung Basalt flows, New Jersey. (Studies on the Watchung Basalt flows of New Jersey) (Geological Survey... no.: I 19.16 :864-A 1. Geology-New Jersey. 2. Volcanism-New Jersey. Geology, Stratigraphic-Triassic | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | at 06:19 25 August 2017 Abbreviations ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE. DESIRED £ ~ . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . ... malachite, and some silver and gold. ALASKA—A new mineral that was first found in Alaska was named...daily and Sunday. CALIFORNIA—Massive white glassy datolite with a slight greenish tinge occurs in a pegmatite...was reported in 1843 at Williams Ferry in Hall County by Dr. Stevenson while panning for gold. The stone...Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham County, beautiful nodules of deep | | | 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 | | | Journal (issue) | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead.... . . . . . . . . . 165 by W. E. Wilson What’s new in minerals Tucson Show 2008. . . . . . . . . . ...COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to be the world’s...from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les Presmyk, Robert W...Associated Minerals from the Old uma Mine, Pima County, Arizona Chapter authors and showcase organizers: | | | 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 | | | Catalog/List | again, and have added over 30 brand new items to this catalog. These new items are not in the sale section...ASSOC/A TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations which may have...00 each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens with...WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red crystal...1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow crystals | | | Catalog/List | ndak.net NEW YEAR, NEW ITEMS, SAME LOW PRICES! 1997 CATALOG #1 Hello again and happy new year! We sincerely...catalog should have something for everyone! Over 250 new and exciting items to choose from! Yup, that's right...again for your patronage and enjoy the catalog! ALL NEW STEMS FOE 1997: PYRITE SUNS IN SHALE MA TRIX: Sparta... TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Southwest orebody, White Pine mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan. Lance Hampel specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Sphalerite with pyrite and calcite, Portland mine, Ouray County, Colorado. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil...district, Humboldt County, Nevada. Coogan Gold specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Actinolite, New York, 240 Adamite...England, 269 Albite, Connecticut, 121; Maine, 188; New York. 240 Allanite, Connecticut, 121 Almandine, Connecticut...Amphibole group, New York. 246 Amphiboles. 185 Andorite, Nevada, 41 I Andradite. New York, 240 Anglesite |
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Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA