| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Hematite |
| Formula: | Fe2O3 |
| Comments: | Occurs in fractures and cavities in Watchung basalt. |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Heulandite Subgroup | ⓘ1 photo of Hematite associated with Heulandite Subgroup at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Hematite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Hematite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 65261 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:65261:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3b3a0b63-d701-467c-aafb-5a591ed6fb6b |
| Nearest other occurrences of Hematite |
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| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘFeltville Copper mine, Glenside Park (Feltville), Watchung Reservation, Union County, New Jersey, USA |
| 7.8km (4.8 miles) | ⓘHoudaille Quarry (Summit Quarry; Commonwealth Quarry), Springfield, Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, USA |
| 11.1km (6.9 miles) | ⓘMillington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 15.8km (9.8 miles) | ⓘChimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 17.1km (10.6 miles) | ⓘRiker Hill, Livingston, Livingston, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 19.7km (12.2 miles) | ⓘPluckemin, Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 23.9km (14.9 miles) | ⓘQuigley pit, Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 25.3km (15.7 miles) | ⓘHacklebarney Mine, Hacklebarney, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA |
| 26.2km (16.3 miles) | ⓘMcDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 28.8km (17.9 miles) | ⓘFrancisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | 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 |
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