Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Stellerite |
Formula: | Ca4(Si28Al8)O72 · 28H2O |
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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Calcite | ⓘ2 photos of Stellerite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Stellerite 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: | 65267 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:65267:2 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 001a4130-2d5b-41c8-8418-1153a7dba0ec |
Nearest other occurrences of Stellerite |
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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 |
29.3km (18.2 miles) | ⓘNew Jersey Railroad cut, Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA |
38.2km (23.7 miles) | ⓘBraens Quarry, North Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
97.4km (60.5 miles) | ⓘKibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA |
References |
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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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Fanwood Quarry, Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA