massive crystals found in warwick new york

Whoa there Kimosabe... I said Glenn's serpentine is Lizardite, that's all. Montville is a completely different animal.

Oh, yeah. No comparison between Montville and Amity.

Happy Holidays to you all

Minerals that look like interesting objects like this heart shape fluorescent are really cool ! Hey that could be a new thread, minerals that resemble things.

Actually there was one....
very cool lookin' piece though!

-Rowan Lytle

Necessities:
Food, Water, Shelter, Fire, Minerals.

The blue is really vivid in this specimen. Looks great!

The Norbergite flower (as I call it) is one of my favorite fluorescent pieces so when I flipped over this small boulder and found its twin I was ecstatic.
So instead of just breaking up the marble randomly I started trying to split the marble on a fluorescent seam. A lump hammer and chisel worked ok for the smaller pieces but didn't get me anywhere with the larger ones so I tryed the wood maul and with a few well placed strikes I was splitting 24 inch pieces relatively easy. The results were great it gave me two large pieces with great fluorescent coverage.

Great way to do damage to a wood maul!!! I have an old one I'm going to try next trip. Great way to get clean spilts. The flower was so interseting to see. Definitely a unique specimen.

Glenn & Karen, The North Jersey Mineralogical Society gives you guys a great big THUMBS UP to your presentation at last thursday's meeting! Everyone had a blast! It was tough trying to end the meeting Nobody wanted to leave your table! It was great and we're all looking forward to coming up this spring.

Awesome flowers! Nice pair/bouquet for Karen, just in time for Valentine's Day !!!

cheers,
stephanie

Yeah Jeff the tools take a beating but its worth the results.
A nice Fluoro-edenite crystal with sharp edges and a blue-green fluorescence

A new mineral to add to the list ? Zircon I think. After breaking up some massive scapolite we found these guys....up to 3/4 of an inch.

Whoa, those are so aesthetic! probably are zircon, they are the right shape.

-Rowan Lytle

Necessities:
Food, Water, Shelter, Fire, Minerals.

Yes, almost definitely zircon. I found very similar crystals in a marble contact zone nearby.

Reference Glenn's posting on December 20, 2011 09:52PM
Phlogopite series in the mica group



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/2012 11:01AM by Johan Maertens.

Nice find Glenn, they are most certainly zircon. By the way have you checked fluorescence?? Some will respond with what I would call a yellow-orange color ( like some mustard ) usually of only moderate intensity. Perhaps looking at the matrix specimens with SWUV. Hope they glow!
Steve.

I am a geology major at MTSU in TN. I would like to know if it is possible to obtain a specimen? Thanks! Edwin

Edwin your best bet is to ask Glenn privately.

Thanks guys for the help and Steve unfortunatly they don't fluoress. Here's another unidenified crystal. Its in with the Zircons and at first I thought they were Zircons but they are a different color (brown) and shape. These are the most gemmy crystals I have found so far. Glass 12mm





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/08/2012 02:06AM by Glenn Rhein.

Glenn, those are pretty cool. That first picture reminds me of Rutile. But that couldn't be...right?

Glenn, they sort of resemble flattened rounded titanite crystals rock-locked in the scapolite.
Steve.

Yes, has the look of a rutile v-twin, but why would it be rounded? Glenn, any chance of testing the hardness?