massive crystals found in warwick new york

Echoing Gary's post above, a sincere THANK YOU to Glenn Rhein for donating more than a dozen fine fluorescent specimens to the Sterling Hill Mining Museum. In conjunction with other specimens already in our collection, these will be used to create a new display on the "Fluorescent Minerals of the Franklin Marble" in the Thomas S. Warren Museum of Fluorescence (part of Sterling Hill). Those who enjoyed Glenn's fine display at the Franklin show a couple of weekends ago will soon be able to see some of those same specimens on permanent public display.

Thanks again, Glenn- Earl

Glenn-

On behalf of the North Jersey Mineralogical Society, we would like to give a great big THANK YOU to you and Karen for hosting a superb field trip to your property for our members. It was the talk of the day at last thursday's club meeting. Everyone had a great time and were thoroughly amazed at the minerals found. We had a big "show and tell" at our meeting thursday, and everyone loved seeing the specimens! We could not have asked for any better of a day.

We took a vote, and by a landslide, NoJMS has decided to issue both you and Karen honorary memberships in the club. You will be receiving a package soon

Again, your graciousness and hospitality were awesome.

Jeff Wilson
The North Jersey Mineralogical Society

Its been a few months but I finially got a chance to go out this morning and find some stuff. I peeled back the moss on this boulder sticking out of the ground and found a bunch of nicely formed Uvite crystals mixed in with Spinels and Serpentine. Looks like they are altering to Clinochlore. Slight yellow-green fluorescent SW.
And thanks to all...

Cool stuff! Nice form.

-Rowan Lytle

son: -picks up huge loose amethyst cluster- "Is this what we're looking for?"
father: "Holy #$@%!

Truly the dream of every collector... having a productive mine in their backyard! Lucky devil.

I'm not one hundred percent sure but I think these are Graphite Sphere's. They are about 3/16 of an inch. I found these and some great pargasite crystals today.

Yep, classic graphite spheres, and larger than those from most other localities. You have John Jaszczak's e-mail address, right? He'd love to know about these. The surface detail in your third photo is sure to capture his interest.

Definitely contact John - I heard him speak at the New England MicroMounter's symposium in June on the topic of graphite and it was absolutely fascinating.

This is the spot ! You can see the line of contact between the weathered granite and calcite. The granite becomes black and white sand
and marble becomes calcite (I Think) Find the black and white sand and find the you will find black pargasite crystals and in this case some nice Graphite spheres. Do you think its worth fine screening the sand for these spheres ? Second picture looks like a fish.
Last picture has a 4mm sphere just above my wrist ?

Anyone have an idea what this stuff is ? I found them with these nice Pargasite crystals.

7mm graphite rosette / sphere

Glenn

I'm amazed at how you keep topping yourself on new finds,, but you do it on a regular basis, by next year , , well, I can't wait to see ! !

Wayne Corwin

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Could be just voids where something got dissolved out. can you get a closer shot of those 2 ?

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I'll get some better pictures for you Matt..

The largest Graphite sphere yet 8mm.

I found one of these graphite (crystals ?) and thought it was just a freak but now I'm finding more and they are all the same.
It''s a hollow flat sphere open on one side, almost like a seed pod that popped open. It has a tail and a skirt with little bumps.
cool stuff. this one is 8mm with its tail

Glenn

How long is your list of all these cool new finds?
It's got to fill a large file !
I give you 5 thumbs up Glenn !

Wayne Corwin

Mr. Rhein,
Let me add to the voices that thank you for your continued work documenting this exciting find, and the generosity with which you are treating the collecting community. It really sets the bar high and provides a nice counterpoint to the stories we hear about places being closed by property owners, finds hidden, etc.
All the best, and keep up the great finds- and documentation!-
EMJ

Glenn- Harking back to your June 29 post, in which you ask "what this stuff is," it looks from the lower photo as if the material is fragmental. If so (hard to tell from just a photo) you may have a root cast that formed in the regolith or soil zone above the weathered bedrock. Basically, carbonate is being moved around all the time in the weathering zone above the Franklin Marble, dissolving in some areas and reprecipitating as calcite in others, plus iron-bearing minerals (amphiboles, pyroxenes) are breaking down, with the iron reprecipitating as limonite (notice the orange stains in your photo). In many places near you, the glacial sediments mantling the Franklin Marble are loose and uncemented, but just above the Franklin Marble they are commonly cemented into a conglomerate. Any plant sending roots down through the soil, glacial debris, or regolith to just above bedrock could easily have the sediment around the root progressively cemented into rock as the root keeps drawing water toward it.

I found this giant 3-3/4 inch Spinel today, Its sitting next to a bigger one but its more crude. These giant spinels made Amity famous over one hundred and fifty years ago and are still here....its very hard to get a good picture of it.

Glenn

I suspect that your giant spinels will make Amity famous once again !

KOR
Wayne