massive crystals found in warwick new york

Two new big Spinels that are made up of tiny Spinels...Check out the tiny spinel that makes the top of the spinel in the last picture

Nice size! bigger than my spinals....

-Rowan Lytle

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

Hey Rowan,
You should come diggin with us ! Keep us rolling.


Here's a nice Fluorescent Piece.

Beautiful, Glenn!

I second that! For all the spinels too!

Yes, just lurking here in the dark...

stephanie :)

Ok Stephanie, maybe these pink Spinels I found today will get you out of the dark !

First small one is 5/16 of an and semi clear, second is in the marble a little bigger, third is 1/2 inch and pink pink !

gorgeous>:D<

-Rowan Lytle

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

Now you're talkin!

LOL Glenn, actually I think I'll hang out here in the dark a bit longer... waiting to see those pink babies light up... hehe

And the great stuff continues...

stephanie :)

Glenn

who would have know that day I met you, and started to dig around that there was so much more!! Wow !!

Were the spinels from near where the gas pipe line was going to go in?

Fred

Fred this picture is of a old dirt road that connects from my house to my neighbors in the back, Being a nice guy, I gave him an easement to cross my property with his electric line. It saved him a couple hundred yards of digging through tuff rock to get to the electric transformer.
When we dug the ditch we hit lots of large loose marble boulders. They were piled along side of the dirt road and this is where the pink Spinels and all the fluorescents are coming from. I lift a large boulder with my excavator and drop it onto another boulder and usually after a couple of times one breaks. I get out and look for stuff. The field you see in the back right side of the picture is where I first met you. That is the gas pipe line on our back 10 acre lot. I only wish I knew then what I know now, They dug a eight foot deep ditch through the property. There was a mountain of marble that got burried in that same field.

Hi All,

To all the geology educators out there, I can honestly say that visiting Glenn's property was one of the best experiences that my Mineralogy class (Stockton College in New Jersey) and I have ever had for collecting and getting first-hand experience looking at contacts and determining a variety of minerals from an association-based identification ideology. The students were pretty unanimous that it was the best trip of any geology trip at Stockton. Even to me, this is my favorite field trip!

Some of the students are hoping that I can organize another trip up there next Spring or Summer because they won't get to go again. I plan on coming back regardless in two years when Mineralogy runs again.

Best trip and thanks for being such a generous and wonderful host Glenn.

Matt Severs

Hi, Matt,

Without trying to embarass Glenn and his wife I have to say they are the most selfless property owners I have ever met in 50 years of collecting minerals. Recently they drove over 200 miles round trip to speak at our club meeting in Allentown, Pa and have allowed multiple people to visit and collect on their property. They realize the significance of what was found on their property and have welcomed the scientific community to do their research. They have put science ahead of profit and in this day and age they are unique.

Best,

Joe

Joe-
I could not have said that any better myself. I have been to Glenn's twice now, and I totally agree. Glenn and Karen are the friendliest folks I have met in a long time. They are so gracious to let total strangers on their land and and in their home, and do so with open arms. As you said, a very rare find these days. I actually feel bad not going more often as I live only 20 minutes away, but at the same time I am very conscious about becoming a "pest". But that also makes me look forward to my next visit even more! Glenn- I've said it before and I'll say it again.... THANK YOU for bringing this extremely important find to all of us and allowing many of us to experience it first-hand. You rock!!

I would like to thank everyone for their kind words. But on the flipside, everyone that has come here has been extremely helpful by sharing their knowledge and experiences with us. We learn something from each person that comes to explore and see what is here. Overall, it's been an incredible experience. We've met new friends . . . and also a big thanks to all on Mindat that have contributed to this thread. The advise and support you have given me has inspired me to go out and find new things.

Here's a photo of a 2-1/4 inch Norbergite flower on a 6 inch piece of Franklin marble.


One of the guys from the Pennsylvania Mineral Club dug up this quarter-size clam fossil on Saturday while looking for Spinels.
He gave it to my grandson Austen

Glenn, Was the fossil on your land also? If so you must have overlapping formations of a younger age. Unless I am mistaken the Franklin marble is precambrian, and that fossil is most definitely younger.

Keith, I saw the fossil about five minutes after it was found. By the way, really super kind gesture of Nick to hand off the fossil to Glenn's grandson. The fossil was found off Glenn's property but not that far away. Nick initially thought it was a nut. It was uncovered during excavation of a pit that had produced Spinel and in an area that was rich in marble.

That sure is odd. The metamorphism of that area predates such critters, and was too high grade for something like that to survive anyway. I wonder what its story is.

Hi,

Maybe an expert on fresh water mullosks can take a look at the specimen. Native Americans harvested such things from the Walkill River and the Hudson. There are also other possibilities: was the specimen brought down to the area during the last ice age (how close is Glenn's property to geologic formations which contain such fossils), was it left there by a previous occupant who owned the property, etc? Without an expert's opinion anything is possible and we will never know for sure.

Best,

Joe

Keith,

I've only found a couple of fossils around the property. I think Joe is right on. About a mile west is the Pine Island black dirt region and a mile south east is an area they used to call the great swamp. Along the river in Pine Island there were many native American settlements and many fossils, Indian artifacts, Mastadons and even a few Moose Elks found.
There is a museum in Monroe NY (The next town over from Warwick) called Museum village. museumvillage.org They have the most complete Mastadon ever found on display as well as a good representation of minerals from Orange county, its worth a visit if you are in the area. Pine Island also has a club called the Drowned lands Historical Society. [dlhs.wordpress.com] They are trying to fund a small Museum for all their finds. The marble belt through amity is less then a mile wide and some spots way less.

Here is a picture of the pink Spinel LW UV
Also a nice contrast of Haylite and Meionite I found when I broke open a large granite boulder



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