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Beemerville main nepheline-syenite mass, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Ref.: New Jersey State Geologist Annual Report (1896): 92-94.

Rutgers University Bull. #5, Part 1: 53-54.

Manchester, J.G. (1931) The Minerals of New York City & Its Environs, New York Mineralogical Club Bull. Vol. 3, No. 1: 65.

A nepheline-syenite mass comprised of dikes and sills plus a laccolith (?) in Martinsburg Shale. Located about 2 miles NNW of Beemersville on the SE flank of Kittatinny Mountain. This is a significant igneous body which has yet to be exploited for any purpose except specimen collecting on the outcrop.





Map Reference: 41°14'N , 74°39'W

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Mineral List:
  • Aegirine
  • Aegirine-augite
  • Albite
  • Analcime
  • Andradite
    var: Melanite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Biotite
  • Calcite
  • Cancrinite
  • Diopside
  • Fluorite
  • Haüyne
  • Hedenbergite
  • Magnetite
  • Nepheline
  • Orthoclase
  • Pyrite
  • Sodalite
       var: Hackmanite
  • Titanite
  • Zircon


    21 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

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