The historically important Hoboken localities are located around Castle Point and very near the Hudson River. The shores of the Hudson River are specifically mentioned by Nuttall (1822). The Castle Point promontory is composed mostly of serpentine and interesting minerals were found in veinlets, probably in talus at the foot of the cliffs. Stevens Technical Institute occupies much of the promontory and the mineral "stevensite" was named for Edwin Augustus Stevens [July 28, 1795- August 8, 1868] in recognition of the high technical expertise achieved by graduates of his college. Stevens was a co-founder of the Union Line Transportation Company in 1823, but which began operation in the 1830's with one of the first railroads in the USA. The Castle Point area is the type locality for brucite and hydromagnesite as well as the now varietal minerals marmolite and nemalite.
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References
Nuttall, Thomas, 1822, Observations on the Serpentine Rocks of Hoboken, in New-Jersey, and on the minerals which they contain, American Journal of Science, series 1, v. 4,p. 16-23.
Ferrari A., Ghiron D. – (1931) Sopra una artinite di Hoboken (New Jersey). Periodico di Mineralogia – Roma pp. 286- 288.
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http://www.mindat.org/photo-443439.html Brucite illustration in: Sowerby, James (1811), Exotic Mineralogy: or, Coloured Figures of Foreign Minerals, as a Supplement to British Mineralogy.
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