Shepard (1939) gives the type locality of danburite as a loose boulder "near the manufactory of Col. White." The actual site has been destroyed by development. A high-rise building sits on the site. It is possible that the original boulder was not in situ. It could have been a glacial erratic.
References
- Shepard, C.U. (1839) Amer J of Sci.
- Shepard, C.U. (1840): Der Danburit, eine neue Mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 126 (2/050), p.182
- Manchester, J.G. (1931): The Minerals of New York City & Its Environs, New York Mineralogical Club Bull., Vol. 3, No. 1, 70.
- Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.85
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