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Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA
Latitude: 41°16'5"N
Longitude: 74°27'19"W
Longitude: 74°27'19"W
This Amity-Edenville area has attracted collectors since the early 19th century. Since the landscape is generally gentle and outcrops are small and scattered, it was originally a “stone wall fence” locality. A few outcrops that yielded unusual mineral assemblages, such as large spinels, were excavated with black powder. In the present era the area is gradually suburbanising and so exposures are occasionally available in the foundation excavations for the new "McMansions".
The mineralogy of this classic area, and of the Franklin Marble in general, has received some attention in the past 35 years. The geological environment of the Franklin Marble and its associated rocks is gradually coming into focus. Major advances in the understanding of this area have recently been made and investigations are ongoing.
Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities84 entries listed. 52 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).
Localities in this Region
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References
Manchester, James G. (1931): The Minerals of New York City & Its Environs, New York Mineralogical Club Bull., Vol. 3, No. 1, 63.
Kearns, L.E., 1978, The Amity Area, Orange County, New York. The Mineralogical Record, V. 9, pgs 85 – 90.
Kearns, L.E., 1977, The Mineralogy of the Franklin Marble, Orange County, New York. Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. of Delaware, 211 p.
Volkert, R.A., Zartman, R.E., and Moore, P.B., 2005, U – Pb Geochronology of Mesoproterozoic Postorogenic Rocks and Implications for Posty-Ottawan Magmatism and Metallogenesis, New Jersey Highlands and Contiguous Areas, USA. Precambrian Research, V. 139, pgs. 1 – 19. (and references therein)
Kearns, L.E., 1978, The Amity Area, Orange County, New York. The Mineralogical Record, V. 9, pgs 85 – 90.
Kearns, L.E., 1977, The Mineralogy of the Franklin Marble, Orange County, New York. Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. of Delaware, 211 p.
Volkert, R.A., Zartman, R.E., and Moore, P.B., 2005, U – Pb Geochronology of Mesoproterozoic Postorogenic Rocks and Implications for Posty-Ottawan Magmatism and Metallogenesis, New Jersey Highlands and Contiguous Areas, USA. Precambrian Research, V. 139, pgs. 1 – 19. (and references therein)
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