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Lower New Street quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA

Latitude: 40°53'N
Longitude: 74°11'W
A trap rock quarry in Watchung Basalt worked between 1900 and 1936. The New Street quarries exploited an area of the basalt that was extruded over a probable shallow wetland or lake, thus the lava cooled in pillows. The large interstitial spaces between the pillows yielded superb minerals.

Mineral List

Albite
Analcime
Anhydrite
Apophyllite-(KF)
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Datolite
Galena
Glauberite
'Gmelinite'
Greenockite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
'Heulandite'
Laumontite
Mesolite
Natrolite
Orpiment ?
Pectolite
Prehnite
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Pyrolusite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

Realgar ?
Sphalerite
'Stevensite'
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Thaumasite
Thomsonite-Ca


35 entries listed. 26 valid minerals.

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References

Papke, H. (1908), Mineral Collector: 15: 113-118.

Mason, B. (1960), Trap Rock Minerals of New Jersey, New Jersey Geological Survey Bull. #64.

Peters, T.A. & Peters, J.J. (1978), Mineralogical Record: 9: 157-179.

Peters, J.J. (1984) Rocks & Minerals: 59: 157-183.

Tschernich, R. (1992), Zeolites of the World, 115.

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