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Selenite from
Riker Hill, Livingston, Livingston, Essex County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Selenite
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Riker Hill, Livingston, Livingston, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:441138
Long-form Identifier:1:3:441138:3
GUID (UUID V4):6449e558-b61a-449c-a1c2-9571cbe8f36b
Nearest other occurrences of Selenite
10.7km (6.7 miles) McDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Houdaille Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) Laurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) Hude Mine (Stanhope Mine), Netcong, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
39.0km (24.3 miles) Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RIKER HILL, NEW JERSEY-AN ACTIVE COLLECTING AREA by ROSS POLLACK 80 N. Mitchell Ave. Livingston, N.J...Traprock quarries of Paterson, New Street, Great Notch and BoundBrook, New Jersey. They yielded fine mineral...can only be entered by spe­ cial permission. Riker Hill is different from these listed because of its...E M B E R 1977 541 Minerals found at Riker Hill, New Jersey Prehnite: Beautiful green or white halls...Barite-micro Flint Agate Copper? Pectolite Stilbite-micro Selenite-micro Prehnite xls-micro belt. The rock yields
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mounters Corner—First Impressions Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia vs. Observations. April, p. 126; The...Tracks from Little Falls, New Jersey. Mar., p. 66 Lasmanis, Raymond. Selenite Crystals from Princeton...Mitchell, Richard S. Barite Crystals from Gage County, Nebraska. Sept., p. 357; Cerussite and Hydrocerussite...286; Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia. June, p. 275; Some Noteworthy Minerals...J . J r . Update on Collect­ ing in Paterson, New Jersey. Sept., p. 372 O'Connor, James V . Some Geological
Report (issue)
BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS...ITS ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY...BY James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author...of his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally...in the old lists, and the names of many others, new to the district, and discovered in recent years,
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CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........... _ . _ 1 _ CHAPTER 3 Pennsylvania___...states each year give collectors a chance to buy new finds, see f i n e workmanship, a n d s h o w t h...r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania:...well known old localities are not all “has beens;” new hobbyists and experienced collectors alike prove...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and
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decade, however, the need has been growing for a new, comprehensive index. Because the 14-year index suffered... Consequently, it was our decision to prepare a new index which is cumulative back to volume 1, fully...the 14-year index, and which is organized on a new plan. Nevertheless, all readers and users of the...the last ten years, and which has inspired this new effort. The current 25-year index is divided into...appears n Brief descriptive note, as in "What's New in Minerals?" p Photograph or other illustration
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long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens
 
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