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Gypsum from
Penfield Quarry, Penfield, Monroe County, New York, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Comments:White masses grading to anhydrite, transparent selenite cleavable masses in pockets of overgrowing celestine.
Habit:crystalline masses
Colour:colorless to white
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dolomiteโ“˜5 photos of Gypsum associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Celestineโ“˜1 photo of Gypsum associated with Celestine at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Penfield Quarry, Penfield, Monroe County, New York, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:573317
Long-form Identifier:1:3:573317:0
GUID (UUID V4):ebf02553-05e9-4da4-8826-d6538e4933ba
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
13.3km (8.3 miles) โ“˜Walworth Quarry, Walworth, Wayne County, New York, USA
27.4km (17.0 miles) โ“˜McVane Farm Mine, Garbutt, Wheatland Township, Monroe County, New York, USA
28.2km (17.5 miles) โ“˜Lycoming Calcining Company Mines, Garbutt, Wheatland Township, Monroe County, New York, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) โ“˜M. Rogers farm deposit, Garbutt, Wheatland Township, Monroe County, New York, USA
30.3km (18.8 miles) โ“˜Garbutt Gypsum Company Mine, Garbutt, Wheatland Township, Monroe County, New York, USA
31.5km (19.6 miles) โ“˜Ebsary Gypsum Company Mine, Wheatland Center, Wheatland Township, Monroe County, New York, USA
31.6km (19.6 miles) โ“˜Empire Gypsum Company Mine, Garbutt, Wheatland Township, Monroe County, New York, USA
35.1km (21.8 miles) โ“˜Unnamed Gypsum Mine, Mumford, Wheatland Township, Monroe County, New York, USA
64.7km (40.2 miles) โ“˜Monarch Plaster Company Mine, Wheatland Center, Wheatland Township, Monroe County, New York, USA
64.9km (40.4 miles) โ“˜Consolidated Wheatland Plaster Company Mine, Wheatland Center, Wheatland Township, Monroe County, New York, USA
References
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Central and Western New York State M inerals of the Silurian Lockport Group of New York State have been...observed during the initial settlement of western New York, it was the construction of the Erie Canal in...Beckโ€™s (1842) Mineralogy of New York, James Hallโ€™s (1843) Geology of New York, and James Danaโ€™s (1848) Manual...exposed along the Niagara Escarpment of western New York as the โ€œLockport limestone.โ€โ€  His choice of Lockport...of dolomite-rich sedimentary rocks of western New York and southwestern Ontario (Shaw 1937). Terminology
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Monticello is a popular summer resort and county seat of Sullivan County. 283.5 milesโ€”Binghamton, N . Y. This...attractive city in southern Broome County. It is the county seat of Broome County and is a railroad center at...milesโ€”Apalachin, a little village in southeastern Tioga County. 302.3 milesโ€”Our first mineral stop. The road here...town in the extreme southwestern corner of Tioga County and on the Pennsylvania border. Across the border...Sayre is in the extreme northern part of Bradford County, Penn. W e returned to Waverly and continued westwardly
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2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on
Book
MtNโ‚ฌRfllS of New Vork Stole David โ‚ฌ. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York โ€ข Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University of Roc Science...Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sumยญ mary of published knowledge
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T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E....Natural Science Establishment, Inc . โ€ข Rochester, New York โ€ข Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David
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Gait, Royal Ontario Museum; Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geological Survey; Dr. Robert J. King, Tewksbuty...MORPHOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF GRAFTONITE FROM PEGMATITES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE M.A. Wise, Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian...Graftonite-bearing pegmatites are not uncommon in New Hampshire and are characterized by an enrichment...Rb, and Cs. Graftonite from seven localities in New Hampshire were examined as part of an ongoing study...of the graftonite-beusite series. Graftonite from New Hampshire always occurs intergrown with triphylite
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same for distribution; to encourage the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered; and to...Association by nominating them for membership? Each new member helps to extend the Association's act ivi...o,,t.,,u jo,i /u,.., 1911,:1. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...NOTES: 21 7 NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW JERSEY MINERALOGICAL...Aaociatio11 198 ROCKS AND MINERALS Chips from The Quarry I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
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Mineralogy, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York Originally published in Science On The March...and the rainbow of the fluorescents of Franklin, New Jersey, but as sedimentary mineral crystals they...Region will be considered to comprise that area of New York State and adjacent Ontario within a radius of...Frontier in a wide band which begins farther east in New York State and extends westward into Ontario bevond...noteworthy are the quarries at Penfield, Lockport, and Niagara Falls, New York, and Dundas, Ontario. All of
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Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen, Harold and... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. SepteniberlOctober:...manganoan, Argentine vein, Idarado mine, San Miguel County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Ed Raines photo...Maine, 412 Birnessite, Utah, 245 Blackburn, W. H., new columnist. 83 Blakeite, Nevada, 128 Blatonite, Utah
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World News on Mineral Occurrences Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...miles long extending from Coosa County thru Talladega and into Calhoun County. Most of the distance it is...Dana's text-book as a titaniferous amphibole. The new system when it comes out will probably simply call...Arizona kaersutite comes from Hoover Dam, Mohave County. A % inch black cube of limonite pseudo after pyrite...another one for the American Museum, though the quarry has been posted. I intend to discuss the matter
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....'..................................... 21 New England -...-.-.....-...-.....-.....---...---.-......................................... New England and New York................................................. 1..................................... New Brunswick .............................................................................. New England and New York ...................'.......................... 58 New England........................................................ 59 New York...........
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Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite from Albany County, after cleaning in a weak solution of hydrochloric...Cement Co. quarry near Red Mountain in sec. 9, T. 12 N., R. 76 W., in southern Albany County (locality...aragonite (plate 30) from Boxelder Valley in Larimer County near Fort Collins. The specimen belongs to the...5-inch-thick portion of the layer at the Portland Monolith quarry containing calcite pseudomorphs after aragonite...is correctly described by them under the mineral gypsum. The pseudomorphs were originally reported by Knight
Report (volume)
the current-year issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...and Lockport Groups) in the Type Area of Western New York By Carlton E. Brett, Dorothy H. Tepper, William...and Lockport Groups) in the type area of western New York I by Carlton E. Brett ... [et al.]. p. em- (U...Geology, Stratigraphic-Nomenclature-New York (State)-Niagara County Region. I. Brett, Carlton E. (Carlton...nomenclature for the Niagara region of western New York accepted by the U.S. Geological Survey prior to
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269 by W. E. Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...are still open to collecting and the potential for new discoveries is high. All things considered it seems...incidentally, that the potential is much higher for new discoveries but Arizona has so many well-known occurrences...YUMA COUNTY NAME CHANGED Is nothing sacred? The famous Red Cloud mine is no longer in Yuma County, Arizona
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pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers of this column will...sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners of the cube...pieces are all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County, Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,...cubes from Trestia, Transylvania region, Maramures County, Romania, appears to be a complete replacement...example, Dunn (1995) reported that some Franklin, New Jersey, fluorites fade when exposed to light. Other
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Gait. Royal Ontario Museum: Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geological Survey: Dr. Robert J . King....'Dept. of Geolog-y arid Geophysics, University of New Orleans. LA 70148. Cary Mound is a low hill that...exposed in a small portion of the north face of the quarry. Miaroles up to several inches iicross abound in...& MINERALS RHODlZlTE FROM MADAGASCAR: NEW LOCALITIES AND NEW CHEMICAL DATA.A. U.Falster', E Pezzota2... of Geology and Geophysics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148; 2Museo di Storiu Naturale
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belong with rhodonite and babingtonite' suuuenv New determinations of the chemical and optical properties...from a magnesitedeposit near Orangedale, fnverness County, Nova Scotia, the occurrence of which was describedby...Fossiliferous found embedded in the cores. with gypsum, probably forming part of the Windsor stage of...while the other combination showed the presence of a new scalenohedral face p, together with a negative rhombohedron...scalenohedronI in the zone lZttO:Ozltl. The symbol of this new scalenohedronwas determined graphically by means
Report (issue)
monthly by the New University of the State of BULLETIN York OCTOBER 298 New York FREDERICK Museum...Director Bulletin 70 MINERALOGY 3 LIST OF* NEW YORK MINERAL LOCALITIES BY H. \YHITLOCK P. C....STATE OF NEW YORK 1903 M125m-Je3-2000 PriCC 2O CCntS University of the State of With years New rk York...York of election 1892 WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE D.D. LL.D. 1878 WHITELAW REiD^M.A. LL.D. CHAUNCEY M...TURNER LL.D. 1890 1890 1893 1895 1895 New York New York Rochester - - Utica Lowville MCKELWAY
Report (issue)
4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses... Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC ...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
colorless to ivoryyellow, tabular crystals, similar to gypsum in appearance. T h e crystals have a vitreous luster...important pieces from F i l l o w for study i n New Haven. Unfortunately, we have not been able to discover...cerussite, mimetite, altered tennantite, and another new species, itoite. 3 4 + 4 2 6 2 Michael Fleischer...in Quaternary volcanic rocks in the San Venanzo quarry, Terni, U m b r i a , Italy. It is triclinic, colorless...e mineral was first noted by Henderson as being new, and it was this observation that led to its formal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Escarpment. These scarps occur sporadically in New York, Ontario, Michigan, and Wisconsin. THE NIAGARA...bedrock that extends from southeast of Rochester, New York, westward to Niagara Falls, up around northern...Lake Ontario from eastsoutheast of Rochester, New York, to just west of Hamilton, Ontario; (2) several...segments of the escarpment (e.g., those in western New York versus those around the northern part of the Michigan...includes the wellknown salt and gypsum deposits mined near Syracuse, New York; Windsor, Ontario; Detroit,
Report (volume)
Bulletin, Vol. XXXII, 1900, and Vol. XXXIII, 1901. New York, N. Y. American Geologist, Vols. XXVII and XXVIII...XXX, 1901. New York, N. Y. American Journal of Science: 4th series, Vols. XI and XII, 1901. New Haven, Conn...XI, Part 4, Vol. XIV and Vol. XV, Part 1, 1901. New York, N. Y.American Naturalist, Vol. XXXV, 1901. Boston...Proceedings, Vol. XL, Nos. 165-167, Transactions, new series, Vol. XX, Part II, 1901. Philadelphia, Pa... 1901. Berkeley, Cal. Canada Geological Survey: New series, Vol. XI, 1901. Ottawa, Canada. Canada Royal
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Geographical Society: Bulletin, vol. 34, 1902. New York, N. Y. American Geologist, vols. 29 and 30, 1902...1902. . New York, N. Y. American Journal of Science: 4th series, vols. 13 and 14, 1902. New Haven, Conn...18, pt. 1, 1902; Memoirs, vol. 1, pt. 7, 1901. New York, N. Y. American Naturalist, vol. 36, 1902. Boston...Proceedings, vol. 41, nos. 168-171; Transactions, new series, vol. 20, pt. 3, 1902. Philadelphia, Pa. Annales... 1902. Berkeley, Cal. Canada Geological Survey: New series, vol. 12,1902; Summary Eeports for 1900 and
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International Mineralogical Association (IMA) as new species with type localities in Arizona. Because...Al3Si29O76(OH)16โ€ข 8H2O, was discovered at Ajoite, Na3Cu2+ 20 the New Cornelia mine that is located in the town of Ajo...The type locality is the Hillside mine in Yavapai County. The Hillside mine was mainly a zinc producer but...the discovery 3 locality, the Antler mine, Mohave County (Hillebrand 1889). Apachite, Cu2+ Si10O29โ€ข 11H2O...the discovery locality, the Christmas mine, Gila County (Cesbron and Williams 1980). The Christmas mine
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Kuiu Island, Alaska, Gary McWilliams collection. A New Mexico Collecting Venture Ramon S. De Mark 530 E...describe a lluorite mine in the San Andres Mountains of New Mexico. The author was Don Alfredo, in a 1952 article...Rockbound Hits the Jackpot" in Vol. 30, No. 5 of New Mexico 181,/agazine. Inspired by Mr. Alfredo's article...granted approval for myself and personnel from the New Mexico Natural History Museum to visit the site for...ยพydar has perfected the art of hydraulic trimmeys! New design ยทwith single handle operation โ€ข Features a
 
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