| Locality type: | Railway Cutting |
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| Species: | Datolite |
| Formula: | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Datolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view New Jersey Railroad cut, Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 73157 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:73157:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | f1260c97-3678-4437-ac99-7f122156614f |
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| 2.0km (1.2 miles) | ⓘErie Railroad tunnel, Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA |
| 2.2km (1.4 miles) | ⓘErie Railroad cut (Bergen archways), Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA |
| 5.1km (3.1 miles) | ⓘLaurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA |
| 7.0km (4.3 miles) | ⓘNew York - West Shore & Buffalo RR tunnel, Weehawken, Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA |
| 12.7km (7.9 miles) | ⓘNew York - Susquehanna & Western Railroad tunnel, Edgewater, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA |
| 17.0km (10.5 miles) | ⓘInterstate 95 and George Washington Bridge Lower Level roadcut, Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA |
| 17.1km (10.6 miles) | ⓘMontclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 17.9km (11.1 miles) | ⓘF.J. Marley Quarry, Verona, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 18.9km (11.7 miles) | ⓘMcDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 19.7km (12.2 miles) | ⓘStewart Hartshorn Quarry (Hartshorn Quarry), Millburn, Millburn, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Natural History New York, New York 10024 The Triassic traprock quarries of New Jersey have been a prolific...supplement previous publications dealing with New Jersey traprock* minerals, especially those of Manchester...40 traprock localities in New Jersey. This article focuses on the Bergen Hill occurrence in the Palisades...in the First Watchung Mountain: Upper and Lower New Street quar ries, Paterson; Warren Brothers quarry...(notably Rocky Hill and Lambertville) and two Hudson County localities, Laurel (Snake) Hill quarry, Secaucus |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | issue), datolite has been suggested as the topic of this Connoisseur’s Choice feature. Datolite crystals...green, and pink to white and colorless; nodular datolite is typically white or pastel shades of pink, yellow...yellow-green fluorescence characterizes some New Jersey datolite. Datolite is commonly seen in monoclinic (2/m)...of some datolite and is derived from the Greek word dateisthal meaning “to divide.” Datolite is a calcium...CaBSiO4(OH) and is a member of the gadolinite-datolite group. Most analyses show very minor amounts of |
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