 | | 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...(1931) cites more than 40 traprock localities in New Jersey. This article focuses on the Bergen Hill occurrence...Lower New Street quar ries, Paterson; Warren Brothers quarry, Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry, Upper...Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great Notch (Fig. 1). Several important diabase localities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Finds at the Famous Prospect Park Quarry Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey All specimens self-collected...noted JAMES S. ZIGRAS 171 Arundel Road Paramus, New Jersey 07652 jzigras@hotmail.com MATTHEW L. GORRING...Studies Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey 07043 gorringm@mail.montclair.edu Figure 1. Locality...Locality map, by William Besse. he Prospect Park quarry has been producing fine mineral specimens for...minerals it is possibly the most significant trap-rock quarry in the world. Not many localities can boast fine |  | | Journal (issue) | | another such pseudomorph to the collection. This new addition also generated further inspiration for a...growth of pectolite was recently found at Prospect Park, New Jersey. The specimen is made up of a remnant...stunning Juster. Munich2004 (Continued from page l) New Finds Mineralientage Miinchen is more than minerals;...about field collecting, descriptive mineralogy and new mineral finds. This year, why not consider giving...information to: (or a copy} with a'.I nEces:ary Mineral New P.O. Box 2088 Peeks kill, NY 10566-2088 Newslette |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals In The New Jersey Traprocks By GARDINER GREGORY Lee Avenue School, Hicksville, L. I., N. Y .... There are two areas in New Jersey that are world famous for their minerals. One is the Franklin &...& Sterling Hill area in Sussex County which is famous for its large number of minerals, about 180 in number...extending from Somerville in Somerset County to Paterson in Passaic County. This area is noted for its fine...fine specimens of the ten zeolites: analcime, chabazite, gmelinite, heulandite, stilbite, laumontite, thomsonite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | related minerals. Localities of thls type in New Jersey and neighboring states provided consistently...natrolite, chabazite, and stilbite and commonly bearing labels featuring such localities as Paterson, New Jersey...in Paterson, Prospect Park, Lambertville, Bergin Hill, and other localities in Passaic, Somerset, Essex...Essex, and Hudson Counties, New Jersey (Schaller 1932; Mason 1960). Prehnite specimens to 1.8 meters across...Route 80 in Passaic County, New Jersey. It also occurs in the Roncari quarry, Hartford County, and at Cheshire |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first half... pectolite, prehnite, datolite, apophyllite, chabazite, and, occasionally, sulfides such as pyrite, galena...Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad cuts and tunnels in the Jersey City...Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected from many localities in Passaic County...West Paterson (including the famous Upper and Lower New Street quarries where crystals to 7 cm have been |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. Dunn Famous Mineral Localities: Paterson, New Jersey................157 by Thomas A. Peters, Joseph....................................... 132 What’s New in Minerals?.......................................n . photomicrography: Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York designed by Wendell E. Wilson Mineralogical...receive additional grants we would rather use them for new projects instead of reprinting old ones. We are content...“Descriptive Mineralogy: Discovery and Characterization of New Minerals.” Papers are solicited for both the general |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NEW JERSEY-A ROCKHOUND'S PARADISE New Jersey is not a large state, but within its borders lie many...of the minerals found in New Jersey: Native Elements Graphite—Sussex County Sulfides Sphalerite—Franklin...Phosphates Vivianite—Allentown, Shrewsbury in Monmouth County Silicates Amethyst—Basalt sills Scapolite—Franklin...Hill, Snake Hill, Bergen County Good Heulandite—Watchung Mountains, Prospect Park and Garret Mountain, Paterson...Excellent Laumonite— Chabazite—With other zeolites, singles on matrix Gmelinite—With chabazite Analcime—Paterson |  | | Book | | Tudith L. Vozza F. Silva Printing Palisades Park, New Tersey l L r This book is dedicated 11 to...Jerry Furia of "Fur:y Camera & Sound" in Dumont, New Jersey for their technical assistance with the photography...ARDUINITE 6 ASHCROFTINE 8 BREWSTERITE 10 CHABAZITE 12 CLINOPTILOLITE 17 DACHIARDITE 19 ECHELLITE... LOCATIONS: UIS 1.A.. NEW' JERSEY Bergen Hill, Snake Hill, Paterson, New Street Quarries, Upper Montclair...MICHIGAN Houghton County, Park Cowlitz County, Keeneenan Highwood Mts. County CANADA NOVASCOTIA |  | | Report (issue) | | [Al3.91Si8.10O24]∙11.62H2O. (2) Great Notch, New Jersey, USA; corresponds to (Ca1.12Na0.98Sr0.12 K0.06)Σ=2...rocks, also pegmatites. Association: Analcime, chabazite, calcite, aragonite, quartz. Distribution: Studied...In the USA, from Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., and Great Notch, Paterson, and Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New...New Jersey; at Springfield, Lane Co., Oregon. On Pinnacle Rock, Five Islands, and Two Islands, Nova Scotia...Subcommittee on Zeolites of the IMA, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. Can. Mineral., 35, 1571-1606 |  | | Catalog/List | | the grains and a few more scattered about. Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg bei Mayen, Yulkaneifel, Rheinland Pfalz...finely fibrous pure mass 2x1.5 inch Prospect Park, Patterson, New Jersey USA £ 18 18. CAVANSITE small blue...matrix Vevja Quany, Tvedalen Norway £7 24. CHABAZITE Mg, a new species ! water-clear micro on 3mm matrix...about I to 2mm thick. Tip Top Mine, South Dakota USA large 2x3 £30 27. TITANJTE very unusual £20 yellow-brown...middle of the vein. Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California USA £17 35. SODALITE good solid orange |  | | Book | | years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis | | | Book | | years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | northern New Jersey. Here excellent white crystals up to 2" in length have been found at Prospect Park and...and Garrett Mountain, Paterson, Passaic County, and elsewhere. HEULANDITE also occurs in the trap rocks...Bergen Hill, West Paterson, and Great Notch, New Jersey. At the Buckwheat Dump in Franklin, N. J., clear...Winkleman, Arizona. Small crystals associated with chabazite and epistilbite occur in basalt on the roadside...roadside about a mile south of Gila Springs, New Mexico. Pink to white crystals of HEULANDITE are found in |  | | 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, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA ‘Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Department...Institute, Unive~ity of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA (Received Febrzlary6, 1989; accepted in r~vi~~d~r~...for natural samples of the zeolites, analcime, chabazite, clinoptilolite, laumontite, mordenite, and natrolite...zeolites. High to intermediate 6180f values for five chabazite (20.6 to 25.8%), two soil clinoptilolites (31%)...sample site. In contrast, isotopic com~sition of chabazite, clinoDtilolite. laumontite. and mordenite channel |  | | Journal (issue) | | WASHINGTON May 3, 2008 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver...buffet restaurant, so please join us if you can. Park Mill Plain Blvd. Ft. Vancouver Way Washington...Bridge Oregon Columbia River 2 Barahonaite, a New Mineral from Gold Hill, Utah Don Howard After many...the new mineral Barahonaite. Why has it taken so long to establish this material as a valid new mineral...material from a new find at the Dolores prospect in Murcia Province, southeastern Spain. The new mineral, as |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 A ''New'' Discovery of Philipsbornite and Segnitite Two rare...approximately 1.5mmat 60x. Prehnite, Calcite and Chabazite Epintorphs after Pectolite Bradley D. Plotkin...net In one of my cabinets is an old Prospect Park (New Jersey) specimen from the Joe Cilen Collection...the mystery. (Continues on page 3) ----- 2 A "New" Discovery of Philipsbornite and Segnitite (Continued...Diffraction (XRD) confirmed the material as segnitite, new for the locality and quite similar in appearance |  | | Book (edition) | | PENNSYLVAN1 A & NEW JERSEY «s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott...Book Co. 315 CLOVERLEAF DRIVE, SUITE F BALDWIN PARK, CA 91706 Copyright © 2000 Gem Guides Book Company...man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other persons directly......... Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE...Shelocta Siderite Concretions..... New Paris Fluorite....................... New Enterprise Banded Chert.... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | John T. Dyer trap rock quarry, Monocacy Station, near Birdsboro, Berks County, Pa. Registered attendance...attendance 154 members and friends. This quarry has produced many high quality zeolites in its long career...specimens of chalcopyrite, titanite, prehnite and chabazite found occasionally. Unfortunately showers of rain...Harold Evans Hard at work collecting at Ferranti's quarry, Bernardsville, N . J . Left to right—Dr. Arthur...S.P. 502 ROCKS AND MINERALS deep pond on the quarry floor, formed by torrential rains in the past several |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Paterson, New Jersey area is one of the best known sources of unusual mineral specimens in the world...in Paterson,New by R O B E R T J . NARSAVAGE J R . 51 Van Orden Place Clifton, New Jersey 07011 Every...out of the traprock quarries of the Paterson, New Jersey area. In recent years these prize pieces have...books bring to mind such names as Upper New Street and Lower New Street Quarries, Paterson; and the West...areas; the Great Notch areas, McLean's Quarry, and Prospect Park Quarry. What is the status of these sites |  | | Journal (issue) | | distribution in the Orange Mountain Basalt, Paterson, New Jersey ...............................................Arthur Russell, was to be despatched to Swallowfield Park near Reading in 1964, with his colleague the late...Natural History Museum, Bob was an early adopter of new technology, and was largely responsible for bringing...endless analysis of two unknown phases from Merehead Quarry, took up much of his time. Eventually, with the...collaborators these phases were characterised as the new minerals parkinsonite and mereheadite. Readers of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Jersey's well-known Fanwood and Summit quarries expose the same stratigraphic section and yield many...Summit Quarries, New Jersey WARREN CUMMINGS 225 Beechwood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08618 T H E SUMMIT...cut, located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, formed a major mineral collecting site prior...Construction Materials, the last operator of the quarry, ceased operation in 1977, and since 1983 the pit...Company quarry in the Borough of Watchung, Somerset County—sometimes known as the Scotch Plains quarry, or |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ohio. Zell, Lucian M., 522 5th Ave. at 44th St., New york City. Zodac,Peter,l57 Wells St., peekskill.N...the localities describer!. F. A. Cnyonr, Secretary NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB Regal,ar Montlily Meeti...October 20, 1926. A regular monthly meeting of the New york Mineralogical club was held in the I.'ast Assembl|...suggested that the Club visit the West Paterson and Prospect Park Quarries, and that Mr. Morton be appointed guide...Cahn spoke of the discovery of rhodochrosite in Park County, Colorado, and of the finding of the rare nickel |
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Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA