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Biotite from
Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA


Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:80649
Long-form Identifier:1:3:80649:5
GUID (UUID V4):b9ce0ce2-cb86-4baf-9cff-ecd8c8ba31f3
Localities for Biotite in this Region
Baylis Quarry (Bayliss Quarry), Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
Kinkel Quarry, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
1.2km (0.7 miles) Kinkel Quarry, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Baylis Quarry (Bayliss Quarry), Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) Mc Collum Mine, North Salem, Westchester County, New York, USA
18.1km (11.3 miles) Valhalla, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Voorhis Quarry, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) Redding Glen (Redding Ridge), Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals from New York State Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries, Kingston"] at 20:02 22 August...geological literature about the pegmatite bodies from New York. These occur in two different morphological, geological...following four geographic areas: 1. southern New York Bedford pegmatite district—we can add here the small...xenotime- or beryl-bearing pegmatite bodies in New York City and the amazonite-bearing pegmatite at Valhalla;...most important pegmatite in New York is at Bedford in Westchester County. Its complex zoning and mineralogy
Report (issue)
Sites in the Croton Reservoir System, Southeastern New York By Kristin S. Linsey, Stephen W. Wolcott, and...Report 97-638 Prepared in cooperation with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection uses...uses science for a changing world Albany, New York 1999 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT...Chief U.S. Geological Survey 425 Jordan Road Troy, New York 12180 U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Information...contamination in southern Dutchess, Putnam, and northern Westchester Counties, N.Y. .............................
Book
MtN€RfllS of New Vork Stole David €. 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 • 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 sum­ mary of published knowledge
Book
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 . • Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David
Report (issue)
Manhattan Island. o__Quartz var. Citrine (yellow), Bedford, N. Y. 3—Tourmaline (brown), Broadwav’and 218th... BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS ENVIRONS...ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY ... James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author has...his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AREA, NEW YORK BY DAVID M. SCOTPORD ABSTRACT The Poundridge area in northeastern Westchester County, New...New York, is underlain by the Poundridge and Siscowit granites, the Fordham gneiss, Inwood marble, and...and the Manhattan formation, comprising the New York City group. Field evidence, including the fact that...seem to exist, leads to the conclusion that the New York City group is a conformable sequence either of...limestone-Hudson River shale sequence of Dutchess County to the north. The area has been subjected to regional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
time. POLYCRASEIN NEW YORK S:TATE Eowanl S. C. Surru ewr Oscen KnuBsr, I{ew York. Deparlment oJ Geology...hitherto been reported from several localities in New York State. E. S. Dana (1892) mentions uranothorite...uranothorite as "From the Champlain iron region, New York, exact locality unknown." Luquer (1896), (1904) and Kerr...various uranium bearing minerals from the well known Bedford area. Gratacap (1912) mentions both autunite and...and torbernite as having been found on "New York Island," presumably Manhattan, and Manchester (1914)
Report (volume)
................................. Androscoggin County............................................. Auburn......................................... Lincoln County ............................................................-...:.....-................. Oxford County........................;............................................................. Sagadahoc County.. '...... ............................................................................ Hartford County ..... ....................:............ ......
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geosciences Article Columbite-Group Minerals from New York Pegmatites: Insights from Isotopic and Geochemical...5 1 2 3 4 5 * New York State Museum, Research and Collections, Albany, NY 12230, USA Department of Geology...Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA; jchiarenzelli@stlawu.edu Department of Geosciences...Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; mpecha@email.arizona.edu Department of Earth and Environmental...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA; singej2@rpi.edu Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate
Report (issue)
or regional metamorphism which affected most of New England. In many of the more argillaceous layers...its gem minerals at Mount Mica, in Paris, Oxford County, is another example of the flatlying, sill-like...northwest corner of the town of Hebron, Oxford County, which is almost wholly pegmatite and seems to...principal dark-colored constituents black mica (biotite) and black tourmaline. In pegmatites where black...some places, as at Mount Mica, in Paris, Oxford County, certain of the gem minerals are present in considerable
Report (issue)
Goldsmith, Richard, 1967, Bedrock geology of the New London quadrangle /" \Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey...1962, Surficial geology of the New London quadrangle, Connecticut-New York: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad...Bedrock geology of the Niantic quadrangle, New London County,^Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad...Flint, R. F., 1965, The surficial geology of the New Haven and Woodmont quadrangles: Connecticut Geol...geologic map of the Ansonia quadrangle, Fairfield and New Haven Counties, Conn.5 U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in turn is strongly dependent Prong and New Jersey-New York Highlands (Read- on the local structure....Introduction 970 Acknowledgments 970 Geology of New York City area 970 Reading Prong 970 Manhattan Prong...history of New Y ork City region 979 General statement 979 Manhattan Prong 979 New Jersey-New York Highlands...Highlands transition zone 987 Relationship of New York area to total Appalachian picture 988 Conclusions...Location of samples used for isotopic ages, New Jersey-New York Highlands (Reading Prong) 985 5. Location
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ON ^ - - ^ ^s%r^ Mineral Occurrences ' ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE DESIRED £ . . . PLEASE SEND THEM I N ....Colorado and New Mexico. W e did real good on both pursuits. Enclosed is a specimen which is rather new to me...They are from a cut at Hogback Dam in Hartland County, near Riverton, Conn. "In masses of xline limestone...miles northwest of Bentonsport, Iowa, in Van Buren County, in the southeast part of the State in the geode...near the south end of the Mesabi Range in Itasca County, Minn. Name of mine I doi not know."—item from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MONAZITE AND CYRTOLITE CRYSTALS AT DAY, NEW YORK PEGMATITE NEW AMERICAN LOCALITY By ELMER B. ROWLEY, 54...Overlook pegmatite in the town of Day (Saratoga Co.), New York with its extra-large, choice black tourmaline...associated with biotite. Monazite and cyrtolite, on the other hand, are rarely found in New York State. From...and 10th Ave., and at, 171st St., and 11th Ave., New York City (Whitlock, 1903). Cyrtolite has been found...at the Kinkel pegmatite quarry, Bedford, ^Westchester County, New York (Newland, 1916). The Day pegmatite
Report (issue)
which Congress had. authorized the construction of new. federal buildings and extensions on which work would...affording aid toward preparing specifications for new buildings. 7. Some attention was paid to the proposed...pinkish-gray medium-grained stone, from which the new federal building at St. Paul has been constructed...coarse-grained pinkish-gray granite in the basement of the new capitol building at St; Paul is reported to have...and the exterior of the handsome city hall and county court-house building at Minneapolis, erected at
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St. Just-in-Penwith: danal- ire, seheelite, 921 New Tolgus shaft, Redruth: axinite, danalite, garnet...pharmacosiderite, plumbojarosite, seorodite, 430 Devon Bedford United mines, Tavistock: eornubite, 2 Ford mine...uraniferous asphaltite, 705 Eskdale: p-veatchite, 500 New Eddlington, Doncaster: galena, uraniferous asphaltite...Sletteval, Loch Langevat, South Harris: pegmatite with biotite, microcline, thorite, thorogummite, 367 Inverness...kyanite, talc, yoderite, 282 Panda Hill, Mbeya: biotite, orthoelase, pandaite, 13 Congo Mt. Shaheru, Nyiragongo
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINOS ARE DESIRED PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations: x l — c r y...specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...southwest of New Port Richey. What is it?" — item and specimen from W . R. Olsen, Rt. 1, Box 3997, New Port Richey...material is dark gray flint coated by a white crust. New Port Richey in Pasco Co., is in western Florida....Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A — From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting
Report (issue)
rocks of New Hampshire ....... 44 Table 9 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey ...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New York ........... 56 Table 11 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Hampshire.......................^..^.i....48 Figure...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey....................................55 Figure...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of northeastern New York.........................64 Figure 14. Uranium
Journal (issue)
rge O. Wild The Metro11olitnn Mineral Area of New York City. B y James G. Manehester ,\ Brief History...of national h onors; Dr. Bertha Chapman Cady, New York, N. Y ., an officer in the Rocks and Minerals...July 20, 193 1 : James G . Manchester, Scarsdale, New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50.00 The Gem Shop...Africa ............. . 20.00 Fred W . Schmeltz, New York, N . Y . ................... . 20.00 Anonymous...Kyserike, New York ................. . 10.00 An interest.?d friend, P eekskill, N ew York ........ .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
accepted abstracts follow. THE GARNET LINE IN OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE, PEGMATITES. M. M. Felch, W. B. Simmons...intermediate and core zones in many of the Oxford County, Maine, pegmatites. This study primarily focuses...similar to the model proposed for the San Diego County pegmatites (Webber et al. 1997, 1999). The garnet...shallow level pegmatite-aplite dikes, San Diego County, California. American Mineralogist 84:708–17. ... Downloaded by [Universite Laval] at 12:20 11 July 2016 NEW OCCURRENCE OF LUDWIGITE FROM POTRERO CHICO, NUEVO
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
09:35 10 October 2014 Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado O wing to its diverse paragenesis and...zircon crystals from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz specimen from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, John Smolski photo...syenite in the Litchfield-Gardiner area, Kennebec County (King and Foord 1994). Zircon crystals to 2.5 cm...Mineville, Essex County, and crystallized specimens have been collected at Deer Hill, Orange County, and at Fine
Report (issue)
distribution character Microscopic character Biotite gneiss --,,----------- i character Microscopic...-________________ Moneta biotite-hornblende gneiss Definition Character and distribution ___- ____, Biotite gneiss Megascopic...map of the Ridgeway area, Ilenry County, Virginia, and Rockingham County, North Carolina ,-.--..------In...Geologic map of the Altavista and Moneta-Bells areas, Bedford and Campbell counties 5. A, Amelia-Goochland quartz...miles northeast of Amelia, Amelia County; B, Inclusion of wall rock (biotite gneiss) in pegmatite at the Rutherford
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Report (issue)
VARIEGATED MARBLE SOUTHEAST OF CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. About 3£ miles a little...is great, and it would not be easy to establish a new enterprise in that line on a paying basis except...in Bulletins 313, 404, 430, and 484, on the other New England granites. The following scale of shades and...The chief commercial granites offMassachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island: Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey...the writer's work on the commercial granites of New England. It contains two petrographic determinations
 
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