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Opal from
Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA


Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:986366
Long-form Identifier:1:3:986366:8
GUID (UUID V4):f7b2934c-de30-48da-ab6b-549676853f30
Localities for Opal in this Region
Baylis Quarry (Bayliss Quarry), Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
Consolidated Feldspar Mining Corporation's plant, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
1.0km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Consolidated Feldspar Mining Corporation's plant, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ā“˜Baylis Quarry (Bayliss Quarry), Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) ā“˜Casey Quarry (Ridgefield pegmatite), Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) ā“˜Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) ā“˜Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ā“˜White Plains, Westchester County, New York, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) ā“˜Strang Emery Pit, Toddville, Cortlandt Township, Westchester County, New York, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ā“˜Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
23.5km (14.6 miles) ā“˜Interstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) ā“˜Crugers Emery Mine, Montrose, Cortlandt Township, Westchester County, New York, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Manhattan Island. o__Quartz var. Citrine (yellow), Bedford, N. Y. 3ā€”Tourmaline (brown), Broadwavā€™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 AUTHORā€™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
Book
MtNā‚¬RfllS of New Vork Stole David ā‚¬. 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 ā€¢ 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 sumĀ­ 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 . ā€¢ Rochester, New York ā€¢ Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogy at Michigan Technological University. A native New Yorker, he has had a lifelong interest in the minerals...of the state and is a research associate at the New York State Museum. 458 ROCKS & MINERALS Dr. Steven...minerals of New York State and is coordinator of the Center for Mineralogy at the New York State Museum...University] at 04:12 29 December 2014 The GEMS of NEW YORK State J ust what constitutes a gemstone has...time-honored favorites such as opal, aquamarine, or tourmaline. Although New York State is not known for its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PEGMATITES OF NEW YORK STATE, USA Marian V. LUPULESCUĀ§ Research and Collections, New York State Museum...Museum, Albany, New York 12230, USA Jeffrey R. CHIARENZELLI Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University...Canton, New York 13617, USA David G. BAILEY Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York...York 13323, USA Abstract Pegmatites in New York State are largely restricted to areas of exposed Precambrian...(scheelite). The pegmatite bodies from southern New York State and from some of the southern Adirondack
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in weight have...Alstead, Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire; Bedford, New York; the Scott and other quarries near...also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, RincĆ³n, and Mesa Grande...amethyst crystal localities are near Milan and Berlin, New Hampshire; Deer Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North...Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities near West Chester
Book (edition)
and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate...which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this...material can be found at that locality; and that new while of dubious merit have been dropped. Appearance...Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, or Tom Robert's Rock the caption. All photographs...in color. Turquoise from Los Cerillos mines, New Mexico. Note turquoise vein cutting diagonally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
N.W. Washington, D.C. 20016 July 7, 8, 9, 1978-New Castle, Pennsylvania. "Keystone Gem and Mineral Show...Scottish Rite Cathedral, Lincoln and Highland Aves., New Castle, Pennsylvania. Show Chairman: Edward Chmelovsky...81321 July 15,16, 1978-Stony Brook, Long Island, New York. 4th Annual Summer Festival of the Suffolk Gem...Stony Brook, New York. Show Chairman: Anne Hershhorn, 263 N. Country Road, Smithtown, New York 11787 July...04075 July 15, 16, 1978-Stony Brook, Long Island, New York. 4th Summer Festival of the Suffolk Gem, Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINOS ARE DESIRED PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations: x l ā€” 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?" ā€” 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 ā€” From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting
Report (volume)
and sapphire are considered precious gems. Some opal is precious, but most varieties are semiprecious...streams, and eventually deposited as alluvial gravels. Opal and agate are formed from aqueous solutions. Diamonds...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:
Journal (issue)
he Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Minerals of Bedford, N . Y . By Peter Zodac .........................By Peter Zodac...... .. 7 5 Autunite in Mitchell County, North Carolina. By Bradley Johnson .............attractive box. Sapphire Amethyst Ga rnet Hematite Opal Topaz Moonstone lioss Agate Carnelian Rock Crystal...;EI... IOL) How to Collect Minerals <,lC,"-oE'} New popular~ for p!_,,. ar,d p,ofit M tducotiiOtlOI po...localpanied by muscoYite (which generaUy ity in New York is Bedford, a little is s tained brownish by lhnouite)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 23:49 05 October 2014 Daybreak Mine, Spokane County, Washington T he naming of minerals that contain...autunite aggregates from the Daybreak mine, Spokane County, Washington; John Lucking specimen, Jeff Scovil...autunite crystals on matrix from the Apex mine, Lander County, Nevada; Scott Kleine specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Hill prospect at Lovell and several other Oxford County sites, including the well190 ROCKS & MINERALS...occurrences in New Hampshire, including the old mica mines at Acworth, Sullivan County; the Parker Mountain
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
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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
Report (volume)
...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey............ New Mexico............................................................. New York. ...........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;... S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair edition,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items on new finds wanted. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...mass. Collected off the east end of the island. Opal (Cacholong). Chalky white crust on a gray chalcedony...quarry in Wilm- ered in the past for jewelry. ington, New Castle Co., Del. "I recently sent to Kane Lapidary...Georgia. The Cobb p:bbles have been found in Chicago, County specimen was collected by Bob Cook Co., III., on...away." Delphi is in the western part of Carroll County in the central part of the state. IOWA ā€” A nice
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 ........ .
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...MOUNTAINS, E. Slopo, Mohave Co. N.W. of Kingman Opal CALUMET, Cochise Co., 3 ml. N. of Dragoon. ClIRYSOFRASB... PHOENIX, East of Barite PICKET POST, Pinal Co. Opal PEUBLO VIEJO Alabaster RED ROCK MINE, Pima Co. ā™¦Fluorspar
Book (edition)
channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...gas fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Georgia. Jan.-Feb., p. 20 sonite in Humboldt County, Nevada. Bolick, Glenn R. How to Cover Showcase... An Update on CollectĀ­ ing Around Ellenville, New York. The Micromounters Corner-A Tale of Sept., p.... 44 Marshall, John. Three Recent Discoveries in New England. June, p. 237; The Lead Mines of Loudville...Mixture of Chalcedony and Celadonite from Conejos County, Colorado. Oct., p. 394 Molon, Joseph. Minerals...Schrader, Ed. L . Analcime and Thompsonite in Humboldt County, Nevada. JulyAug., p. 283 Seaman, David M. Color
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. not be determined...near Glen wood, Pike ROCKS AND MINERALS, p. 123. County, Arkansas. Mr. Young also sends a note on a Downloaded...development near Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, Calif. Molybdenum Corporation of America is at...Drawyers Creek, between Shallcross Lake and US 13, in New Castle Co., Del. The wood is not common, but specimens...northwest of Odessa and southwest of McDonough, both in New Castle Co.; Shallcross Lake drains into Drawyers
Report (issue)
and others, 2009; Sandquist and others, 2011; Bedford and others, 2011) 12 Creosote bush leaves. Stream...Technology to Explore Uranium (U) Isotopes in Soil Opal Uranium-234/238 (U234/238) ratio is a measure of...objects persist in soil? Soil profile Banded soil opal (~1 mm wide) Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS)...forward model the future 24 References Cited Bedford, D.R., Macias, M., Miller, D.M., Newlander, A....Environments, v. 74, p. 885ā€“896. Miller, D.M.,. Bedford, D.R, Hughson, D.L., McDonald, E.V., Robinson,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department Geological Sciences Ridge Lea Road Amherst, New York 14226 WORLD NEWS (GENERAL) Cobaltite READERS...Wood, and Kirk mines, Gilpin County, Colorado; Hillside mine, Yauapaii County, Arizona; Besnerm, Henvey...the research. In 1945, "Cattierite and vaesite: New Co-Ni Minerals from the Belgian Congo" appeared in...degree in mineralogy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. His major work is on Maine pegmatites...reported: Cobalt-Zippieiteā€”Happy Jack mine, Emery County, Utah Nickel-Zippieiteā€”Joachimsthal, Czechoslovakia;
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated ā€œcheck listā€ just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...(Chalcedony) (Agate) (Prase) ' (Onyx) (Jasper) (Opal) Tridymitc Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine Fayalite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include comĀ­ mon rock-making materials
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MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * Ā«-ā€¢ r ** K* ysf^ :' ā€¢'ā€™S >- n !* ā€˜Vi ,...Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON PARADE Recommended for Children...W*T H COlO* * ā€¢ TfXT COMF11 MINERALS ON PARADE A New Series of Teaching Filmstrips in Full Color. A Valuable...Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State...........................................from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page
 
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