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Quartz from
Somerset County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite9 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Carnelian6 photos of Quartz associated with Carnelian at this locality.
Stilbite Subgroup5 photos of Quartz associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Pyrite4 photos of Quartz associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Apophyllite Group3 photos of Quartz associated with Apophyllite Group at this locality.
Laumontite2 photos of Quartz associated with Laumontite at this locality.
Smoky Quartz2 photos of Quartz associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Heulandite Subgroup2 photos of Quartz associated with Heulandite Subgroup at this locality.
Chalcopyrite2 photos of Quartz associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Datolite2 photos of Quartz associated with Datolite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:994890
Long-form Identifier:1:3:994890:7
GUID (UUID V4):9534379a-5bed-4391-b9cb-805ee0421850
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Pluckemin, Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Liberty Corner, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Lyons Station, Lyons, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Ferrante Quarry, Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
American Mine (Alpha Copper Mine; Bridgewater Mine; Somerville Mine; Somerville deposit), Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Trap Rock Industries Kingston Quarry, Kingston Trap Rock Quarry, Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
3M Quarry (Gibraltar Rock of Belle Mead), Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Neshanic, Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Cory's Brook, Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Stirling Brook ("Carnelian Creek"), Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Wilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
4.2km (2.6 miles) Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) American Mine (Alpha Copper Mine; Bridgewater Mine; Somerville Mine; Somerville deposit), Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
8.9km (5.5 miles) Pluckemin, Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
11.0km (6.9 miles) Liberty Corner, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) Neshanic, Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) Lyons Station, Lyons, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) Stirling Brook ("Carnelian Creek"), Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) 3M Quarry (Gibraltar Rock of Belle Mead), Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) Wilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
====================================== What’s New in the Mineral World? Report #51 December 4, 2018...thing or two, as I like to do, concerning— What’s New on the Web A glance at just the first two pages of...2018 Munich Show, as excellent specimens from two new finds which debuted at that show appear on pages...telegraph it too much, but here is a specimen of the new Iranian andradite from page one of the Quebul site...found at a locality given as Veshnoveh, Kashan County, Esfahan Province, Iran, very sharp, highly lustrous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
481 ROCKS AND MINERALS NEW JERSEY BROOK A CARNELIAN LOCALITY Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY]...Branch of Stony Brook, in South Stirling, Somerset County, N . J. Leonard A. Morgan, Chairman Outing...members had met at the intersection of Route 29 and Somerset Street, North Plainfield, N . J., at 9:30 a.m...mentioning the locality to Mr. Mark Robinson, of New York City, he became interested and wanted to visit...202 (which goes over the bridge) and headed for New Jersey. Journey To So. Stirling, N. J. U. S. 202 goes
Report (issue)
WITHDRAWALS OF GROUND WATER AND SURFACE WATER IN NEW JERSEY, 1989-90 By John P. Nawyn and Rick M. Clawges...cooperation with the NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION West Trenton, New Jersey 1995 U.S. DEPARTMENT................................21 Withdrawals by county ..............................................................................33 Withdrawals by county ..............................................................................40 Withdrawals by county ..............................................
Report (issue)
WITHDRAWALS OF GROUND WATER AND SURFACE WATER IN NEW JERSEY, 1991-92 By John P. Nawyn Open-File Report 98-282...cooperation with the NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION West Trenton, New Jersey 1998 USGS science................................25 Withdrawals by county ..............................................................................35 Withdrawals by county ..............................................................................37 Withdrawals by county ..............................................
Report (issue)
ha ; COUNTY REPORT C56A Geology and Mineral Resources of Southern Somerset County, Pennsylvania...DN Pe RR RRR FP WWWNON VNN SOUTHERN iv SOMERSET COUNTY Page terest amet Mauch Chunk Formations...161 163 166 167 167 168 168 vi SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY Page Mississippian limestones #5... 2 oa...Negro Mountain anticline 30 Vili SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY FIGURES Page Closeup view of Loyalhanna...Loyalhanna limestone from Connelisville, Fayette County ..°..3.. 2 Fae ee DENY 34 Photomicrograph of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
yellow-green fluorescence characterizes some New Jersey datolite. Datolite is commonly seen in monoclinic...are well known from several New Jersey localities, and datolite after quartz is reported from Russia. Pseudomorphs...fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet, and the...heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often form the matrix...as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals from
Journal (issue)
babingtoniet • Trap rock en mineralen van New Jersey, USA Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen vzw Oprichtingsdatum... epitactisch gegroeid op babingtoniet van New Jersey, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover vindt U elders...van de Manassas groeve, Prince William County, Virgiania, USA. SEM opname en copyright Thomas Ambruster...The Yaogangxian tungsten mine 58-59 A wonderful quartz from China 63-64 Metasomatism * SCHWEIZER STRAHLER...nodules de pyrite de Porsguen, Finistère 47-52 Smoky quartz and associated minerals from Blue Hill quarry,
Catalog/List
NNew Yori. 2 T FOREWORD HE fo11owing list includes...not include delivery, but are f. o. b. Rocheste1·, New York. A small charge will be made to co\·ei- cost...Nc1/1trnl Scicucc Eslnblish111rul, /11c., Rochester, New York Actinolit e-Sch isl-sec Schist. Adobe-.·ee Clay...Custer County, Colorado . Albemarle County, Virginia . Near Mesaba, l\linnesola . Clintonville, New York...York . San Juan County, Colorado Delta, Shasta County, California . Boulder County, Colorado .. .... Newlon
Journal (issue)
the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey By John S. Albanese VOL. I OCTOBER 1960 Published...address: John S. Albanese P. 0. Box 221 Union, New Jersey No. 5 -79Zincite Zincite is commonly massive...of a portion of a crystal, but to have developed new crystals from it. Many crystals have in­ clusions...This piece was acquired by Mr. Neal Yed.lin, of New Haven, Conn. He, Mr. Perloff and Mr. Paul E. Desautels...The late Dr. L. H. Bauer, chief chemist of the New Jersey Zinc Company, during the years made thousands
Journal (issue)
particularl y Greene County, comes news of advancing plans for some twelve major, new coal mines which will...ready for operation. Further east, in Montgomery County, construction of the Limerick nuclear power plant...is the Berwick nuclear power plant in Columbia County. Noteworthy also are the reports that there are...electric generation. Each of the above-mentioned new energy sources in Pennsylvania has utilized various...from production in the Shanksville field in Somerset County, discovered by Amoco in 1973; reserves are
Report (volume)
director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | New Jersey | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | New Jersey | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] \ Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | New Jersey | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...Lamellibranchiata of the Earitan Clays and Greensand Marls of New Jersey, byEobertP. Whitfleld. 1885. 4°. xx, 338 pp....Fishes and Fossil Plants of the Triassic Eocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley, by John S. Newberry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
) (No. 6) Cover Photographs January/February: Quartz, Canton Uri, Switzerland. National Museum of Natural...Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing photo. May/June: Elbaite on quartz, Himalaya...Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. July/August:...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt
Catalog/List
ESTABLISHMENT, INC. 3000 RIDGE ROAD EAST• ROCHESTE R 9, NEW YORK .. DEPENDABLE SERVICE FOR SCIENTIFIC MINERALOGY...confirmed letter of credit, drawn in our favor on a New York Bank, for payment upon presentation of shipping...Amphibolc AEGIRINE-AUGITE-Sce Pyroxene AGATE-Sec Quartz ALABANDITE (magancsc sulfide) Xline, with sphalcritc...ALABASTER-See Gypsum ALBERTITE (hydrocarbon) Black masses; New Brunswick, 1 x 2•, .25 ............71 ALBITE (sodium...Peristerile (Jvfoonstone), opalescent cleavage, with quartz showing albite twinning or polysynthetic twin bands
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
series have been observed, but this one appears to be new among observed crystal forns. A renewal of activity...operated by Mr. C. Lewis, at North Plainfield, Somerset County, has recently supplied a large number of calcite...basalt quarry at Mifington (Lyons Station), Somerset County, microscopic transparent analcite crystals... Investigation of natrolite from a number of New Jersey localities shows that this sort of grouping is...WqvleNl and Dn. L. J. SruNcnt: Bi'smutotantalite, & new mineral' This was found in a pegmatite vein at Gamba
Report (issue)
====================================== What’s New in the Mineral World? Report #28 May 28, 2011 by...noted, and of course there are a few interesting new items as well. And, as has been happening quite a...the famous Prospect Park quarry, Passaic County, New Jersey. Since showtime, at least some of the prehnites...although he later moved on to Colorado, was a New Jersey native and showed the boys, early in life, how...are actually fairly common in the basalts of New Jersey and Connecticut—but you would be hard put to
Book (edition)
gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE
Report (issue)
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Underclay Deposits of Somerset and Eastern Fayette Counties, Pennsylvania By JOHN W. HOSTERMAN GEOLOGICAL...Map showing outcrop of Allegheny Group in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and adjacent areas _____ In... Columnar sections of the Allegheny Group in Somerset and eastern Fayette Counties, Pennsylvania ____...composition of some Allegheny Group underclays in Somerset, eastern Fayette, and part of eastern Westmoreland...Counties, Pa _ _____ III 6 UNDERCLAY DEPOSITS OF SOMERSET AND EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA By
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...confirmed letter of credit, drawn in our favor on a New York bank, for payment upon presentation of shipping...Each lxl" 2x2" 2x3" ED.ch 3x4" AGATE-See Quartz AESCHYNITE-See Eschynite ALABANDITE (maganese sulfide)...ALABASTER-See Gypsum ALBERTITE (hydrocarbon) Black masses; New Brunswick ALBITE (sodium aluminum trisilicate Xline...*Peristerite (Moonstone), opalescent Cleavage, with quartz showing albite twinning or polysynthetic twin bands
Catalog/List
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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