Iona Island, Bear Mountain State Park, Rockland County, New York, USA
Blocky crystals to 3 cm, analytically confirmed. S297-25.
© 2008, JGW, courtesy of Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Jumbled cluster of prismatic hedenbergite crystals. Ex Bob Trimmingham (T-19147). His notes on the label say that he purchased the specimen from Excalibur Minerals in 2010 for $125, and trimmed off about 40% of the specimen that had damaged crystals. "Obtained during utility excavations some years ago. Only a few of these produced." K. Nash ...
© Kelly Nash
I'm standing on a Amphibole/Garnet rich outcrop looking towards the area where the abandoned town of Doodletown is located. Thomas Edison had an iron mine there. May of 2011.
© 2011 David S. Bernstein
This is my kind of place. Train watching, mineral collecting and bird watching in a very scenic location. The Bear Mountain Bridge is in the background. May of 2011.