 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Recent 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...Environmental Studies Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey 07043 gorringm@mail.montclair.edu Figure 1...1. Locality map, by William Besse. he Prospect Park quarry has been producing fine mineral specimens...minerals it is possibly the most significant trap-rock quarry in the world. Not many localities can boast fine |  | | Book (edition) | | Cok Tree Press PUBLISHING CO., Inc. Co., Ltd NEW YORK London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY OTHER...Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak...Co., Ltd., Nassau, Baham as Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co., Ltd., P.O...S. nicely shaped crystals at New Cornelia, Arizona and Santa Rita, New Mexico. Also found as cavity...Somerville, New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in New South Wales |  | | | | Lieber ^ C0b627 S STERLING PUBLISHING CO., Inc. new york ~7^ee v 4-6^ London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC...Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak Tree...Co., Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co. Ltd P.O. Box...S. nicely shaped crystals at New Cornelia, Arizona and Santa Rita, New Mexico. Also found as cavity fillings...Somerville, New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in New South Wales at Broken |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Natural History New York, New York 10024 The Triassic traprock quarries of New Jersey have been a...and 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 (issue) | | Apophyllite and Chalcedony Pseudoinorphs after Pectolite Bradley D. Plotldn bdpchab@optonline.net In the...described epimorphs of several minerals after pectolite hemispheres. Shortly after that issue I had the...another such pseudomorph to the collection. This new addition also generated further inspiration for a...which were pseudomorphs after pectolite. Stevensite and talc after pectolite were omitted as these particular...a hemispherical growth of pectolite was recently found at Prospect Park, New Jersey. The specimen is made |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pete 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) | | Victoria GPO Box 666 Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia dhenry@museum.vic.gov.au D efining “classic”...synonymous with Australia (see Pecover in press) and that Broken Hill in western New South Wales is our No...diversity of species (see Birch in press). New South Wales can claim ownership of several other occurrences...Elura lead-zinc-silver deposit in western New South Wales has produced superb groups of green mimetite...(Chapman and Scott 2005). The New England region of northeastern New South Wales is famous for molybdenite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Road, Cambridge, glauconite, 373 Carrock Fell, Cumberland, tsumebite, I76 Gipsy Land, Leicester, chernovite...epidote, hornblende, diopsite, 427 Cheesewring quarry, Linkinhorne, danburite, 171; durangite, I72 Chycornish...Crowns Rock, St. Just, Land's End, garnet, 427 Dean quarry, The Lizard, djurle'ite, I72; analcime, adularia...axinite, epidote, apatite, hornblende, diopside, 427 South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell, francevillite...penwithite (= neotocite), 279 and M26 Devon Meldon quarry, Okehampton, greenovite, 172; priceite, 175 Ramsley |  | | Journal (issue) | | France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ..........................................Holden, Jr. Minerals of the Prospect Intrusion, New South Wales, Australia .............................Copper roses from the Rose mine, near San Lorenzo, New Mexico ............................................of molybdofornacite from Whim Creek, Western Australia ............................................ 203 |  | | 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...late 2010 find in the famous Prospect Park quarry, Passaic County, New Jersey. Since showtime, at least...appropriate that the Kosnars should have taken over the Prospect Park treasures, as their late father Richard,... although he later moved on to Colorado, was a New Jersey native and showed the boys, early in life, |  | | Book (volume) | | the state, insomuch as both the Black Hills of South Dakota and the scenic Badlands thrust long spurs...the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | LRS Laser Raman spectroscopy w Listed in What's New in Minerals XRD X-ray powder diffraction data ARTICLES:...from the tin deposits of Elsmore, New England district of New South Wales. Rankin, John, Sharpe, James L...7(1):15-17 Bismoclite from the Leinster area, Western Australia. Grguric, Ben A. and Madsen, Ian C. 8(2):83-8S...associated minerals from the Barrington Tops area, New South Wales. Graham, Ian T., Pogson, Ross E. and Colchester...Siderite and associated minerals from Bendalong, New South.Wales. Graham, Ian T., Colchester, David, Cendon |  | | Other Paper | | MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS, STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS...and J. Michael Howard MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS...Introduction…………………………………………………………………... 17 Kimzey Calcite Quarry………………………………………………………. 18 Perovskite Hill………………………………………………………………...Locations………………………………………………………………... 21 Diamond Jo Quarry…………………………………………………………... 21 Eudialyte Syenite...Minerals……………………………………………………………….. 24 Martin Marietta Jones Mill Quarry………………………………………….. 27 Pseudoleucite Crystals and |  | | Book (volume) | | feet thick in the south, grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | feet thick in the south, grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | River sand from El Dorado Co., Calif. From the South Fork American River, at Kyburz, El Dorado Co., Calif...feldspar. Coral sand from Key West, F la. From South Beach in Key West, Monroe Co., Fla., we have a sand...by limonite). It comes from Hiway 281, six miles south of St. John, Stafford Co., Kans., and was collected...magazine like it. "I am sending you a sample of Cumberland River sand from Nashville (Davidson Co.), Tenn...Garnet sand from Harts Range, Australia Harts Range is in Central Australia and from the area we have a |  | | Catalog/List | | grey-white crystals on 2x3.5 inch surface. (Croft Quarry,Leicestershire) £5 ANATASE sharp black single crystal...single thin clear crystal about 1cm size, from the new discovery at (Sidmouth Devon) £5 BARYTES good small...limonite in between from Tynagh mine, near Loughrea. County Gahvay Ireland 4x4x2 £25 CERUSSITE good small thumbnail...intergrown columnar mass lx2xl . (Flux Mine,Pima County, Arizona USA) £6 CHROME GROSSULAR, lx half inch...feldspar. (Globe Mine.Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, new Mexico) £15 b) smaller crystal section 1 x half |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rocks or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first...stilbite, heulandite, laumontite, natrolite, pectolite, prehnite, datolite, apophyllite, chabazite, and...across associated with natrolite sprays, calcite, pectolite, apophyllite, and pale green datolite are recorded...the railroad tunnels through Bergen Hill, Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad...Weehawken areas and quarries at Snake Hill, Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected |  | | Catalog/List | | Catapleiite ar<:::a aswell. Brathagen, Larvik, South Norway 2x3 £15 -- ·-~--- ·ALBITE variety Cleavelandite...crystalline mass 4x2.5 inch from Landsverk Quarry, Evje South Nonvaf;·-- --• An unusual colour for this...masses in quartz, manganese matrix Fort Lismeenagh, County Limerick, was in the Borland collection, bought...2x2 I believe this is the mine rather than the quarry itself. £6 CELESTITE dark grey fibrous mass 2xl...probably not one to send through the post·! Beinmyr· South Norway £50 NATIVE COPPER arborescent crystal group |  | | Journal (issue) | | same for distribution; to encourage the search for new minerals that have not yet been d iscovered; and...Association by nominating them for membership? Each new member helps to extend the' Association's activities--helps...eont2--'4 /""' -Aur;u4i, 191/-1 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................ZEOLITES AND RELATED SILICATES. By ,,t. Allen N orth11p NEW ENGLAND NOTES. Co11d11cted by R11dolf C. B. Bartsch...Benedict P. Bagro11 ski.. 283 GREEN STILBITE FOUND AT PROSPECT PARK Q UARRY. By Chas. F. Dieg11a11 ......... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | radiation; yellow-green fluorescence characterizes some New Jersey datolite. Datolite is commonly seen in monoclinic...anhydrite and glauberite are well known from several New Jersey localities, and datolite after quartz is reported...with natrolite, analcime, stilbite, heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal...localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite...Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch quarry at nearby Amherst |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Brides Bay, Wales St. Brides Bay indents the west coast of Pembroke County, of southwestern Wales. From a...the sand its color. "Collected at New Gale Inn, St. Brides Bay, Wales." —on label. ROCK PULPIT From my...When I'd rather be out digging Spodumene, or pectolite. It's a downright waste of money, When your tools...exercise. I don't care just where I prospect, Be it dump, or quarry wall— All I want is time to wander...Dept. of Works, Alice Springs N. T., Central Australia. In 1953 Mr. & Mrs. Boerner were touring the British |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Brides Bay, Wales St. Brides Bay indents the west coast of Pembroke County, of southwestern Wales. From a...the sand its color. "Collected at New Gale Inn, St. Brides Bay, Wales." —on label. ROCK PULPIT From my...When I'd rather be out digging Spodumene, or pectolite. It's a downright waste of money, When your tools...exercise. I don't care just where I prospect, Be it dump, or quarry wall— All I want is time to wander...Dept. of Works, Alice Springs N. T., Central Australia. In 1953 Mr. & Mrs. Boerner were touring the British |  | | Book | | Tudith L. Vozza F. Silva Printing Palisades Park, New Tersey l L r This book is dedicated 11 to MOM...Jerry Furia of "Fur:y Camera & Sound" in Dumont, New Jersey for their technical assistance with the photography... 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...Kilpatrick Hills Austrian Tyrol, Seiser Alm, South Tyrol Caslav, St. Andreasberg, ASIA -2- Bohemia |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described |
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Prospect Quarry, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia