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Actinolite from
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:78685
Long-form Identifier:1:3:78685:4
GUID (UUID V4):65209c41-aef4-4442-af27-9a14e74da3cc
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
20.0km (12.4 miles) Interstate 95 and George Washington Bridge Lower Level roadcut, Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
23.0km (14.3 miles) Fort George (192nd Street & Audubon Avenue), Washington Heights, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
23.4km (14.6 miles) 130th Street & Convent Avenue, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) 10th Avenue between 50th Street & 63rd Street, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) Hibernia Mine, Hibernia, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA
34.7km (21.6 miles) Standish Mine (Warwick Mine; Warwick Uranium Mine), Warwick Mountain, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) O'Neil Mine (Nail Mine), Lake Mombasha, Town of Monroe, Orange County, New York, USA
38.6km (24.0 miles) Verplanck Point, Verplanck, Cortlandt Township, Westchester County, New York, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
References
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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
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PENNSYLVAN1 A & NEW JERSEY «s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott...Book Co. 315 CLOVERLEAF DRIVE, SUITE F BALDWIN PARK, CA 91706 Copyright © 2000 Gem Guides Book Company...man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other persons directly......... Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE...Shelocta Siderite Concretions..... New Paris Fluorite....................... New Enterprise Banded Chert....
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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...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Report (issue)
BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS...ITS ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY...BY James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author...of his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally...in the old lists, and the names of many others, new to the district, and discovered in recent years,
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯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
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯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
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decade, however, the need has been growing for a new, comprehensive index. Because the 14-year index suffered... Consequently, it was our decision to prepare a new index which is cumulative back to volume 1, fully...the 14-year index, and which is organized on a new plan. Nevertheless, all readers and users of the...the last ten years, and which has inspired this new effort. The current 25-year index is divided into...appears n Brief descriptive note, as in "What's New in Minerals?" p Photograph or other illustration
Catalog/List
the grains and a few more scattered about. Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg bei Mayen, Yulkaneifel, Rheinland Pfalz...finely fibrous pure mass 2x1.5 inch Prospect Park, Patterson, New Jersey USA £ 18 18. CAVANSITE small blue...FERRJALLANITE Ce dark grey massive areas with Actinolite, large 2x3 inch Bastnas Mine Sweden £25 23...Vevja Quany, Tvedalen Norway £7 24. CHABAZITE Mg, a new species ! water-clear micro on 3mm matrix baxsi...about I to 2mm thick. Tip Top Mine, South Dakota USA large 2x3 £30 27. TITANJTE very unusual £20 yellow-brown
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locall - rs where amomeor prospectors m a y still prospect f o r gems mai t e a l s a n d a l s o fossils...CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........... _ . _ 1 _ CHAPTER 3 Pennsylvania___...states each year give collectors a chance to buy new finds, see f i n e workmanship, a n d s h o w t h...r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania:...well known old localities are not all “has beens;” new hobbyists and experienced collectors alike prove
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squares NEW for the list It is also possible to order from the last long catalogue No 104 New Customers...plus post 1147 ■■ ALTAITE Organ Mts, Dona Anna County, New Mexico a few silvery I mm spots in dark matrix...- - - - -~ ---1152 ■ AL UNITE Marysvale, Piute County, Utah Pure orange-pink crystalline mass KAISO/4OH..._ Fcldsp3~ -·· ~ 510 ■■ CHALCEDONY Greystones Quarry, lezant, Cornwall Grey banded massive lx2 £1 2x2...- -- -- - -- - - -- - 134 ■ CHALCOCITE Swinless Quarry, Kilbirnie, near Glasgow, Scotia Rich metallic
Associate Professor Lamar University HIGHLAND PARK QE 365 T37 1973 _ Photographs by Werner Lieber...Lieber ^ C0b627 S STERLING PUBLISHING CO., Inc. new york ~7^ee v 4-6^ London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC...Published by Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by...Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co. Ltd P.O. Box 34, Brickfield...S. nicely shaped crystals at New Cornelia, Arizona and Santa Rita, New Mexico. Also found as cavity fillings
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Cok Tree Press PUBLISHING CO., Inc. Co., Ltd NEW YORK London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY OTHER...Published by Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by..., Nassau, Baham as Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co., Ltd., P.O. Box 34...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
Journal (issue)
distribution in the Orange Mountain Basalt, Paterson, New Jersey ...............................................Arthur Russell, was to be despatched to Swallowfield Park near Reading in 1964, with his colleague the late...Natural History Museum, Bob was an early adopter of new technology, and was largely responsible for bringing...endless analysis of two unknown phases from Merehead Quarry, took up much of his time. Eventually, with the...collaborators these phases were characterised as the new minerals parkinsonite and mereheadite. Readers of
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DOMEYKITE pure metallic mass about Ix1 Keweenaw County. Michigan USA £ 14 11. BARYTES and QUARTZ translucent...attractive small group about l x2 inches ( Coldstones Quarry, Yorkshire) £7 19. ANAPAITE pale green micro... about 1 .5 inches long . Maroon Pass, Colorado USA£7 23. YANADINITE variety ENDLlCHITE intergrown brown..., overall size about 2,.5 x1.5 £15 . Ze Pinto Prospect, Minas Gerias BraziI £15 25. CHRYSOCOLLA pseudomorph...with some minor green Pyromorphite 79 Mine Arizona USA £10 26. SMALTITE dark grey 5 111111 vein on the surface
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milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...person wishing to examine a locality personally. New information relating to Washington's mineral diversity...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...than 2,200 mineral species have been identified and new ones are discovered and described each year. Over...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence
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(about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection. An ideal and inexpensive...“The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001 issue...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite pegmatite, 12 miles W of Bosler...s, ColoradoWyoming State Line district, Albany County: largest crystal is approximately 0.Y carat. Karl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Minerals of New York City Copyright held by author Downloaded by [University of Cambridge] at...within the boundaries of New York City. It takes perseverance and boldness, but New Yorkers lack neither...neither. T he landscape of New York City (NYC) was arguably the most exposed and excavated area in the United...West 98th Street, No. 2F tion for the New York New York City, New York 10025 Central railroad yards jhbnyc@aol...jhbnyc@aol.com under what is now Park All mineral photographs by author Avenue north of Grand 204 Figure
Journal (issue)
Contents for July. A ug ust, 1949 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .............................................................. 382 llEcoRD SIZE CRYSTALS AT PROSPECT PARK, N . J . By T. 0 . Lisle ............................... .......... ................. 391 N. JERSEY SOCIETY VISITS BEDFORD, N . Y. By K. B. Kauth ..............400 LAPIDARY EQUIPMENT CO. ANNOUNCES NEW LAPIDARY ARBOR ....408 Entcrtd as scrond•class matter... 338 R OCKS AND MINERALS CHIPS ~_, ROM 1,HE QUARRY ----------------------------,----CLUB PUBLICATIONS
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England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona........................................rhodonite from Franklin, New Jersey . . . . 123 by P. J. Dunn & P. B. Leavens A new zinc magnesium carbonate...unnamed species from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey ......................126 by P. J. Dunn McGuinnessite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the "Keystone Newsletter.") Do you know why many quarry owners will not grant permission to collectors...disastrous. 7. REMEMBER YOU ARE A GUEST WHILE IN A QUARRY. NEVER AT ANY TIME DISTURB TOOLS OR MACHINERY....dumped in quarries. Be a good guest and treat the quarry or mine site as your own place. 8. Watch out for...of M. S. P. enjoyed a perfect July day in Eureka Quarry. Bob Ennis, Wilkes Barre, was home on furlough...prize. While the rockhounds hunted and hammered the quarry workmen repaired their machinery to an audience
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species. And for those interested in discovering new deposits, the geology and mineralogy of sources is...Iwo Volumes Volume | JOHN SINKANKAS [aN] VAN New NOSTRAND York Cincinnati REINHOLD Toronto COMPANY...Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 Van Nostrand Reinhold Limited 1410...eg Ow a Ne Sarah PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION The quantity of new information accumulated since publication...such new information in a second volume. [hus the present book becomes V olume I. while the new information
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Contents for March-April, 1949 CHIPS fROM THE QUARRY .................................................H . lf1/askey ............ 140 GEODES AT GARDEN PARK, COLO. By Glenn R. Seo// ................................................................ 1 SO NEW JERSEY STATE GEOLOGIST SPEAKS AT EXCHANGE CLUB ............................... 156 A GOOD DAY AT PROSPECT PARK, N . J. By T . Orchard Lisle .................o<,KS AN D M t Nt:llAts - 114 CHIPS FROM rfHE QUARRY COMING EVENTS 6th Annual Convention National Speleological
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years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis
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years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis
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The current progress in mineralog), with countless new data in books and scientific as well as amateur journals...submitted to, and accepted by, the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...pure freibergite is very rare. The decision that a new mineral species is established when one of the cations...eudialyte, and several other groups: The number of new mineral species may grow as an avalanche, flooding...and long-wave UV light (LW, 365 nm). Recently, a new wavelength of UV, called midwave (~300 nm) has been
 
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