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Dolomite from
Penfield Quarry, Penfield, Monroe County, New York, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Comments:Rhombs line pockets of occur singly, sometimes partly coated with drusy calcite or tiny marcasite crystals.
Habit:rhombohedral
Colour:white to pale pink
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteโ“˜11 photos of Dolomite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Fluoriteโ“˜8 photos of Dolomite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Gypsumโ“˜5 photos of Dolomite associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Sphaleriteโ“˜2 photos of Dolomite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Marcasiteโ“˜1 photo of Dolomite associated with Marcasite at this locality.
Pyriteโ“˜1 photo of Dolomite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Galenaโ“˜1 photo of Dolomite associated with Galena at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Penfield Quarry, Penfield, Monroe County, New York, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:35183
Long-form Identifier:1:3:35183:4
GUID (UUID V4):74ebf946-713e-43f6-9be6-f3d1b80c63cb
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
11.7km (7.3 miles) โ“˜Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) โ“˜Walworth Quarry, Walworth, Wayne County, New York, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) โ“˜Buffalo Road Quarry, North Gates, Gates, Monroe County, New York, USA
45.3km (28.1 miles) โ“˜Erie Canal excavation, Holly, Murray, Orleans County, New York, USA
77.4km (48.1 miles) โ“˜Shelby Crushed Stone Quarry, Medina, Orleans County, New York, USA
86.1km (53.5 miles) โ“˜Spring Creek, Alden, Erie County, New York, USA
98.7km (61.3 miles) โ“˜Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Central and Western New York State M inerals of the Silurian Lockport Group of New York State have been...observed during the initial settlement of western New York, it was the construction of the Erie Canal in...Beckโ€™s (1842) Mineralogy of New York, James Hallโ€™s (1843) Geology of New York, and James Danaโ€™s (1848) Manual...exposed along the Niagara Escarpment of western New York as the โ€œLockport limestone.โ€โ€  His choice of Lockport...the complex assemblage of dolomite-rich sedimentary rocks of western New York and southwestern Ontario
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on
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same for distribution; to encourage the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered; and to...Association by nominating them for membership? Each new member helps to extend the Association's act ivi...o,,t.,,u jo,i /u,.., 1911,:1. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท MINERALS OF THE LOCKPORT DOLOMITE IN THE VICINITY OF ROCHESTER, N. Y. By David E. !ensen...NOTES: 21 7 NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW JERSEY MINERALOGICAL
Book
MtNโ‚ฌRfllS of New Vork Stole David โ‚ฌ. 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 โ€ข 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 sumยญ 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 . โ€ข Rochester, New York โ€ข Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David
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Gait, Royal Ontario Museum; Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geological Survey; Dr. Robert J. King, Tewksbuty...MORPHOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF GRAFTONITE FROM PEGMATITES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE M.A. Wise, Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian...Graftonite-bearing pegmatites are not uncommon in New Hampshire and are characterized by an enrichment...Rb, and Cs. Graftonite from seven localities in New Hampshire were examined as part of an ongoing study...of the graftonite-beusite series. Graftonite from New Hampshire always occurs intergrown with triphylite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
City Park" and decided to investigate. We toured New York State and Can- We checked into a motel and as...driveway quarry visited was the dolomite quarry was literally paved with fossils. What at Penfield (Monroe...As we were leaving I asked if there Cattaraugus County, N. Y. (close to the were any fossil collecting...Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 2 6 , 1960 Held in new, modern American Legion Bldg. off Conn. Route 1 5...Ceres, and a rather nice specimen of dolomite from the Penfield quarry. Olive M. Delaney 37 Cliff St. Yonkers
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Arbor, MI 48109, USA b Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY...NY 11210, USA โ€™ Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL T6G 2./I, Canada Received 26...compositions from MVT deposits in the Lockport Dolomite, in the upper part of the Silurian paleoaquifer...in the upper part of the paleoaquifer (Lockport Dolomite) formed where metal-bearing brines intersected...paleoaquifer and its upper carbonate unit, the Shady Dolomite, hosts MVT mineralization from 0009-2541/97/$17
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Monticello is a popular summer resort and county seat of Sullivan County. 283.5 milesโ€”Binghamton, N . Y. This...attractive city in southern Broome County. It is the county seat of Broome County and is a railroad center at...milesโ€”Apalachin, a little village in southeastern Tioga County. 302.3 milesโ€”Our first mineral stop. The road here...town in the extreme southwestern corner of Tioga County and on the Pennsylvania border. Across the border...Sayre is in the extreme northern part of Bradford County, Penn. W e returned to Waverly and continued westwardly
Report (volume)
the current-year issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...and Lockport Groups) in the Type Area of Western New York By Carlton E. Brett, Dorothy H. Tepper, William...and Lockport Groups) in the type area of western New York I by Carlton E. Brett ... [et al.]. p. em- (U...Geology, Stratigraphic-Nomenclature-New York (State)-Niagara County Region. I. Brett, Carlton E. (Carlton..................................... 36 Rockway Dolomite .............................................
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World News on Mineral Occurrences Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...miles long extending from Coosa County thru Talladega and into Calhoun County. Most of the distance it is...Dana's text-book as a titaniferous amphibole. The new system when it comes out will probably simply call...Arizona kaersutite comes from Hoover Dam, Mohave County. A % inch black cube of limonite pseudo after pyrite...another one for the American Museum, though the quarry has been posted. I intend to discuss the matter
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many sectors of the mineral industry, attracted by new evidence of mineral occurrences long overlooked,...for publication. It has previously appeared in the New Yorker Magazine and in Gourmet Magazine. surplus...safety and for respect of private properties. The new, fourth edition of Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania...Harrisburg, PA 17125. SABULA-PENFIELD QUADRANGLES, CLEARFIELD COUNTY An area with major coal and gas...gas resources is described in a new, comprehensive report by Messrs. Thomas M. Berg and Albert D. Glover
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Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite from Albany County, after cleaning in a weak solution of hydrochloric...Cement Co. quarry near Red Mountain in sec. 9, T. 12 N., R. 76 W., in southern Albany County (locality...aragonite (plate 30) from Boxelder Valley in Larimer County near Fort Collins. The specimen belongs to the...5-inch-thick portion of the layer at the Portland Monolith quarry containing calcite pseudomorphs after aragonite...taken at the John Hay Jr. well No. 1 in Sweetwater County (Fahey 1939). Chemically, shortite is Na2Ca2(CO3)3
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Mineralogy, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York Originally published in Science On The March...and the rainbow of the fluorescents of Franklin, New Jersey, but as sedimentary mineral crystals they...Region will be considered to comprise that area of New York State and adjacent Ontario within a radius of...of the Niagara Frontier strata is the Lockport dolomite (Niagara limestone of early literature) of Middle...usually glistens due to many minute cleavages of dolomite. When struck by a hammer, a strong bituminous
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Gait, Royal Ontario Museum; Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geยญ ological Survey; Dr. Robert King, National...Museums of Canada. The accepted abstracts follow. A NEW O C C U R R E N C E O F R U T I L E IN HASTINGS C...Concession V I I , Wollaston Township, Hastings County. The new occurrence is only 4 km east of Coe Hill, where...uncover additional rutile. S T E L L E R I T E : SIX NEW O C C U R R E N C E S . C. A. Francis and W. C. Metropolis...forming fans from basalt vug); 3. Berlin, Worcester County, Massachusetts (H99013, gray, 1-cm spherical aggregates
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Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen, Harold and... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. SepteniberlOctober:...manganoan, Argentine vein, Idarado mine, San Miguel County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Ed Raines photo...Maine, 412 Birnessite, Utah, 245 Blackburn, W. H., new columnist. 83 Blakeite, Nevada, 128 Blatonite, Utah
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
74, 1979, pp. 154-165 DISCUSSIONS FORM.4TION DOLOMITE FLUID TEMPERATURE OF FLUORITE IN THE LOCKPORT...the proof would be the presenceof beneathupper New York State? White (1967) did metamorphicminerals in...high geothermal gradient is restrictedto northern New York (where the basementprevents deep drilling) and...However, these are at least 60 miles from the Penfield quarry at their nearestpoint. Becauseof the above...examined as a first choice and then parts of the Penfield quarry and from outcropsof fluorite ? Kinsland states
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belong with rhodonite and babingtonite' suuuenv New determinations of the chemical and optical properties...from a magnesitedeposit near Orangedale, fnverness County, Nova Scotia, the occurrence of which was describedby...prisms six-sided the and magnesite dolomite occur in the interbedded dolomite Fossiliferous found embedded...while the other combination showed the presence of a new scalenohedral face p, together with a negative rhombohedron...magnesite above, these were cited paper the In dolomite' of hedral crystals were described as and magnesite
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.....................180 by W. E. Wilson What's new in minerals? Tucson Show 1989 .....................there is nothing at the edge of their vision. Many new miners have spent long, bruising first shifts getting...contact person. This information must be sent to the new editor, Roy I. Grim, 9155-A Hitching Post Lane, Laurel...southern African countries, and to Australia and New Zealand, $7.50 each. E9 The Mineralogical Record...days, the United States, as pregnant as it was with new ore deposits and minerals, simply did not have schools
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pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers of this column will...sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners of the cube...pieces are all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County, Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,...highly desirable acquisitions. Quartz, calcite, dolomite, siderite, sphalerite, cerussite, pyrite, marcasite...cubes from Trestia, Transylvania region, Maramures County, Romania, appears to be a complete replacement
Report (issue)
4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses... Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC ...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
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Gait. Royal Ontario Museum: Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geological Survey: Dr. Robert J . King....'Dept. of Geolog-y arid Geophysics, University of New Orleans. LA 70148. Cary Mound is a low hill that...exposed in a small portion of the north face of the quarry. Miaroles up to several inches iicross abound in...& MINERALS RHODlZlTE FROM MADAGASCAR: NEW LOCALITIES AND NEW CHEMICAL DATA.A. U.Falster', E Pezzota2... of Geology and Geophysics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148; 2Museo di Storiu Naturale
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Finger Lakes sheet, geologic map of New York, scale 1:250,000: New York Mus. Sci. Service. Roedder, E.,...Norris, A. W., 1970, Hudson Platform, FORM./tTION DOLOMITE B Y FLUID 159 iโ€ข Geology and economic minerals...TEMPERz4TURE OF FLUORITE IN THE LOCKPORT IN UPPER NEI/F YORK ST,qTE โ€ขIS INDICโ€ขITED INCLUSION ST UDIES--FFITH...knowledgeand/or prejudicesof the geologyof upstateNew York, and (4) to stimulateothersto consider the thermal...concerningand residual fitlid. Quartz froln the Penfield locality attempts to discredit the validity of
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MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY BY CHARLES PALACHE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...in company with Mr. Losey, of Franklin, and many new finds were made. Mr. Hancock was therefore able to...1 THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL, NEW JERSEY The collection of Mr. W. J. I. Kemble, at...School of Mines collections in New York; the Brush collection at New Haven, with its many types of Franklin...intimate knowledge of the geology and mineralogy of the New Jersey Highlands, gained by years of close study
 
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