 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Natural History New York, New York 10024 The Triassic traprock quarries of New Jersey have been a prolific...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...Mountain: Upper and Lower New Street quar ries, Paterson; Warren Brothers quarry, Prospect Park; McDowell's...McDowell's quarry, Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great Notch (Fig. 1). Several important |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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... Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet, and the zeolites...as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals from this...Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch quarry at nearby Amherst |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals In The New Jersey Traprocks By GARDINER GREGORY Lee Avenue School, Hicksville, L. I., N. Y .... There are two areas in New Jersey that are world famous for their minerals. One is the Franklin &...& Sterling Hill area in Sussex County which is famous for its large number of minerals, about 180 in number...extending from Somerville in Somerset County to Paterson in Passaic County. This area is noted for its fine...specimens have come from the Paterson area. The traprocks of New Jersey are intrusive into and interbedded |  | | Journal (issue) | | Moore Prehnite and zeolite distribution in the Orange Mountain Basalt, Paterson, New Jersey ..........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...curator. His work in the Mendips, and at the Merehead quarry in particular, was honored by the naming of a pink |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | after a variety of minerals, including feldspars, prehnite, laumontite, and leucite, have been reported....or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first half...heulandite, laumontite, natrolite, pectolite, prehnite, datolite, apophyllite, chabazite, and, occasionally...Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad cuts and tunnels in the Jersey City...Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected from many localities in Passaic County |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimens van prehniet van de Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, NJ, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover...Pelckmans Reisbelevenissen in Nevada en Oregon (USA) De reis die Herwig en zijn gezin dit jaar maakte...Van 1958 tot 1970 zat hij de Commission on New Minerals and New Mineral Names van de IMA (International...maand prehniet Prehniet-aggregaten van Paterson, New Jersey, USA. Verzameling en foto © Ron Gibbs www.theimage...anhydriet- of gipskristallen (Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey, USA). Í Steil-pyramidale tot bijna |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pete J. Dunn Famous Mineral Localities: Paterson, New Jersey................157 by Thomas A. Peters,....................................... 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) | | FAMOUS WEST PATERSON MINERALS SOON TO BE DISPLAYED Feb. 2 3 , 1 9 7 2 — P a t e r s o n Evening N e w...w s , Paterson, N. J . By J I M O'DONNELL WEST PATERSON—Collectors from throughout the United States...(Also assisting is Thomas Peters, Curator, at the Paterson Museum.) Mrs. Elsea is hoping that people who...will give some of their collection to the West Paterson municipal display. If the plan is a success, the...Baumann noted that mineral specimens from West Paterson are so valued by col lectors that he has received |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 A ''New'' Discovery of Philipsbornite and Segnitite Two rare...BlackPineMine.Fieldof viewis approximately 1.5mmat 60x. Prehnite, Calcite and Chabazite Epintorphs after Pectolite...Park (New Jersey) specimen from the Joe Cilen Collection. It is Cilen #1697 and labeled "Prehnite after...specimen consists of a hollow hemispherical growth of prehnite 2¼ inches across with an intact outer surface...previous mineral. It also demonstrates that the prehnite penetrated inches downward from the surface of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Paterson, New Jersey area is one of the best known sources of unusual mineral specimens in the world...collectors has increased and with it the demand for Paterson minerals, many privately owned collecting sites...MINERALS presents the following article on the Paterson area with the sug gestion that most collecting...Collecting in Paterson,New by R O B E R T J . NARSAVAGE J R . 51 Van Orden Place Clifton, New Jersey 07011 Every...came out of the traprock quarries of the Paterson, New Jersey area. In recent years these prize pieces |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF THE ROUTE 80 ROADCUT, WE'ST PATERSON, N. J. By JOSEPH PETERS Geology Undergraduate, Rutgers...Highway Department started construction in West Paterson, N. J. on a segment of Interstate 80, a highway...site of the Lower New Street Quarry, long famous for its fabulous specimens of prehnite, pectolite, mesolite...the Upper Triassic Period, much of the area from Paterson, N. J. to Upper Montclair N. J., which constitutes...might have constituted the outline of former Lake Paterson. Due to tensional stresses within the earth's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | At one time, the upper and lower New Street Quarries in Paterson were favorite places for mineral collectors...minerals. Today the lower quarry is closed as a factory now occupies the site. The upper quarry is still open...open to collectors, although the quarry is not being worked, but a lot of work is required to secure specimens...specimens. During the summer of 1963, the upper quarry was a mecca for collectors as blasting and leveling...specimens have come from the Prospect Park Quarry, but this quarry has been closed to mineral collectors for |  | | Book | | 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 | | | Book | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 11me for distribution; to ena,u,ase the ...rch for new mineral, that haw not yet been dllCCMN'9d; and to...ty TD-P111i•1■t, RneeW L. Ina knowfrta·, Each new member helpa to extend the Association's actlviti•...PUBLISHED MONTHLY 1938 CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1938 PREHNITE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...• • • ♦ • • • • • 131 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY !Edi torial Page ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....( t f ii b s C b 11' PREHN ITE New Street Quarry, Paterson, N . J. cc M ti' in ar er t i1 |  | | 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...Victoria, Flinders, N"£W ZEALAND Tasmania Sydney, New South Wales SOUTH AMERICA Viadulo, BRAZIL Rio |  | | Report (issue) | | Geologic Setting of the Watchung Basalt Flows, New Jersey GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 864-A ...Basalt Flows, New Jersey By GEORGE T. FAUST STUDIES ON THE WATC·HUNG BASALT FLOWS OF NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL...restudy of the volcanism in theN ewark basin of New] ersey UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...Watchung Basalt flows, New Jersey. (Studies on the Watchung Basalt flows of New Jersey) (Geological Survey... no.: I 19.16 :864-A 1. Geology-New Jersey. 2. Volcanism-New Jersey. Geology, Stratigraphic-Triassic |  | | Catalog/List | | specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES ...... . 79 Sharp...calcium hydroxy-silicate. California Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinitegehlenite...AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro xls and coatings...coatings on monzonite . Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. S.ky-bJue crystals and masses on and...aluminum silicate. CLEAVELANDITE California San Diego County, Himalaya mine. White crystalled aggregates; some |  | | Book | | 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 | | PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls and coatings...coatings on monzonite .. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue crystals and masses on and...aluminum silicate. CLEAVELANDITE California San Diego County, Himalaya mine. White crystalled aggregates; some |  | | Book | | 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...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Feininger N atrolite And Analcime From Eckman Creek Quarry, W aldport, O re g o n ..........................ments on any of the above will be appreciated. New Guidelines to Educational Exhibits to be Tested at...Robert W. Jones Friends of Mineralogy is promoting a new concept in edu cational exhibit competition at Tucson...hobby altogether or they are forced steady influx of new, usually young, members. to seek the knowledge they...structure. At any rate, they find so nate and educate new members, motivating little of value at meetings that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | analyzed the mineral when it was recognized as a new species. THOMSONITE has the following varietal names:...Greenland. THOMSONITE has been reported from various New Jersey localities, such as Bergen Hill, Great Notch...the Lower New Street Quarry, where it occurred in globular aggregates up to 2" across on prehnite. Small...Superior near the tip of Minnesota's Arrowhead County. The best THOMSONITBS have been found at Thomsonite...D. Descriptive Mineralogy, D. Appleton and Co., New York and London: 1917. Dana, Edward Salisbury. A |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have...illustrated the first time around, and some that are new acquisitions. Together the two Texas supplements...ofLeadville, Colorado. Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some...an avid rnineral collector before moving back to New York in 1885 and becoming one of the city's first...closing years of the 19th century the famous New Jersey mineralogist William E. Hidden came out to Barringer |
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Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA