| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Quartz var: Chalcedony |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | Occurs in cavities in Watchung basalt. |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chalcedony data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 65255 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:65255:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 2c748360-6ac4-4837-8ec9-a9070acabf4b |
| Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony |
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| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | ⓘWilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 6.0km (3.7 miles) | ⓘStirling Brook ("Carnelian Creek"), Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 7.8km (4.8 miles) | ⓘHoudaille Quarry (Summit Quarry; Commonwealth Quarry), Springfield, Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, USA |
| 11.1km (6.9 miles) | ⓘMillington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 12.3km (7.7 miles) | ⓘLyons Station, Lyons, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 14.4km (9.0 miles) | ⓘLiberty Corner, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 15.8km (9.8 miles) | ⓘChimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 18.4km (11.5 miles) | ⓘAmerican Mine (Alpha Copper Mine; Bridgewater Mine; Somerville Mine; Somerville deposit), Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 19.7km (12.2 miles) | ⓘPluckemin, Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 20.0km (12.4 miles) | ⓘSpottiswoode-Cusack Quarry (George Spottiswood Co. Quarry), West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
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 | | 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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Fanwood Quarry, Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA