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Calcite from
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Prehniteⓘ48 photos of Calcite associated with Prehnite at this locality.
Natroliteⓘ25 photos of Calcite associated with Natrolite at this locality.
Datoliteⓘ16 photos of Calcite associated with Datolite at this locality.
Pectoliteⓘ16 photos of Calcite associated with Pectolite at this locality.
Pyriteⓘ9 photos of Calcite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Chalcopyriteⓘ9 photos of Calcite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Apophyllite Groupⓘ5 photos of Calcite associated with Apophyllite Group at this locality.
Sphaleriteⓘ5 photos of Calcite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Stilbite Subgroupⓘ3 photos of Calcite associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Quartzⓘ3 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (37 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12588
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12588:6
GUID (UUID V4):9c1ca4d8-8fe6-41ac-ba8e-7ae3db3e964c
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘFerrante Quarry, Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
8.1km (5.1 miles) ⓘFields' Copper Mine (Field Mine), Warrenville, Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘWilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) ⓘPluckemin, Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘAmerican Mine (Alpha Copper Mine; Bridgewater Mine; Somerville Mine; Somerville deposit), Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘChimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘChimney Rock (Geographical feature), Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘFanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘMorristown occurrences, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘFeltville Copper mine, Glenside Park (Feltville), Watchung Reservation, Union County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
======================================ï‚„ What’s New in the Mineral World? Report #51 December 4, 2018...thing or two, as I like to do, concerning— What’s New on the Web A glance at just the first two pages of...2018 Munich Show, as excellent specimens from two new finds which debuted at that show appear on pages...telegraph it too much, but here is a specimen of the new Iranian andradite from page one of the Quebul site...found at a locality given as Veshnoveh, Kashan County, Esfahan Province, Iran, very sharp, highly lustrous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the MILLINGTON QUARRY, NEW JERSEY W A R R E N CUMMINGS 225 Beech wood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08618...I N G T O N Q U A R R Y in Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, resumed operation in 1979...inactivity. New excavations, begun in late 1980 as part of an aggressive expansion program by the new operators...operators, the Millington Quarry Company, have made this quarry an important producer of mineral speci­ mens...found its way into circulation. Geology The Millington quarry exposes the two lava flows (Figure 3) of the
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...alpine fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet,...stilbite, heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often...localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...A. Bessudnova Minerals of the Millington quarry, Somerset, New Jersey..................................Butkowski Mineralogy of the calcite-fluorite veins near Long Lake, New Y o r k .......................mine Himalaya mine Hollister Jamestown mine Jensen Quarry Little Three mine Mesa Grande District Orestimba...Congo, Katanga cobalt mines Connecticut, Gillette quarry Czechoslovakia, Pribram mines Pribram mines England
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Jersey's well-known Fanwood and Summit quarries expose the same stratigraphic section and yield many...Summit Quarries, New Jersey WARREN CUMMINGS 225 Beechwood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08618 T H E SUMMIT...road cut, located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, formed a major mineral collecting...Construction Materials, the last operator of the quarry, ceased operation in 1977, and since 1983 the pit...Company quarry in the Borough of Watchung, Somerset County—sometimes known as the Scotch Plains quarry, or
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 04:47 09 October 2014 MARTIN...Department of Physics The College of New Jersey Ewing, New Jersey 08628-0718 @@F]()& P n Analcime...twinned pyritohedron e{210}, the "iron-cross twin." Calcite (e) Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at...common crystal forms displayed by some of the Millington quarry minerals, based on drawings in Klein and Hurlburt...and genMillington Quarry era1 geology of the Millington Normal Fault Town quarry area. Map compiled
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Thirty-eight, Number Three Articles The Lonavala Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India . . . . . ....Obituary: Howard K. Worner by B. Birch What’s new in minerals: Tucson Show 2007 . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . 211 by T. P. Moore Millington, New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .247 COVER: EUCLASE crystal, 2.6 cm, on calcite, from the El Oriente tunnel, Chivor mine, Boyaca
Report (issue)
======================================ï‚„ 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...find in the famous Prospect Park quarry, Passaic County, New Jersey. Since showtime, at least some of...although he later moved on to Colorado, was a New Jersey native and showed the boys, early in life, how...part of the state. Of those quarries, only the Millington and the very long-lived Prospect Park have yielded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...quartz, 54-56 Altaite, Missouri, 96 Analcime, New Jersey, 324; Washington, 273 Anglesite, Bolivia, 414
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOTES AND NEWS NEW AND INTERESTING MINERAIS FROM CENTRAL NEWJERSEY A. C. HawxrNs, Rutgers Uniaersi...activity of quarries in the basalts of central New Jersey has brought to light a number of interesting...stained with copper compounds. covellite is new to New Jersey, so far as records of discoveries are concerned...pits at Glenmoore, south of Hopewell, in Mercer County. The locality is marked on the Trenton Folio geological...309 310 THE AMERICAN MIN ERALOGIST In the quarry of the Bound Brook Crushed Stone Company at Chimney
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
appears to be new among observed crystal forns. A renewal of activity in the basalt quarry of the Wilson...North Plainfield, Somerset County, has recently supplied a large number of calcite crystals with a variety...face only. In the basalt quarry at Mifington (Lyons Station), Somerset County, microscopic transparent...discovery interesting. Natrolite crystals from Millington are quite commonly grouped in pairs in parallel... Investigation of natrolite from a number of New Jersey localities shows that this sort of grouping is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first half...many are commonly well crystallized and include calcite, stilbite, heulandite, laumontite, natrolite, pectolite...5 cm across associated with natrolite sprays, calcite, pectolite, apophyllite, and pale green datolite...Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad cuts and tunnels in the Jersey City...Weehawken areas and quarries at Snake Hill, Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cover Photographs January-February: Dioptase on calcite, Namibia; Harold and Erica VanPelt photographers...Aragonite, 236 Bald Knob Manganese Deposit, Allegheny County, North Carolina, W. B . Sim­ mons, Jr., 130 Barite...190 Brushite, 190 Bustamite, 237 Cacoxenite, 79 Calcite, 114, 124, 159, 215, 237, 287 Callahan, J . , Pegmatites...Columbia, Yukon Territory, 9; rutile, Hastings County, 284 Canfield, F . A . , 232 Canfieldite, 233 Caryopilite...Chamberlain, S. C , New Occurrences of Twinned Crystals in St. Lawrence and Lewis Counties, New York, 285; Mineralogy
Journal (issue)
& Erica Van Pelt rystal Classics Ian Bruce Somerset, England Tel: +44 1935 479822 Website: www.CrystalClassics...FELLOWS Peter Bancroft The Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . ...announcement made at the end of the August 3 “what’s new in the mineral world” installment on our website...stopped for a minor traffic infraction by a Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy while driving home from work....Tanzania, and gained fame for his discovery of the new gem grossular variety tsavorite in 1967. In 1968
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
Journal (issue)
another such pseudomorph to the collection. This new addition also generated further inspiration for a...pectolite was recently found at Prospect Park, New Jersey. The specimen is made up of a remnant rind of...shell in color. A sparse sprinkling of mm sized calcite crystals is present on this concave inner surface...stunning Juster. Munich2004 (Continued from page l) New Finds Mineralientage Miinchen is more than minerals;...about field collecting, descriptive mineralogy and new mineral finds. This year, why not consider giving
Report (issue)
Joint Systems in the Watchung Basalt Flows, New Jersey GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 864-B ...Basalt Flows, New Jersey By GEORGE T. FAUST STUDIES ON THE WATCHUNG BASALT FLOWS OF NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL...Watchung Basalt flows, New Jersey. (Studies on the Watchung Basalt flows of New Jersey) (Geological survey...: I 19.16:864-B l. Joints (Geology) 2. Basalt-New Jersey. I. Title. II. Series. III. Series: United States...ILLUSTRATIONS Page FIGURE l. A photograph of the Millington quarry taken in 1952 ---------------------------
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino........................ 2 by W. E. Wilson What's new in minerals Springfield Show 2000 ................. pyrrhotite, ilvaite, datolite, danburite and calcite, plu s fin e exam ples o f apophyllite, chalcopyrite...January-February, 2001 West as a result of the new glasnost policy. One of Russia’s leading private...now they remain one of Russia’s best sources for new mineral specimens. 4 LOCATION The town of Dal’negorsk
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 06:19 25 August 2017 Abbreviations ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE. DESIRED £ ~ . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . ...an interesting specimen—a cleaved mass of pink calcite on green talcose schist. The specimen was collected... malachite, and some silver and gold. ALASKA—A new mineral that was first found in Alaska was named...Alaska, associated with vesuvianite, magnetite and calcite. "Th's mine goes back to the 1870's and 80's—and...was reported in 1843 at Williams Ferry in Hall County by Dr. Stevenson while panning for gold. The stone
Journal (issue)
mi/ wen,g Heulano,t Ober Datolith. Millington Quar,y, New Jersey/ USA. E,genfund im August 2006, Sammlung...Sevenoaks/Kent - Jeff Scov,f, Phoenix/ Arizona (USA) REPORTAGE Ing. Stefan Meier. Marktredwitz und Patrick...Fundstellen. etwa bei Tres Hermanas im Luna County, New Mexico (USA) als Deko-Gestein und als ,,Heilsteine'·...Peak. Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna Co. , New Mexico, USA. Sammlung Wolfgang Stoll, Foto: Stefan Wei/3...links: Graublauer Spurrit aus Crestmore, Kalifornien, USA. Dicke der Ader 1,5 cm. - Unten rechts: Lilafarbener
Catalog/List
ndak.net NEW YEAR, NEW ITEMS, SAME LOW PRICES! 1997 CATALOG #1 Hello again and happy new year! We sincerely...catalog should have something for everyone! Over 250 new and exciting items to choose from! Yup, that's right...again for your patronage and enjoy the catalog! ALL NEW STEMS FOE 1997: PYRITE SUNS IN SHALE MA TRIX: Sparta... TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted
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more irreverent comment noted that we were breaking new ground by inviting persons who were not called 'Bob'...Issue 42 - March 2003 News Items New Members We welcome the following new members who have joined the Society...South East Branch, arrived three days later! By the New Year I had received about one hundred subscriptions...now in poor health. Born Southampton, raised in Jersey then moved to the North of England. As a 16yr old...recently that another colleague of ours, Mr. Bernie Millington, took a look at it one day and said that he was
 
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