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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pectoliteⓘ33 photos of Pyrite associated with Pectolite at this locality.
Prehniteⓘ19 photos of Pyrite associated with Prehnite at this locality.
Apophyllite Groupⓘ12 photos of Pyrite associated with Apophyllite Group at this locality.
Fluorapophyllite-(K)ⓘ10 photos of Pyrite associated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) at this locality.
Datoliteⓘ9 photos of Pyrite associated with Datolite at this locality.
Calciteⓘ9 photos of Pyrite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ4 photos of Pyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Hematiteⓘ1 photo of Pyrite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Goethiteⓘ1 photo of Pyrite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Amethystⓘ1 photo of Pyrite associated with Amethyst at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12596
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12596:5
GUID (UUID V4):8aab2125-ac6d-421e-a1da-c9b64f0ae09b
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘWilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) ⓘPluckemin Copper Mine, Pluckemin, Bedminster Township, 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
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
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘConnet Mine (Waterstreet Mine), Brookside, Mendham Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘHacklebarney Mine, Hacklebarney, Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
17.0km (10.5 miles) ⓘSampson Mine (Samson Mine; Skellenger Mine), Chester Township, Morris 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...localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite...Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch quarry at nearby Amherst... excavations. For example, the well-known Upper and Lower New Street quarries at Paterson (Peters et al. 1980)
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..................................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
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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...common crystal forms displayed by some of the Millington quarry minerals, based on drawings in Klein and Hurlburt...tetragonal, s[201}, unitx[021), cell a:cu(i = Pyrite (f) Geology, Mineralization, and Zoning KEY Jbn...and genMillington Quarry era1 geology of the Millington Normal Fault Town quarry area. Map compiled
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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
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
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...the 2007 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show (see “What’s New”). Readers of this magazine are well aware of the
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first half...chabazite, and, occasionally, sulfides such as pyrite, galena, and sphalerite. Remarkable specimens with...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...collected from many localities in Passaic County, such as quarries at Paterson and West Paterson (including
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Report (volume)
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Key was born on May 18, 1935, in Jer­ sey City, New Jersey. His parents are Clarence Hoffman and Mildred...(Beckett) Key. Charles was raised in Fanwood, New Jersey, where since early youth he had an in­ terest...these included Weldon's quarry, as well as the Summit, Bound Brook, and Millington quarries. After graduating...he attended Union Junior College in Cranford, New Jersey. For several years Key had a variety of jobs...he had special free access to the Prospect Park quarry near Paterson where he attended nearly every blast
 
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