 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FIRST IN A SERIES ON EAST COAST TRAPROCK QUARRIES riassic Traprock Minerals of EW J E R S E Y JOSEPH...New York, New York 10024 The Triassic traprock quarries of New Jersey have been a prolific source of beautifully...Hill occurrence in the Palisades diabase and five quarries located in the First Watchung Mountain: Upper...applied to dark-colored dike and flow rocks, chiefly basalt and diabase. have occurred from these localities...Mountain traprock (basalt) quarries in New Jersey. Upper and Lower New Street quarries are located in Paterson; |  | | Book | | and Edenville, large, fine crystals of spine!, titanite, amphibole and pyroxene have been found since...combinations of rutile, anatase, brookite, hematite and titanite (Philippe Beiley, personal communication, 2010)...Alberene and Old Dominion quarries, Albemarle County. In these two soapstone quarries, tabular ilmenite crystals...good specimens of epidote, pyroxene, magnetite, titanite and other species. Equant, complex crystals of...associations are rutile, brookite, anatase and titanite. Ilmeny Mountains near Miass [Miask], Chelyabinsk |  | | Report (issue) | | .............................................8 Basalt or ‘trap rock’..............................................................................129 Basalt.......................................................................129 Jules Road and other quarries .................................................................................135 Beelerup quarries ................................................................................136 Carabooda quarries ............................................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | nodules. We set about dismantling a 2m wide hollow basalt nodule containing the most magnificent brown and...in 201 o. Photo 1 shows Peter attacking the huge basalt nodule while photo 2 shows the magnificent specimen...nearby basalt quarry in Chastreix, renowned for quality specimens of aragonite sprays on basalt. Peter...visits to Siberia, France, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Lanzarote, India, Namibia...permission for us to go into two of the largest working quarries at Satan and . Mt Haeddin and joined us on our |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | were to travel 2000 kilometres through Western Germany, set out on the journey which terminated at Cologne...limb of the Venn Anticline was first studied. Quarries at Bilster Miihle, north of the Kornelimiinster...st ud ied . Typical Gedinnian beds were seen in quarries near Neue Miihle and on the Lonsfelsen, The Monschau...iStringocephalus zone) is splendidly exposed in the large quarries on both sides of the narrow valley of Mimcherath... Coblenz quartzite, Klerf beds). In the large quarries near Wetteldorf, Wiltz beds, Wetteldorf sandstone |  | | Journal (issue) | | Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...passion for mineralogy began. He explored the quarries around Jadotville and, between 1967 and 1989,...about the nearly horizontal outpourings of ancient basalt lava flows, one atop another in layer-cake fashion...hoped to avoid, because it reduced the value of the basalt for purposes of filling and construction. My early...TUNNELS In less than a year my weekly forays to quarries, near and far, around Bombay had provided me with |  | | Journal (issue) | | card that secures the privll.... of fflMV mines, quarries, dlA>s, IOCleti•, ~ libraries. (3) The riaht to...mineral is now found in the Orenaug Hills basalt quarries near Woodbury, sometimes in good specimens...crystallized epidote occurs at the Lane's basalt quarries near Westfield, and make very charming specimens...not in the world, occur in the traprock (basalt ) quarries of New Jersey, particularly around Paterson...hand-lens examination, proves to be an ophit e. 2i. Basalt black, dense, finegrained, stony-appearing rock |  | | Book | | on quartz, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The large crystal measures almost 2 1/2 inches...on quartz, Braunsdorf near Freiberg (Saxony, Germany); crystals up to 2 1/2 inches (6 cm) long. 6 ...with the NO 3group. Apatite, Fichtelgebirge (Germany), 2x 12 Scheelite, Tae-Wha (Korea), 1x The...8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost identical in size. They form an unbroken...siderite, from Neudorf in the Harz Mountains (Germany). The largest crystal measures about 1/2 inch (1 |  | | Book | | zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of | | | Book | | zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...cavities in the middle portion of the flow. Given a basalt flow 25 meters thick with an initial molten temperature...Ardeche, France, zeolites are present only where the basalt flowed into a Pliocene lake or river (Fig. 5)(Robert...zeolites. The interior of the flow contains columnar basalt with small vesicles connected by minute veinlets...river) contains highly altered vesicular blocks of basalt (containing phillipsite and tiny rhombohedra of |  | | Book | | CUMULATE ROCK gas bubble holes VESICULAR BASALT flow structure BASALT METAMORPHIC ROCKS These rocks are...together in one geological environment. For example, basalt, scoria, spilite, and volcanic bombs are found...human activity, such as roadcuts, mine dumps, and quarries. Good examples are also found where nature has...MOUNTAINS VOLCANIC REGIONS dolomite BEACHES tuff QUARRIES MINES ROAD CUTS volcanic bomb amber kimberlite... stilbite apophyllite elbaite tourmaline basalt BASALT ASSOCIATION quartz rhodochrosite kyanite |  | | Report (volume) | | England granite quarries____ Descriptions of the quarries, granites, and product__________ Method of tr...The granite railroads_______________________ The quarries, their granite and finished product_______ Caledonia...________ Geology of Byegate quarries__________ Quarries ________________________ Groton____________________________...Descriptions of the quarries, granites, and product Continued. Vermont Continued. Page. The quarries, their granite...______________ ______ Geology of Barre quarries____________ Quarries _______________________ Cabot __________________ |  | | Book | | from Sardinia, Italy Pages 118-119: Boracite from Germany Pages 124-125: Wulfenite crys¬ tals with mimetite...form, but also titanite, epi¬ dote, albite, anatase, rutile and apatite. Above: Titanite is a mineral...area, although the closing of many of the local quarries during recent decades has done much to diminish...diminish opportunities. The still-active quarries include one in the small town of Oltrefiume, which has furnished...a strong poison. in Specimen of arsenic from Germany showing the char¬ acteristic mammillary form. |  | | Book | | immensely popular handbook of minerals appeared in Germany I obtained a copy fo! my personal library and was...fibrous sphalerite from Diepenlinchen, near Aachen, Germany. PLATE Vo I~ .·• / ~1 rhyolite 37 r . ...+J gran,tic ' •,.:,,,.'·· . v,.~ . ,.v •, •- basalt magma b+., \I I dioritic magma magma +¥ ...chalcopyrite from Herdorf, Siegerland, Germany. Center. Pyrrhotite. Harzburg, Germany. Below Massive chakopyrite...(Ca) hornblende, augite 1ron ores gab?ro norne basalt gabbro*dolerite (diabase) porphyry *melsphyre dolerite |  | | Journal (issue) | | his first exhibit and sale of such well-known quarries as those of minerals in the Shelton Hotel, New...descriptive. As we covered many of garnets. the same quarries as in past years at our At Lower Manhattan Island...Summer's experiences. We visited 16 different quarries, on Wall Street in New York City, we some of them...Paterson Zeolites and Franklin and ham feldspar quarries with Mr. Gutman and found no changes at any of...accurate information as to localities of interesting quarries and has written a very extensive article about |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim...capped crystals varying bout a new find of gemmy titanite from an from a light green-brown to a dark greyunspecified...interesting minerals offered in several such study in Germany and some marvelous letters as this. A special thanks...Az Micro xls in Basalt matrix TN 60< NATROLITE Horseshoe Dam,Az Clear xls in basalt SCabl.75 GEARKSUTITE...Park West at 79th Street New York, New York 10024 Basalt, formed from solidified lava, comprises a ridge |  | | Book | | Bergemann in 1858 from Johanngcorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany, and named by G. J. Adams in 1869. They were considered...activity occurred in the region, and vesicular basalt flows, ashes and tuffs, together with a few vents...•Deganwy Conwy• Penmaenmawr• + Trecastell mines,quarries,elc. HOLY ISLAND • villages,smalltowns e • ...kilchoanite 13lanarkite 14 leadhillite + mines,quarries,etc. • • villages,smalltowns • •Glenfarg e...sites) and others are potrntially dangerous (mines, quarries and some coastal locations). The conscientious |  | | Journal (issue) | | Boulder, Colorado. After high school, he traveled in Germany and enrolled at the University at Marburg. After...After a year of study, however, he left Germany because of World War II. Hal received his B.S. in Chemistry...grandson, Robert Wright, who is currently living in Germany. The pertinent text is as follows: Bryce McMurdo...Cumberland, and also with Collecting Naturalists in Germany, Russia, India, and America.” Wright Senior’s 1860...Cumberland, and also with Collecting Naturalists in Germany, Russia, India, and America, from whom he is constantly |  | | Journal (issue) | | preserved and highly treasured in museums throughout Germany This is to be expected when one reflects that almost...A WATER· DRIVEN MILL IN THE NAHE VALLEY, IDAR, GERMANY. For hundreds of years the small streams which...the agate cutting industry has been Oberstein, Germany; an authentic record, according to Wodiskal, shows...Precious Stones. New York, 1909, p . 178. dustry in Germany is so well established that cut and polished agates...famous for fine agates-The Birkenfield district in Germany. This locality is probably better known as Idar |  | | Book (volume) | | | Augite andesite 254 | Basalt . 255 | Leucite basalt 257 | Nepheline basalt 258) Peridotite . 263|Serpentine...of regular structure in the mines of England, Germany, Sweden, &c, 4. The remains of plants and animals...Werner contemplated the rocks and metallic veins of Germany, was the relative period of ~ Figs x. their...that the order of succession among these rocks in Germany would be found to prevail in all parts of the world...the naturalists of Italy, France, England, and Germany in the ridiculous dispute whether fossil shells |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Fritz: Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Donald B. Hoover: U.S.G.S., Federal Center, Lakewood...Institut fur Mineralogie, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany. Duane Mellor: Geology Library, Yale University...Berlin, Germany. Peter Susse: MINABS, Inst. of Mineralogy, Univ. of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. C. Sheldon...Pennsylvania. Hans J. Wilke: Eppertshausen/Hessen, Germany. Wendell E. Wilson: The Mineralogical Record, Tuscon...France; Andreasberg, Freiberg(*), and Schneeberg(*), Germany; Pribram(*), Jachymov, and Schemnitz, Czech Republic; |  | | Report (issue) | | ........................ 3 Ancient Egyptian quarries—an illustrated overview James A. Harrell and Per..................................... 7 Gypsum quarries in the northern Faiyum quarry landscape, Egypt:...Whatever else happened to the ancient Egyptian quarries? An essay on their destiny in modern times Per...stone procurement remains unequalled. Yet, stone quarries are often forgotten as key archaeological sites...quarrying. Despite the difficulties in having stone quarries recognised as important sites for archaeological |  | | Book | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 11.2.3 Basalt/Andesite/Dolerite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Basalt hand axe from unnamed wadi near Mine Mueilha, Egyptian.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Basalt hafted hammer from Lake Superior north shore, USA...Jordan, is constructed almost entirely of local basalt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...was that marble regenerated itself in certain quarries. Nevertheless he was suspicious of claims that |  | | Book (edition) | | Ortho-, Di- and Ring Silicates Olivine 4 Zircon 12 Titanite (sphene) 15 Garnet group 18 Vesuvianite (idocrase)...Fo98.5 in composition, occur in the Kilbeinsay basalt on the extension of the Mid-Atlantic ridge between...56434_ch02.pdf by guest Titanite (Sphene) CaTi[SiO4](O,OH,F) Titanite (Sphene) Monoclinic (+) Colour...Orientation D (g/cm3) H Cleavage Twinning γ Titanite is a widespread accessory mineral in igneous rocks...section. Structure The dominant structural units in titanite are chains of corner-sharing TiO6 octahedra running |  | | Journal (issue) | | mine, Wolfsberg, Harz Mountains, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.............................................615...collectors for his constant visits to limestone quarries of the Findlay Arch and elsewhere in Ohio, Indiana...minerals, tourmaline and accessory phases such as titanite, beryl or topaz. 575 Figure 4. Abandoned and...Montmorillonite Muscovite Nontronite Opal Phenakite Quartz Titanite Topaz Tourmaline group Zeolite group Zircon Zoisite...mine Wolfsberg, Harz Mountains Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany Jürgen Siemroth1 Georg Gebhard2 Thomas P. Moore3 |
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