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Chalcedony from
Prospect Quarry, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Analcime
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prospect Quarry, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:151756
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151756:9
GUID (UUID V4):106bfdec-f0d6-41a7-a151-7c583fc2cba0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
40.4km (25.1 miles) Garie Beach, Otford, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia
71.7km (44.6 miles) Wollongong Council Quarry, Unanderra, Camden Co., New South Wales, Australia
96.2km (59.8 miles) Little Blow Hole flow, Kiama, Camden Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Basin, and Cumberland Plateau. Continuing east beyond the Cumberland Mountains and Cumberland Plateau escarpment...left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...and other nearby orebodies were discovered by the New Jersey Zinc Company when it was exploring for zinc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcite, 8 cm, Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo....Appalachians (Harlan County) at 4,139 feet. The lowest point is the floor of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers...Rivers (Livingston County) in western Kentucky, at 100 feet below sea level. There are some noteworthy mineral...small, nondiamondiferous kimberlite in Elliott County in eastern Kentucky and alnöite intrusions in Crittenden...fluorspar district lies between the intersection of the New Madrid and Rough Creek–Shawneetown fault zones and
Book (volume)
geologic ages and under varied conditions: the Cumberland Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:
Book (volume)
Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...as the continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave...to the fascination of these pegmatites. 437 South Dakota The commercial production of minerals, principally...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides
Book (volume)
feet thick in the south, grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE...deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
feet thick in the south, grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE...deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships
Catalog/List
DOMEYKITE pure metallic mass about Ix1 Keweenaw County. Michigan USA £ 14 11. BARYTES and QUARTZ translucent...attractive small group about l x2 inches ( Coldstones Quarry, Yorkshire) £7 19. ANAPAITE pale green micro..., overall size about 2,.5 x1.5 £15 . Ze Pinto Prospect, Minas Gerias BraziI £15 25. CHRYSOCOLLA pseudomorph...actinolite running across the surface. Prospect Park, Patterson, New Jersey USA £I 8 (pictured left) 31....over 3x2 surface. Location interest. Coatsgate quarry Dumfries Scotland £ 12 32. STILBITE good small
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships
Catalog/List
squares NEW for the list It is also possible to order from the last long catalogue No 104 New Customers...plus post 1147 ■■ ALTAITE Organ Mts, Dona Anna County, New Mexico a few silvery I mm spots in dark matrix...- - - - -~ ---1152 ■ AL UNITE Marysvale, Piute County, Utah Pure orange-pink crystalline mass KAISO/4OH...lx2 £6 2x2 £10 34 ■ ANDRADITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish bands...Ix! £5 lx2 £10 38 BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Rich brown mass with approx 5 % Cymrite .minor matrix
Book (volume)
the state, insomuch as both the Black Hills of South Dakota and the scenic Badlands thrust long spurs...the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming...as: concretions, Barite and Celestite crystals, chalcedony rosettes, agates, jasper, fossil plants and vertebrate...known for its agates, chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel...especially to the W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd.
Book
locall - rs where amomeor prospectors m a y still prospect f o r gems mai t e a l s a n d a l s o fossils...CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........... _ . _ 1 _ CHAPTER 3 Pennsylvania___...Kentucky 6 CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________...o o r e , M o n t g o m e r y, Randolph, Macon South C a r o l i n a : Chesterfield, L a n c a s t e...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
Book (edition)
Cok Tree Press PUBLISHING CO., Inc. Co., Ltd NEW YORK London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY OTHER...Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak...Co., Ltd., Nassau, Baham as Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co., Ltd., P.O...S. nicely shaped crystals at New Cornelia, Arizona and Santa Rita, New Mexico. Also found as cavity...Somerville, New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in New South Wales
Lieber ^ C0b627 S STERLING PUBLISHING CO., Inc. new york ~7^ee v 4-6^ London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC...Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak Tree...Co., Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co. Ltd P.O. Box...S. nicely shaped crystals at New Cornelia, Arizona and Santa Rita, New Mexico. Also found as cavity fillings...Somerville, New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in New South Wales at Broken
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...(Cairngorm) (Blue quartz) (Rose quartz) (Star quartz) (Chalcedony) (Agate) (Prase) ' (Onyx) (Jasper) (Opal) Tridymitc...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
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............................................247 New Hampshire .....................................................................................264 New Jersey ........................................................................................270 New Mexico ........................................................................................280 New York..........................................................................................366 South Carolina ......................................
Book (volume)
............................................247 New Hampshire .....................................................................................264 New Jersey ........................................................................................270 New Mexico ........................................................................................280 New York..........................................................................................366 South Carolina ......................................
Book (volume)
............................................288 New Hampshire .....................................................................................307 New Jersey ........................................................................................315 New Mexico ........................................................................................329 New York..........................................................................................427 South Carolina ......................................
Report (edition)
produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist... The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response to...inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication
Report (edition)
“old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy; right fibrous : tremolite, C. K. Williams quarry, Easton: bottom: calcite...oriented coatings of goethite, “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy, (courtesy of Delbert L. Oswald) ADDITIONAL...succeeding revisions and maintained an active file of new localities, minerals, and corrections which greatly...edition of Mineral Collecting Cedar Hill in quarry where Dave had done IV much of his work PREFACE...collecting than ever before, yes; but new minerals for the state and new localities are springing up almost
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items on new finds wanted. Please send them in. Abbreviations:... Ala., many beautiful specimens of agate and chalcedony are found as loose pebbles along with chert....rare species the new locality should be recorded." Pala is in northwestern San Diego County of Southern California... Newark, Del. The specimen came from Iron Hill, New Castle Co., Del. Writes Mr. Pickett: "Iron Hill and...on minerals in her locality was sent to This is a new locality to us. Can any Miss Vera R. Smith, 2011
Report (edition)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer,...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin
Book
organisation of trips, etc. Readers who are entirely new to the subject may prefer to start with this section...Braithwaite, who is responsible for the parts on Wales and Ireland; and to John Adams, Peter Shepherd,...Section I A BIRD'S EYE VIEW 2 5 1 THE SOUTH WEST 2 WALES 3 IRELAND 4 NORTHERN ENGLAND 6 8 10 5...THAMES II 14 6 MINERALS OF THE MIDLANDS 7 THE SOUTH EAST 8 SCOTLAND _ Section 2 _ 15 PARTICULAR SITES...its distinctive char­ acter: hematite in West Cumberland, lead and zinc in the northern Pennines and a
Journal (issue)
TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South­ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz
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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
 
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