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Corundum from
Passaic County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Corundum
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corundum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:360355
Long-form Identifier:1:3:360355:0
GUID (UUID V4):87735871-6a8f-47b9-a792-5947ce919107
Nearest other occurrences of Corundum
41.0km (25.5 miles) Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) Noble pit (Lot #10 - Ogden Divisions; Noble Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
41.0km (25.5 miles) Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) Franklin Quarry (Braens Quarry; Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
42.5km (26.4 miles) Windsor Quarry (Winsor Quarry), Rudeville, Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
43.2km (26.8 miles) Crugers Emery Mine, Montrose, Cortlandt Township, Westchester County, New York, USA
44.7km (27.8 miles) DiRubbo Emery Quarry, Cortlandt Township, Westchester County, New York, USA
45.8km (28.4 miles) Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
46.0km (28.6 miles) Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
46.0km (28.6 miles) Rhein Property, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
References
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Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. ...actually 42.4 times harder than talc hard as corundum. field rests, the following information is...right) CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE SPODUMENE DANBURITE...elements such as diamond (carbon), oxides such as corundum (aluminum oxide), carbonates such as malachite...with tiny golden flakes of mica, and quartzites. Corundum, — — spinel and garnet are associated with
Journal (issue)
the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey By John S. Albanese VOL. I OCTOBER 1960 Published...address: John S. Albanese P. 0. Box 221 Union, New Jersey No. 5 -79Zincite Zincite is commonly massive...of a portion of a crystal, but to have developed new crystals from it. Many crystals have in­ clusions...This piece was acquired by Mr. Neal Yed.lin, of New Haven, Conn. He, Mr. Perloff and Mr. Paul E. Desautels...The late Dr. L. H. Bauer, chief chemist of the New Jersey Zinc Company, during the years made thousands
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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
Report (issue)
BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS...ITS ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY...BY James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author...of his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally...in the old lists, and the names of many others, new to the district, and discovered in recent years,
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--GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINAL JERSEY. REPORT OF STATE OF NEW Tt{N GEOLOGIST. IDOL. II. ZOOLOGY...31pAN'f. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1 I L P_RT I. t MINERALOGY. BOTANY. I NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL.................. Jersey C_ty, Hoboken. GEO. H. COOK, St-_te Geolog)st. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...SURVEY Iv) NEW Ba_NSWIOX, _N. J., July 29th, 1889. To His Excellency Robert S. Green, Gover_or of the State...State of New Jersey, and ex-o]flvio President of _e Board of Managers of the State Geological Survey
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Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found in...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
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unique ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. For over two hundred years, the mines at these...WILEY-INTERSCIENCE a Division of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York • London • Sydney • Toronto S. PUBLIC LIBRARY... a checklist. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy—New Jersey—Sussex Co. I. Title. QE375.N4F76 ISBN 0-471-28290-1...the large number of both different min¬ erals and new minerals that have been found in these places. The...widely. In part this is caused by the addition of new occurrences. The main factor, however, has been a
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on the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey By John S. Albanese VOL. I APRIL 1960 Published...address: John S. Albanese P. 0. Box 221 Union, New Jersey No. 3 Historical Notes -38- Sterling Hill...settled in the Minisink Valley, near Port Jervis, New York, and worked this mine for copper. This was at...through Dr. Fowler's interest and efforts that these new ores and minerals were brought to the attention of... Gibbs, Nuttal, vanuxem, Keating. Dr. Bruce, of New York, was perhaps the first who called public attention
Report (volume)
.. New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.................. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;... S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair edition,
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unique ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. For over two hundred years, the mines at these...WILEY-INTERSCIENCE a Division of John Wiley tb Sons, Inc. New York • London • Sydney • Toronto Copyright © 1972...a chccklis1. Bibliography: p. I. Mineralogy-New Jersey-Sussex Co. I. Title. QE375.N4F76 ISBN 0-471-28290-1...the large number of both different min­ erals and new minerals that have been found in these places. The...widely. In part this is caused by the addition of new occurrences. The main factor, however, has been a
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CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........... _ . _ 1 _ CHAPTER 3 Pennsylvania___...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...r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania:...well known old localities are not all “has beens;” new hobbyists and experienced collectors alike prove...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and
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chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
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JOHN SINKANKAS Captain, LINE DRAWINGS [NE VAN New AND DIAGRAMS NOSTRAND York U.S. Navy, (Ret.)... Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Regional Offices: New York Cincinnati Chicago Millbrae Dallas Van...Educational Publishing, Inc. 135 West 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10020 To the late Peter Zodac for a...Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and by David New and Scott J. Williams of the Southwest Scientific...the out- standing shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections
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VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY, INC. PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY TORONTO NEW YORK LONDON D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY...Alexander St., Princeton, New Jersey (Principal Office) 24 West 40 St., New York 18, New York D. VAN NOSTRAND...Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and by David New and Scott J. Williams of the Southwest Scientific...at the outstanding shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...Washington, D.C., American Museum of Natural History, New York, and the Mineralogical Museum of Harvard University
Journal (issue)
localities like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have...illustrated the first time around, and some that are new acquisitions. Together the two Texas supplements...ofLeadville, Colorado. Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some...an avid rnineral collector before moving back to New York in 1885 and becoming one of the city's first...closing years of the 19th century the famous New Jersey mineralogist William E. Hidden came out to Barringer
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channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...gas fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und
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INC. PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY TORONTO LONDON VAN NosTRAJ'\D R£GlONAL OFFICES: New York, Chicago, San...Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and by David New and Scott J. Willia1ns of the Southwest Scientific...the outstanding sho,vs of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, New York, Schortmann's l\finerals, Easthampton, Massachusetts...pris1ns, quartz, apatite, beryl; hexagonal pyramids, corundum, apatite; Lrigon::tl prisn1s, tounnaline; rhon1bohedrons
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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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...States for identification by the GIA Gem Trade Lab in New York. When his mines were nationalized by the Tanzanian
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species. And for those interested in discovering new deposits, the geology and mineralogy of sources is...Iwo Volumes Volume | JOHN SINKANKAS [aN] VAN New NOSTRAND York Cincinnati REINHOLD Toronto COMPANY...Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 Van Nostrand Reinhold Limited 1410...eg Ow a Ne Sarah PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION The quantity of new information accumulated since publication...such new information in a second volume. [hus the present book becomes V olume I. while the new information
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SECRETARY Tema J. Hecht 600 West 111th Street, New York NY 10025 TREASURER John Cianciulli 60 Alpine...or mining history of the FranklinOgdensburg, New Jersey area is invited to join the Franklin-Ogdensburg...Bostwick Tema J. Hecht 600 W. 1 llth St., #1 IB New York NY 10025 EDITORIAL BOARD John L. Baum Omer...community which pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey area. Articles related to the minerals or mines...Richard C. Bostwkk Tema J. Hecht 600 West 111th Street New York NY 10025 A CHANGE OF EDITORSHIP Our readers
Catalog/List
specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES ...... . 79 Sharp...calcium hydroxy-silicate. California Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinitegehlenite...AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro xls and coatings...coatings on monzonite . Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. S.ky-bJue crystals and masses on and...aluminum silicate. CLEAVELANDITE California San Diego County, Himalaya mine. White crystalled aggregates; some
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PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls and coatings...coatings on monzonite .. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue crystals and masses on and...aluminum silicate. CLEAVELANDITE California San Diego County, Himalaya mine. White crystalled aggregates; some
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright ©...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable...the developer's bulldozer obliterates other sites, new ones are discovered. Books and thetic and scientific
 
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