 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Natural History New York, New York 10024 The Triassic traprock quarries of New Jersey have been a prolific...supplement previous publications dealing with New Jersey traprock* minerals, especially those of Manchester...(1931) cites more than 40 traprock localities in New Jersey. This article focuses on the Bergen Hill occurrence...Watchung Mountain: Upper and Lower New Street quar ries, Paterson; Warren Brothers quarry, Prospect Park;...Park; McDowell's quarry, Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great Notch (Fig. 1). Several |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals In The New Jersey Traprocks By GARDINER GREGORY Lee Avenue School, Hicksville, L. I., N. Y .... There are two areas in New Jersey that are world famous for their minerals. One is the Franklin &...& Sterling Hill area in Sussex County which is famous for its large number of minerals, about 180 in number...extending from Somerville in Somerset County to Paterson in Passaic County. This area is noted for its fine...specimens have come from the Paterson area. The traprocks of New Jersey are intrusive into and interbedded |  | | 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...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...information to: (or a copy} with a'.I nEces:ary Mineral New P.O. Box 2088 Peeks kill, NY 10566-2088 Newslette |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pete J. Dunn Famous Mineral Localities: Paterson, New Jersey................157 by Thomas A. Peters,....................................... 132 What’s New in Minerals?.......................................n . photomicrography: Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York designed by Wendell E. Wilson Mineralogical...receive additional grants we would rather use them for new projects instead of reprinting old ones. We are content...“Descriptive Mineralogy: Discovery and Characterization of New Minerals.” Papers are solicited for both the general |  | | Journal (issue) | | distribution in the Orange Mountain Basalt, Paterson, New Jersey ..........................................Laskowich & J. H. Puffer . Postscript: Floater datolite crystal from Campi delle Bratte, Valmozzola, Parma...Natural History Museum, Bob was an early adopter of new technology, and was largely responsible for bringing...endless analysis of two unknown phases from Merehead Quarry, took up much of his time. Eventually, with the...collaborators these phases were characterised as the new minerals parkinsonite and mereheadite. Readers of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE DESIRED - £ „ . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Downloaded by [University...collect a few specimens. "The locality is the Jeffrey quarry located 1/2 mile outside North Little Rock city...city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated July 31, 1963 from Richard Purifoy,...in hearing from anyone who would like Colorado, New Mexico, or western minerals. Any rockhounds traveling...clusters. Some are around two inches long. It is a new locality, a ledge out close to the power line. There |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Paterson, New Jersey area is one of the best known sources of unusual mineral specimens in the world...collectors has increased and with it the demand for Paterson minerals, many privately owned collecting sites...MINERALS presents the following article on the Paterson area with the sug gestion that most collecting...Collecting in Paterson,New by R O B E R T J . NARSAVAGE J R . 51 Van Orden Place Clifton, New Jersey 07011 Every...came out of the traprock quarries of the Paterson, New Jersey area. In recent years these prize pieces |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book (volume) | | Illinois geology. These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous system of repeated alterations of...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Illinois geology. These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous system of repeated alterations of...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 |  | | Book | | years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis | | | Book | | years this has lead to the establishment of many new species that are compositional and structural analogs...Subcommittee for Zeolite Nomenclature of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...evaluating proposed new species, it is difficult to apply them rigidly to accepted species. 1. A new zeolite mineral...must be demonstrated as a condition for approval of new species. Zeolites that have the same framework and...structure are acceptable as separate species. 2. A new zeolite mineral cannot be defined solely on the basis |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | Geology of New York City and Environs || uuu Christopher J. Schuberth From the air, two of New York’s most...features owe their appearance to the geology of the New York City area. The effect of glaciers in shaping...The entire area looks the way it does today, from New Jerseys imposing Palisades to the location of the...underlying geologic make-up. Not much is known about New York City before Pre-Cambrian times, but we have...Sch75gR¢huberth, Christopner y 1g The geology of New York City and environs ,by, Chris- topher J. Schuberth |  | | Journal (issue) | | . Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ...................................be used to establish a precise location within a quarry or general field collecting area. The collector...the points chosen are too often ephemeral (the quarry wall which changes tomorrow or next week), or subject...pegmatite a “half-mile” from the Palermo mine, in New Hampshire. It was originally identified (in great...the county zoning offices. The accurate property boundaries provide good starting points. Quarry or property |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter Prehnite, O&G Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, CT. Photo: Bob Cooke. the specimens...minerals. It also forms epimorphs after calcite, datolite, or analcine. (An epimorph grows when one mineral...another classic prehnite locality, this one in Paterson, NJ. Spheres and aggregates of spheres, stalactitic...yellow-green through many shades of green. The Upper New Street Quarry was active from 1893 to 1925, although...Prospect Park Quarry, Paterson, NJ. Bottom: Prehnite with babingtonite, Roncari Quarry, East Granby, |  | | Journal (issue) | | • rV -■ ^SsT?. ; --c - .. ' & ?h>, sc New Arrivals A £7MJPeiiro'\a This month wc hove a number...MINIMUM ORDER $2.00. HARRY SERING 1705 EAST MICHIGAN STREET INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA • 46201 r ROCKS and MINERALS... 10 OCTOBER, 1965 CONTENTS MINERALS IN THE NEW JERSEY TRAPROCKS—Gardiner Gregory A 3,000 MILE COLLECTING...742 748 751 762 774 776 794 722 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ............................................................................................ 728 NEW GAD-PRY BAR FOR ROCKHOUNDS ..................... |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Fluorapatite from the King Lithia mine, Custer County, South Dakota .. 361 by M. L. Wilson, J. B. Paces...Wijchen South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof, Pretoria West Germany Christian Weise...COVER: APOPHYLLITE recently collected at the Pashan quarry, Poona, India. The crystal cluster is 6 cm from...Collector's Stope Jim & Patti McGlasson 7387 S. Flower Street Littleton, CO 80123 303-972-0376 Species & Display |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...mineral localities: the Sterling mine, Antwerp, New York ........ 199 G. W. Robinson and S. C. Chamberlain.............................219 S. K. G. Bywater New data on lotharmeyerite ............................Monfalcone South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof, Pretoria West Germany Christian Weise...natrolite from the Dallas Gem mine, San Benito County, California. For more on this locality see vol |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide |  | | Journal (issue) | | Apatite 6-9 Wulfenite, San Francisco Mine 10-23 New Books 24-25 Upcoming Symposia 26-33 FM Chapter...is growing. With the help of new board member, Jim Houran, we have a new membership trifold brochure (if...shared by mineral collectors worldwide! We have a new newsletter Editor, Beth Heesacker, who has helped...introduce new feature sections that keep us updated on current events, inform us about new books, provide...families during the holiday season and throughout the New Year. Alex Schauss, National Friends of Mineralogy |  | | Book | | it is probable that, in some cases at least, the new substance has been substituted gradually for that...quartz after calcite. Often called perimorph (the new mineral is on the periphery of the first one). A...simultaneous capillary solution and deposition by which a new mineral of partly or wholly different composition...encrusting calcite that then disappears. b. By having the new mineral totally replace the original one (Abforming...Umwandlung). a. Alteration without gain or loss of new components (Umwandlung ohne Abgabe oder Aufnahme |
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Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA