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Agate from
Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Comments:Beautiful red and gray banded agate was very sparingly found with amethyst in basalt.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:553343
Long-form Identifier:1:3:553343:5
GUID (UUID V4):eb99769a-a2ec-41f4-b3fd-638fd4303be9
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘProspect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘBraens Quarry, North Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘUpper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘUnion Building and Construction Quarry, Woodland Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘFrancisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘHoudaille Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘMcDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘSpottiswoode-Cusack Quarry (George Spottiswood Co. Quarry), West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) ⓘLaurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘWesley Hills, Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, USA
References
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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...States for identification by the GIA Gem Trade Lab in New York. When his mines were nationalized by the Tanzanian
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SECRETARY TEMA J. HECHT 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 H: 212-749-5817 C: 917-903-4687 thecht@att.... . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The 42nd Annual New Jersey Earth Science Association Gem & Mineral Show...community that pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey, area. Members are encouraged to submit articles...BY TEMA J. HECHT 600 WEST 111TH STREET, APT. 11B NEW YORK, NY 10025 thecht@att.net SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER...Franklin Middle School, Washington St., Franklin, New Jersey. 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Saturday (indoors), 10:00
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distribution in the Orange Mountain Basalt, Paterson, New Jersey ...............................................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...curator. His work in the Mendips, and at the Merehead quarry in particular, was honored by the naming of a pink
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SECRETARY TEMA J. HECHT 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 H: 212-749-5817 C: 917-903-4687 thecht@att...community that pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey, area. Members are encouraged to submit articles...BY TEMA J. HECHT 600 WEST 111TH STREET, APT. 11B NEW YORK, NY 10025 thecht@att.net SATURDAY, MARCH 21...NOON FOMS Field Trip Collecting at the Braen Franklin Quarry Cork Hill Road, Franklin, N.J. If gate is...2015 **NY/NJ Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show New Jersey Convention & Expo Center; Raritan Center 97 Sunfield
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c m N • “Foreign Minerals” at Franklin, ew Jersey • Hardystonite Fro t e esert View Mine, Cali ornia...ornia • Fluores ent rossular Fro Franklin, ew Jersey – pdate www.FOMSNJ.org The contents of The Picking...SECRETARY TEMA J. HECHT 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 H: 212-749-5817 C: 917-903-4687 thecht@att...INC. ditors “Foreign Minerals” at Franklin, New Jersey, John L. Baum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10... . . 18 Fluorescent Grossular From Franklin, New Jersey – An Update, Herb Yeates and Earl R. Verbeek
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SECRETARY TEMA J. HECHT 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 H: 212-749-5817 C: 917-903-4687 thecht@att...WHITTINGTON Fluorescent Chrysotile From Sterling Hill, New Jersey, James Van Fleet and Earl R. Verbeek, PhD. ....Previously Undocumented Occurrence at Franklin, New Jersey, Mark Boyer, Paul F. Carr, PhD, and Earl R. Verbeek...community that pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey, area. Members are encouraged to submit articles...BY TEMA J. HECHT 600 WEST 111TH STREET, APT. 11B NEW YORK, NY 10025 thecht@att.net SATURDAY, MARCH 16
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• Geology of the Hamburg Quarry • A rare mineral discovered in the New Jersey Highlands • How to Photoshop®...SECRETARY Tema J. Hecht 600 West 111TH Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 (212) 749-5817 (Home) (917) 903-4687...Calcite-Apatite-Pyroxene Occurrence at Hamburg Quarry: A Bancroft Terrane Style Vein-Dike? Warren Cummings...Kornerupine: A Rare and Unusual Mineral in the New Jersey Highlands, Richard A. Volkert .................community that pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey area. Members are encouraged to submit articles
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• - -- • Agate in Idaho. Agate halves up nodules having blue, gray & white centers. A new find Polished...$1.00, $2.00 and $3.00. • - - -• Red and white agate masses from Nevada 2"x 2" and 3"x 3" SOc and 75c...- - -• Vari-colored banded agates from Braen's quarry, Hawthorne, N. J. 2"x 2" to 4"x 4" 50c to $3.00...Montana 1 ½"x 1½" SOc up to $3.00 «- - -• Many agate cabochons - all colors SOc to $2.00 «---• Moss...FROM THE QUARRY .. . . . ......... .... .. .. ............ • .......... FREAK SIMULATIONS IN AGATE. by Ernest
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I found some very good specimens of moonstone, agate, jade. The largest piece of jade was a l/4-lb chunk...quality material. However, most of the moonstone and agate was of cutting quality, though small." Letter from...Wentzville, M o . Geode Industries, 106 W. Main Street, New London, Iowa, sent in this sample. It is a medium...Lake is in the extreme southern part of Grafton County, N . H., and we have a sand sample from there that...Mahwah, Bergen Co., N . J., is a huge sand pit (Sam Braen & Co. Sand & Gravel Plant). From the pit the conductor
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SECRETARY TEMA J. HECHT 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 H: 212-749-5817 C: 917-903-4687 thecht@att...Mineral Species Found at Franklin and Ogdensburg, New Jersey, FMM Species List Committee . . . . . . . . ...community that pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey, area. over One of the “Parker shaft” rarities:...Lecture: Mining (Something Other Than Zinc) in Sussex County, by Bernard Kozykowski SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER...Franklin Middle School, Washington St., Franklin, New Jersey. 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Saturday (indoors) 10:00 am
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SECRETARY Tema J. Hecht 600 West 111TH Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 (212) 749-5817 (Home) (917) 903-4687............................................4-5 New Jersey Earth Science Association Show, April 25-26,...18-20 How Did a Group of Specimens From Franklin, New Jersey End Up in an Attic in Rocky Mount, North Carolina...Long-Held Secrets From Precambrian Rocks of the New Jersey Highlands, Richard A. Volkert and Fred Young...Assemblage From the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey, Philip M. Persson .........................
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...MINERALS AND GEMS Russell P. MacFall THOMAS Y. New CROWELL COMPANY York ! Established 1834 Copyright...Boscardin. published in Italy in 1973 by Fratelli New Fabbri Editori. material has been added for this
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edu TEMA J. HECHT 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 H: (212) 749-5817 C: (917) 903-4687... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Scenes From the New Jersey Earth Science Association Gem & Mineral Show...Precambrian Rocks of the Trenton Prong Part of the New Jersey Highlands?, Richard A. Volkert, PhD. . . . ....1939. Upon graduation, he was employed by the New Jersey Zinc Company (NJZ), where he became Resident...community that pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey, area. Members are encouraged to submit articles
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100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...AND Russell P. MacFall THOMASY. CROWELLCOMPANY New York Established 1834 Copyright Š 1975 by Thomas...published 1n Italy In 1973 by Fratell1 Fabbri Ed1ton New material has been added for this American ed1t1on...translated and adapted with American examples to a new audience In his preface to the Italian edition Vincenzo...easier for you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary
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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
Report (Issue volume)
Mines. New Hampshire: New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development. New Jersey: Bureau...Geology and ¡ropography, '\ew Jersey Division of Natural Resources. New York: New York State Museum and Science...___ _ 465 New Hampshire, by Avery H. Reed _______ __ ____ ____________ _ _ 479 New Jersey, by Donald..._________________________ _ 1,8] New Mexico, by Roman V. Sondermayer _____ ___ ___ __ _______ _ _ 491 New York, by E. Chin...measured as recovered metal and valued at the average New York price for metal. The weight or volume units
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Limestone Series of Kildare. By J. B. Doyle, On a New Locality of Granite in the Neighbourhood of Rathfarnham...Hill, County of Galway. By M. H. Ormsby, B.A., L.C.E., Notes on the Physical Features of the County of Donegal...Fossils. By John Kelly, . . On the Geology of the New Zealand Gold-fields. By W. Lauder Lindsay, M. D....Canterbury, New Zealand Description of a New Palsechinus. By Joseph Wright, Esq., On some New Points in...Palaschinus. By Wm. Hellier Baily, F.G.S. &L.S On a New Ecbinoderm from the Yellow Sandstone of Donegal.
Journal (volume)
beFjeldvÌggen paa den modsatte Side; men, hvor langt Braen. kan jeg ikke angive. Punkt laa fra Heldningen...elles rappellent la section qu'en sorte d'une agate à bandes circulaires. de stratification particulière
 
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