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Anhydrite from
Penfield Quarry, Penfield, Monroe County, New York, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Anhydrite
Formula:CaSO4
Comments:Crystalline masses, some grading into gypsum. Etched blocky to tabular crystals. SG tested for one crystal, came out to 2.9. SG for anhydrite is 3.0, SG for barite is 4.5.
Habit:tabular
Colour:white to bluish white, pale yellow
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anhydrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Penfield Quarry, Penfield, Monroe County, New York, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:573316
Long-form Identifier:1:3:573316:3
GUID (UUID V4):81d9add0-9875-4df8-af74-9e455d64ecd9
Nearest other occurrences of Anhydrite
13.3km (8.3 miles) โ“˜Walworth Quarry, Walworth, Wayne County, New York, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) โ“˜Buffalo Road Quarry, North Gates, Gates, Monroe County, New York, USA
References
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Central and Western New York State M inerals of the Silurian Lockport Group of New York State have been...observed during the initial settlement of western New York, it was the construction of the Erie Canal in...Beckโ€™s (1842) Mineralogy of New York, James Hallโ€™s (1843) Geology of New York, and James Danaโ€™s (1848) Manual...exposed along the Niagara Escarpment of western New York as the โ€œLockport limestone.โ€โ€  His choice of Lockport...of dolomite-rich sedimentary rocks of western New York and southwestern Ontario (Shaw 1937). Terminology
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Monticello is a popular summer resort and county seat of Sullivan County. 283.5 milesโ€”Binghamton, N . Y. This...attractive city in southern Broome County. It is the county seat of Broome County and is a railroad center at...milesโ€”Apalachin, a little village in southeastern Tioga County. 302.3 milesโ€”Our first mineral stop. The road here...town in the extreme southwestern corner of Tioga County and on the Pennsylvania border. Across the border...Sayre is in the extreme northern part of Bradford County, Penn. W e returned to Waverly and continued westwardly
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same for distribution; to encourage the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered; and to...Association by nominating them for membership? Each new member helps to extend the Association's act ivi...o,,t.,,u jo,i /u,.., 1911,:1. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...NOTES: 21 7 NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW JERSEY MINERALOGICAL...Aaociatio11 198 ROCKS AND MINERALS Chips from The Quarry I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
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2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on
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T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E....Natural Science Establishment, Inc . โ€ข Rochester, New York โ€ข Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David
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Arbor, MI 48109, USA b Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY...NY 11210, USA โ€™ Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AL T6G 2./I, Canada Received 26...carbonates grade laterally into shale in east-central New York and into fluvial sandstones and conglomerates...the upper Shawangunk Formation in southeastern New York. By late Silurian time, the climate turned arid...in the Shawangunk Conglomerate at Shawangunk, New York (Crawford and Beales, 1983; Wilbur et al., 1990)
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269 by W. E. Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...are still open to collecting and the potential for new discoveries is high. All things considered it seems...incidentally, that the potential is much higher for new discoveries but Arizona has so many well-known occurrences...YUMA COUNTY NAME CHANGED Is nothing sacred? The famous Red Cloud mine is no longer in Yuma County, Arizona
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(CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur...Bicentennial celebration: "to forge a new national commitment, a new spirit for '76, a spirit which will...early French explorer, on his second voyage to the New World in 1535. The earliest Jesuit missionaries sent...Schoolcraft to report on the mineral wealth of the new territory on his exploration of Lake Superior in...exceptionally fine, twinned analcite crystals from Houghton County ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท
 
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