| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Comments: | Occurs in fractures and cavities in Watchung basalt. |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Prehnite | β22 photos of Calcite associated with Prehnite at this locality. |
| Stilbite Subgroup | β19 photos of Calcite associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality. |
| Heulandite Subgroup | β11 photos of Calcite associated with Heulandite Subgroup at this locality. |
| Albite | β5 photos of Calcite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Quartz | β4 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Chlorite Group | β3 photos of Calcite associated with Chlorite Group at this locality. |
| Datolite | β2 photos of Calcite associated with Datolite at this locality. |
| Stellerite | β2 photos of Calcite associated with Stellerite at this locality. |
| Glauberite | 1 photo of Calcite associated with Glauberite at this locality. |
| Chalcopyrite | β1 photo of Calcite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (43 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 65254 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:65254:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | db10dea7-b0dc-4c03-bb4e-1f2e9e8a4b60 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | βFeltville Copper mine, Glenside Park (Feltville), Watchung Reservation, Union County, New Jersey, USA |
| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | βWilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 7.8km (4.8 miles) | βHoudaille Quarry (Summit Quarry; Commonwealth Quarry), Springfield, Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, USA |
| 8.6km (5.4 miles) | βFields' Copper Mine (Field Mine), Warrenville, Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 10.9km (6.8 miles) | βStewart Hartshorn Quarry (Hartshorn Quarry), Millburn, Millburn, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 11.1km (6.9 miles) | βMillington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 12.5km (7.8 miles) | βHartshorn Quarry, Short Hills, Millburn, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 15.1km (9.4 miles) | βMorristown occurrences, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA |
| 15.2km (9.4 miles) | βFerrante Quarry, Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
| 15.3km (9.5 miles) | βChimney Rock (Geographical feature), Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
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 | | 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 |
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Fanwood Quarry, Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA