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Datolite from
Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Datolite
Formula:CaB(SiO4)(OH)
Comments:Occurs in cavities and fractures in Watchung basalt.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calciteⓘ2 photos of Datolite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Silverⓘ1 photo of Datolite associated with Silver at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Datolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:71256
Long-form Identifier:1:3:71256:7
GUID (UUID V4):4681d679-fada-482f-9104-7551662078ea
Nearest other occurrences of Datolite
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘPluckemin, Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘMillington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
11.5km (7.2 miles) ⓘWilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘFanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘ3M Quarry (Gibraltar Rock of Belle Mead), Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
23.6km (14.6 miles) ⓘHoudaille Quarry (Summit Quarry; Commonwealth Quarry), Springfield, Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, USA
26.8km (16.6 miles) ⓘStewart Hartshorn Quarry (Hartshorn Quarry), Millburn, Millburn, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘHartshorn Quarry, Short Hills, Millburn, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
31.5km (19.5 miles) ⓘRiker Hill, Livingston, Livingston, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
38.1km (23.6 miles) ⓘF.J. Marley Quarry, Verona, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
issue), datolite has been suggested as the topic of this Connoisseur’s Choice feature. Datolite crystals...green, and pink to white and colorless; nodular datolite is typically white or pastel shades of pink, yellow...yellow-green fluorescence characterizes some New Jersey datolite. Datolite is commonly seen in monoclinic (2/m)...of some datolite and is derived from the Greek word dateisthal meaning “to divide.” Datolite is a calcium...CaBSiO4(OH) and is a member of the gadolinite-datolite group. Most analyses show very minor amounts of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MILLINGTON QUARRY, NEW JERSEY W A R R E N CUMMINGS 225 Beech wood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08618 T H...G T O N Q U A R R Y in Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, resumed operation in 1979 after...inactivity. New excavations, begun in late 1980 as part of an aggressive expansion program by the new operators...operators, the Millington Quarry Company, have made this quarry an important producer of mineral speci­ mens...its way into circulation. Geology The Millington quarry exposes the two lava flows (Figure 3) of the Third
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Jersey's well-known Fanwood and Summit quarries expose the same stratigraphic section and yield many...Summit Quarries, New Jersey WARREN CUMMINGS 225 Beechwood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08618 T H E SUMMIT...road cut, located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, formed a major mineral collecting...Construction Materials, the last operator of the quarry, ceased operation in 1977, and since 1983 the pit...filled with some two million cubic yards of earth and rock debris from another section of the 1-78 project
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,
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...Lower New Street quar­ ries, Paterson; Warren Brothers quarry, Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry, Upper...Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great Notch (Fig. 1). Several important diabase localities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOTES AND NEWS NEW AND INTERESTING MINERAIS FROM CENTRAL NEWJERSEY A. C. HawxrNs, Rutgers Uniaersi...activity of quarries in the basalts of central New Jersey has brought to light a number of interesting...stained with copper compounds. covellite is new to New Jersey, so far as records of discoveries are concerned...pits at Glenmoore, south of Hopewell, in Mercer County. The locality is marked on the Trenton Folio geological...ERALOGIST In the quarry of the Bound Brook Crushed Stone Company at Chimney Rock there are occasional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz diorite intrusions. PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICALCLUB Regular Monthly Meeting oJ...pointed out that the copper "The Copper Minerals ol New lersey." minerals were found in the trap, the shales...at many localities. In the trap, notably at Chimney Rock and Bound Brook, chalcocite was the most prevalent...resemblance, on a small scale, of this and other New Jersey occurrences with those oI the Lake Superior region...occurs near and under the first lava flow. At the Bridgewater Mine native copper and occasionally native silver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
It also occurs in the groundmass of these general rock types, is a product of deuteric alteration, and...or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first half...heulandite, laumontite, natrolite, pectolite, prehnite, datolite, apophyllite, chabazite, and, occasionally, sulfides...pale green datolite are recorded from the railroad tunnels through Bergen Hill, Bergen County, and similar...tunnels in the Jersey City and Weehawken areas and quarries at Snake Hill, Hudson County. Exceptional analcime
Journal (issue)
& Erica Van Pelt rystal Classics Ian Bruce Somerset, England Tel: +44 1935 479822 Website: www.CrystalClassics...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....(1937–2009); Peter Keller photo, 1982. Bridges is holding a rock specimen containing a tsavorite nodule. employees
Report (issue)
Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located north of the Hartford basin, New Hampshire ...................... .67 B. Section B:...Section D: Occurrences located in the Newark basin, New Jersey . .99 E. Section E: Occurrences located in the...occurrence, deposit mineralogy and paragenesis, host rock lithology and age, and metal associations is presented...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2
Journal (issue)
Switzerland photomicrography: Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York designed by Wendell E. Wilson Mineraiogical...Associated Secondary Minerals at Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, New J e rs e y ............................................................ 32 What’s New in Minerals?.......................................the topic at hand, I am troubled a bit when I see new, frequently impressionable collectors influenced...inadvertently or in­ tentionally channel most of the new collector’s energies into the quest for ribbons,
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Bessudnova Minerals of the Millington quarry, Somerset, New Jersey.......................................Mineralogy of the calcite-fluorite veins near Long Lake, New Y o r k ...........................................time they break open a vuggy chunk of mineralized rock. Elite collecting involves an element of extreme...mine Himalaya mine Hollister Jamestown mine Jensen Quarry Little Three mine Mesa Grande District Orestimba
Book (volume)
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
Book (volume)
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
Book (volume)
A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE. DESIRED ~ PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations rystal fl—fluoresces...assume some dolomite xls, calcite and fluorite. Rock formation is Madison limestone."— item dated May...ROCKS AND MINERALS xline—crystalline notes on new collecting areas, In fact I was very much surprised...you about is a green rock we have found in the Magnet Cove area of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I am sending...and a cabochon made of it. Upon examination by a rock shop owner who is very proficient in the business
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)
MOUNTER Conducted by Neal Yedlin—129 Englewood Drive, New Haven, Conn. Illlllllllllllllilllllllllllllllll...lllllllllllllllll Some of the collectors in the New York area were lucky enough to visit a recent road...road cut at Ft. Lee, N.J., just above the Jersey side of the Washington bridge. The exposure was in the...anybody's collection were obtained. Here were found datolite, clusters of stilbite, heulandite, calcite and...with no visible points of contact with the mother rock, chalcodite, and best of all, the most beautiful
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[Athabasca University] at 07:00 13 June 2016 ROUTE NEW BRITAIN, CT When the Ellis Street Extension was...well-crystallized specimens of chalcopyrite, quartz, datolite, and barite, among others. The road cut exposed...the Ellis Street Extension of State Route 72 in New Britain, Connecticut, on both sides of the extension...central Connecticut, can be located on the 7.5-minute New Britain topographic quadrangle (U.S. Geological Survey...basalt contains gas vesicle deposits of quartz, datolite, minor zeolites, and barite. Cutting through both
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
Report (volume)
Mesozoic geology of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina...Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina...[radiometric age]* Barite [economic geology]* Basalt [rock type]* Bedrock geology Bibliography* Buried basins*...[economic geology]* Copper [economic geology]* Diabase [rock type]* Economic geology [accompanied by commodity...[usually accompanied by rock type]* Geophysics* Gold [economic geology]* Granophyre [rock type] Gravity [geophysics]*
Report (volume)
.. New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.................. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five times the combined production and...than 86,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than
Report (volume)
about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five tunes the combined production and...than 80,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...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...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
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
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
 
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