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Ferro-hornblende from
Interstate 95 and George Washington Bridge Lower Level roadcut, Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Ferro-hornblende
Formula:◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Comments:Occurs as very long prismatic crystal sections in vuggy diabase.
Habit:Prismatic
Colour:Black
Luminescent properties:None.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pectoliteβ“˜1 photo of Ferro-hornblende associated with Pectolite at this locality.
Pyroxene Groupβ“˜1 photo of Ferro-hornblende associated with Pyroxene Group at this locality.
Stilpnomelaneβ“˜1 photo of Ferro-hornblende associated with Stilpnomelane at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ferro-hornblende data
Locality Data:Click here to view Interstate 95 and George Washington Bridge Lower Level roadcut, Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:72207
Long-form Identifier:1:3:72207:8
GUID (UUID V4):91dd7bbe-111b-46b1-8c35-969ad6ce0709
Nearest other occurrences of Ferro-hornblende
20.0km (12.4 miles) β“˜Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) β“˜Lake Street Quarry, Harrison, Westchester County, New York, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) β“˜Ryerson de Bow Mine (Bishop Mine; Search Mine), Pompton Station, Riverdale, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) β“˜Wanaque Mines (Wynokie Mines), Riverdale, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) β“˜Blue Mine, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) β“˜Bush Mine, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
35.5km (22.0 miles) β“˜Lake Valhalla Quarry (Gordon's Crystalline Limestone Quarry), Montville Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
36.3km (22.6 miles) β“˜Hard Mine, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
36.3km (22.6 miles) β“˜Cannon Mines, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
36.3km (22.6 miles) β“˜Mule Mine, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
References
John Durkos collection.
Rocks & Min. (1963) 38:591-592
 
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