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Prehnite from
Laurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Prehnite
Formula:Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Prehnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Laurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:72344
Long-form Identifier:1:3:72344:8
GUID (UUID V4):82b14370-dc82-44a5-850b-2e51efe68122
Nearest other occurrences of Prehnite
2.9km (1.8 miles) Delaware - Lackawanna & Western Railroad tunnels, Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) Erie Railroad cut (Bergen archways), Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) New Jersey Railroad cut, Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) New York - West Shore & Buffalo RR tunnel, Weehawken, Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
12.8km (7.9 miles) Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) Interstate 95 and George Washington Bridge Lower Level roadcut, Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
14.1km (8.7 miles) Orange Quarry Company Quarry (Eagle Rock Quarry), West Orange, West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) McDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) Little Falls Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) Cedar Grove Reservoir, Cedar Grove, Cedar Grove, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...40 traprock localities in New Jersey. This article focuses on the Bergen Hill occurrence in the Palisades...in the First Watchung Mountain: Upper and Lower New Street quar­ ries, Paterson; Warren Brothers quarry...Rocky Hill and Lambertville) and two Hudson County localities, Laurel (Snake) Hill quarry, Secaucus, and
Catalog/List
DRIVE, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95127 HALITE - Kern County, California (cavernous crystals) GEM ROUGH & SLABS...fl. yellow-green. ARAGONITE 3X4 - Sam Benito County, Califo.fnia - White needles groTdrting in radiating...Ilo $2, 3 X 3 $2.75, 4 X 5 $4.50 San Benito County, California - Greenish hexagonal plates (look like...$2.75, 2X3 $3.50, 3X4 $4.50 - Sa.n Benito County, California - A newl}. discovered mineral from... 3 X 3 $2.75 GARNET PffilANITE - Sam Benito County, California - Small shiny black xls. growing on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
/ , . I I ' ft OF LAUREL 7, HILL Minerals of Laurel Hill, Secaucus, New Jersey by Nicholas W. Facciolla...Facciolla. Don Bosco Tech, Paterson, New Jersey. Paperback. 6" by 9"; 48 pages; 33 photographs. Price: $3...twenty pages deal with the history and geology of Laurel Hill and its surroundings. Most of the area is covered...sedimentary rocks, sandstones, and shales, thru which Laurel H i l l , an erosion resistant diabase plug, extends...verified mineral species which have been found at Laurel H i l l . Descriptions are quite brief, but they
Report (volume)
in the current-year issues ofthe monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...Box 12 Fairbanks, AK 99701 • FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Building, 101 Twelfth Ave. Hydrothermal........................... .. Still Creek and Laurel Hill Intrusions ................................................................................. Prehnite . .................................... .. ......wairakite from outcrops associated with the Laurel Hill intrusion.................... Electron-microprobe
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Have: Mt. Leather augite crystals from Laurel Hill, New Jersey. Would like: old foreign or American crystal...Kenneth J . Walling, 344 Grosvenor Street, Flushing, New York 11363. Wanted: mineral specimens from Tri-State...Bower, 8801 Dorsey Road, Richmond, Vir­ Smithtown, New York 11787 ginia 23234. Will trade: good quality...crystalline Franklin fluorescents, excellent New Jersey prehnite and also Virginia limo­ nite pseudomorphs...Ross Pollack, 80 N. Mitchell Ave., Livingston. New Jersey 07039 Wanted: exchange material from someone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pennsylvania Lloyd Millhorn Sherrodsville, Ohio LAUREL HILL THUMBNAIL COLLECTORS The International Thumbnail...mineral collecting, My booklet Minerals of Laurel Hill was considered in your book review section of...Nicholas W . Facciolla 50 Maple Street Teaneck, New Jersey 07666 CORRECTING THE CORRECTION T o my dismay...(continued on page 186) This 1983 Glossary has 230 new en­ tries not in the 1980 Glossary, and more than...been changed. DECISIONS, DECISIONS: Entries in the new-logo design contest are now in the hands of the judges
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pennsylvania Lloyd Millhorn Sherrodsville, Ohio LAUREL HILL THUMBNAIL COLLECTORS The International Thumbnail...mineral collecting, My booklet Minerals of Laurel Hill was considered in your book review section of...Nicholas W . Facciolla 50 Maple Street Teaneck, New Jersey 07666 CORRECTING THE CORRECTION T o my dismay...(continued on page 186) This 1983 Glossary has 230 new en­ tries not in the 1980 Glossary, and more than...been changed. DECISIONS, DECISIONS: Entries in the new-logo design contest are now in the hands of the judges
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pennsylvania Lloyd Millhorn Sherrodsville, Ohio LAUREL HILL THUMBNAIL COLLECTORS The International Thumbnail...mineral collecting, My booklet Minerals of Laurel Hill was considered in your book review section of...Nicholas W . Facciolla 50 Maple Street Teaneck, New Jersey 07666 CORRECTING THE CORRECTION T o my dismay...(continued on page 186) This 1983 Glossary has 230 new en­ tries not in the 1980 Glossary, and more than...been changed. DECISIONS, DECISIONS: Entries in the new-logo design contest are now in the hands of the judges
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals
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...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2...nearby geographic feature, such as a hill, stream, or town. County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items on new finds wanted. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...Commission, 10.2% U 3 O g . I have been reading about the new mineral finds in each state in the copies of ROCKS...Marble Peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, in Pima County, Arizona. A note from him reads: "I have done some...taken from the Cherokee district placers in Butte County, California. Mineral Information Service, July...abandoned Flatrock granite quarry at Waterford, New London Co., Conn. Trie aegirite occurs here as greenish
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
Journal (volume)
SECRETARY Tema J. Hecht 600 West 111th Street, New York NY 10025 TREASURER John Cianciulli 60 Alpine...or mining history of the FranklinOgdensburg, New Jersey area is invited to join the Franklin-Ogdensburg...Richard C. Bostwick Tema J. Hecht 600 W. lllthSt.,#llB New York NY 10025 EDITORIAL BOARD John L. Baum Peter...Museum News from Sterling Hill Field Trip Report 6 1998 Franklin-Sterling Hill Gem & Mineral Show 13...community which pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey area. The List: Changing of the Guard John Cianciulli
Journal (issue)
J. Dunn Famous Mineral Localities: Paterson, New Jersey................157 by Thomas A. Peters, Joseph....................................... 132 What’s New in Minerals?.......................................n . photomicrography: Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York designed by Wendell E. Wilson Mineralogical...receive additional grants we would rather use them for new projects instead of reprinting old ones. We are content...“Descriptive Mineralogy: Discovery and Characterization of New Minerals.” Papers are solicited for both the general
Journal (issue)
COLLECTOR. ( Entered as Second - Class Matter at the New York , N. Y., Post Office, March 19, 1894.) NOVEMBER...and my purpose will have been accomplished. Many new beauties in this mineral, both of form and quality... Mr. Bixby contributes the following notes on a new find of quartz in Utah : Good clear and milky quartz...several places in the United States. In Oakland County, Michigan , jasper is found in rounded masses of...most extensive deposit is near Corrizo, Apache County, Arizona, and is known as Chalcedony The Park is
Journal (issue)
from small cabochons to large aQate slabs, etc. New and out of print books are also in stock. Friends...MINERALS 258 - CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY TO OUR READERS NEW MINERAL CLUB IN CHICAGO There is apparently a misunderstanding...may be devoted either to amethyst or geodes. A new society for the study of rocks, minerals, fossils...Menzel will be the chief speaker. The officers of the new society are: Chairman, H. C. Walther; Vice.Chairman...companions, all of Brooklyn, N. Y., are touring New England on bicycles. Many mineral localities are
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...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg
Book (edition)
The current progress in mineralog), with countless new data in books and scientific as well as amateur journals...submitted to, and accepted by, the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...pure freibergite is very rare. The decision that a new mineral species is established when one of the cations...eudialyte, and several other groups: The number of new mineral species may grow as an avalanche, flooding...and long-wave UV light (LW, 365 nm). Recently, a new wavelength of UV, called midwave (~300 nm) has been
Report (issue)
ILLINOIS LIBRARY i ^ 6^2.09 S ^^ 2 . ) I NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. GEOLOGICAL...5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject Index...name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining field, and...Reconnaissance of Country between Recherche Bay and New River, Southern Tasmania. Bull. Geol. Surv. Tas....OF PAPERS. Alger (F.) Notice of Minerals from New Holland. Amer. Journ. Sci., xxxix, Boston Journ.
Report (volume)
stratigraphic section through the northern Newark basin, New Jersey 19 By MichaelS. Fedosh and Joseph P. Smoot Paleoenvironmental...Mesozoic rocks of the northern Newark basin, New Jersey and New York 31 By R.A. Parker, H.F. Houghton, and...Palisades siii to the lava flows at Ladentown, New York, based on new core data 113 By Nicholas M. Ratcliffe...Palisades sheet: Further evidence from Weehawken, New Jersey 13S By David N. Shirley Significance of major-...variation trends in Mesozoic diabase, west-central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania 141 By Jonathan M. Husch
Book (edition)
of a " System of Mineralogy." NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. NEW HAVEN; H. H. PEOK 1867. Entered...Manual up infor- and the associations of species— NEW their » EDITION. to the present state of the...bear in common language. The " diamonds" of central New York, and many other localities, are of this kind...and every additional fact becomes to the nind a new revelation of His wisdom. Still to the action ;...beryl) was obtained a few years since at Acworth, New Hampshire, which measured 4 feet in length and 2£
 
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