| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Quartz var: Amethyst |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Amethyst data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 73206 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:73206:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c2934c75-9cf1-4c7c-8ff8-a21695ae17cb |
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| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘHoudaille Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
| 3.0km (1.8 miles) | ⓘMcDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘLower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘUpper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘProspect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
| 9.6km (6.0 miles) | ⓘBraens Quarry, North Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
| 19.6km (12.2 miles) | ⓘNew York - Susquehanna & Western Railroad tunnel, Edgewater, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA |
| 19.9km (12.4 miles) | ⓘNew York - West Shore & Buffalo RR tunnel, Weehawken, Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA |
| 25.0km (15.5 miles) | ⓘDodgewood Road, The Bronx (Bronx County), New York City, New York, USA |
| 33.2km (20.6 miles) | ⓘWilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
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 | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 218th Street, Manhattan Island. 4—Quartz, var. Amethyst (purple), West Paterson. N. J. 5—Garnet, var.... 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 |
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