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Mesolite from
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Mesolite
Formula:Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Prehniteⓘ3 photos of Mesolite associated with Prehnite at this locality.
Calciteⓘ1 photo of Mesolite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mesolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:78702
Long-form Identifier:1:3:78702:0
GUID (UUID V4):95dbfd11-d6ee-4848-8fb1-0c1e53231554
Nearest other occurrences of Mesolite
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘUpper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘLower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘInterstate 95 and George Washington Bridge Lower Level roadcut, Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘNew York - West Shore & Buffalo RR tunnel, Weehawken, Bergen Hill, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘNew Jersey Railroad cut, Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
71.7km (44.6 miles) ⓘState Route 57 zeolite occurrence (Georgetown locality; Connerie's store), Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, 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...(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)
Minerals In The New Jersey Traprocks By GARDINER GREGORY Lee Avenue School, Hicksville, L. I., N. Y .... There are two areas in New Jersey that are world famous for their minerals. One is the Franklin &...& Sterling Hill area in Sussex County which is famous for its large number of minerals, about 180 in number...extending from Somerville in Somerset County to Paterson in Passaic County. This area is noted for its fine... stilbite, laumontite, thomsonite, natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, and their associated minerals. Most
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEW JERSEY-A ROCKHOUND'S PARADISE New Jersey is not a large state, but within its borders lie many...of the minerals found in New Jersey: Native Elements Graphite—Sussex County Sulfides Sphalerite—Franklin...Phosphates Vivianite—Allentown, Shrewsbury in Monmouth County Silicates Amethyst—Basalt sills Scapolite—Franklin...Hill, Snake Hill, Bergen County Good Heulandite—Watchung Mountains, Prospect Park and Garret Mountain, Paterson...McBride Avenue Quarry Natrolite-Houdaille Quarry, Bound Brook; Snake Hill, Bergen County Mesolite-Many places
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Tudith L. Vozza F. Silva Printing Palisades Park, New Tersey l L r This book is dedicated 11 to...Jerry Furia of "Fur:y Camera & Sound" in Dumont, New Jersey for their technical assistance with the photography...LEONHARDITE 65 LEVYNITE= LEVYNE 67 MAZZITE 70 MESOLITE 71 MORDENITE (PTILOLITE) 75 NATROLITE 78... LOCATIONS: UIS 1.A.. NEW' JERSEY Bergen Hill, Snake Hill, Paterson, New Street Quarries, Upper Montclair...MICHIGAN Houghton County, Park Cowlitz County, Keeneenan Highwood Mts. County CANADA NOVASCOTIA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first half...Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad cuts and tunnels in the Jersey City...Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected from many localities in Passaic County...West Paterson (including the famous Upper and Lower New Street quarries where crystals to 7 cm have been...single analcime crystal on serandite from the Demix quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. This 3.7-cm specimen
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found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples were...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
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found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples were...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
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
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarryï‚Ÿ chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityï‚Ÿagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitsï‚Ÿpetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
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
Catalog/List
the grains and a few more scattered about. Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg bei Mayen, Yulkaneifel, Rheinland Pfalz...17. MESOLITE rich white finely fibrous pure mass 2x1.5 inch Prospect Park, Patterson, New Jersey USA...Vevja Quany, Tvedalen Norway ÂŁ7 24. CHABAZITE Mg, a new species ! water-clear micro on 3mm matrix baxsi...about I to 2mm thick. Tip Top Mine, South Dakota USA large 2x3 ÂŁ30 27. TITANJTE very unusual ÂŁ20 yellow-brown...middle of the vein. Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California USA ÂŁ17 35. SODALITE good solid orange
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arem photo. March/April: Cacoxenite, Dravo quarry, Shelby ‘County, Alabama. Dan Behnke photo. MayIJune: Stibnite... Beaver County, Utah. Private collection, Jeffrey Scovil photo. Barite, Colorado, 329; New Mexico, 109;...Bindheimite, Utah, 41 1 Bismuthinite, New Mexico, 109 Bismutite, New Mexico, 109 Bladh, K.W., John Williams...Guernsey Limestone Quarry, Washington County, Ohio, 251-59 Bornite, Colorado, 329; New Mexico, 109 Brandow...Anatase, & Rutile from the Silver Link Mine, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 327-30 Brookite
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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
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each fine mineral specimen recovered from a mine, quarry, or canyon wall there must be millions lying hidden... John S. White, Jr. Charles Scribner’s Sons * New York Text Copyright © 1971 John S. White, Jr. ...* isometric * iron sulfide Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas This book published simultaneously in the...chemical elements in the rocks to move about and seek new combinations among themselves. Many of the more familiar...Pyrite * isometric ° iron sulfide Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana The intergrown crystals of this specimen
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,
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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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milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...person wishing to examine a locality personally. New information relating to Washington's mineral diversity...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...than 2,200 mineral species have been identified and new ones are discovered and described each year. Over...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Thirty-eight, Number Three Articles The Lonavala Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India . . . . . ....Obituary: Howard K. Worner by B. Birch What’s new in minerals: Tucson Show 2007 . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 211 by T. P. Moore Millington, New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...the 2007 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show (see “What’s New”). Readers of this magazine are well aware of the
Journal (issue)
distribution in the Orange Mountain Basalt, Paterson, New Jersey ...............................................Arthur Russell, was to be despatched to Swallowfield Park near Reading in 1964, with his colleague the late...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 (issue)
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....Tanzania, and gained fame for his discovery of the new gem grossular variety tsavorite in 1967. In 1968...States for identification by the GIA Gem Trade Lab in New York. When his mines were nationalized by the Tanzanian
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locall - rs where amomeor prospectors m a y still prospect f o r gems mai t e a l s a n d a l s o fossils...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
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species. And for those interested in discovering new deposits, the geology and mineralogy of sources is...Iwo Volumes Volume | JOHN SINKANKAS [aN] VAN New NOSTRAND York Cincinnati REINHOLD Toronto COMPANY...Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 Van Nostrand Reinhold Limited 1410...eg Ow a Ne Sarah PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION The quantity of new information accumulated since publication...such new information in a second volume. [hus the present book becomes V olume I. while the new information
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With 218 Figures Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo Professor Dr. GLAUCO GOTTARDI Professor...requirement. To begin with crystallography, a partially new structural classification has been proposed without...advice, and for their permission to publish some new data. Special thanks are due to Laura Gottardi, who...... Natrolite, Tetranatrolite, Paranatrolite, Mesolite, Scolecite ........................ Thomsonite...later; today the zeoli tic species number 32, but new species are discovered at the rate of one every three
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Minerals of New York City Copyright held by author Downloaded by [University of Cambridge] at...within the boundaries of New York City. It takes perseverance and boldness, but New Yorkers lack neither...neither. T he landscape of New York City (NYC) was arguably the most exposed and excavated area in the United...West 98th Street, No. 2F tion for the New York New York City, New York 10025 Central railroad yards jhbnyc@aol...jhbnyc@aol.com under what is now Park All mineral photographs by author Avenue north of Grand 204 Figure
 
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