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Quartz from
Prison quarry, Ossining (Sing Sing), Westchester County, New York, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prison quarry, Ossining (Sing Sing), Westchester County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:980877
Long-form Identifier:1:3:980877:5
GUID (UUID V4):6f3da542-720e-4e88-ac8b-49ee6385bdec
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recently announced a cooperative effort with two New York State public schools, donating substantial mineral...the Goshen Central School District in Orange County, New York, received a display quality collection of...sandwiches from the Badu Hill pegmatite, Llano County, Texas. Frank noted that these specimens had increased...superb Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Odgensburg, New Jersey, as well as other field trip locations, provides...plant a seed that may someday germinate and bring new mineral enthusiasts to the hobby and potential scientists
Report (issue)
"'J. >-f University of the State of New York BULLETIN New York Museum State VOL. No. 10 2. SEPTEMBER...IN 1800 NEW YORK BY JOHN C. SMOCK ALBANY UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF 1890 NEW YORK Regents George...Troy - Ithaca - Rochester Syracuse - New York New York - Utica Lowville - Brooklyn Albany Watkins...Watkins Lockport Syracuse Palmyra Glens Falls New York - - - - Pliny T. Sexton, 1890 T. Guilford...Secretary Ph. D., Assistant Albert B. Watkins, West New Brighton Utica - . the legislature - William
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Number Six Articles Barite after paralstonite, a new pseudomorph from Cave-in-Rock, I llin o is .......................442 by W. L. Wilson Abstracts of new mineral descriptions................................................483 by J. A. Mandarino What's new in minerals Springfield Show 1997 ..................biography, there is also an introduction to the new edition in which I review Wulfen’s discoveries, techniques
Report (issue)
I Si IE h .si Ss : BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 3STo. 3. March...JOHN C. NEW SMOCK. PRINTED FOR THE MUSEUM. ALBANY CHARLES VAN BENTHUYSEN & SONS. YORK, : BULLBTIN...BULLBTIN NEW YOEK STATE MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY. ZN"o. 3. March, 1888. BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE...JOHN C. NEW SMOCK. PRINTED FOR THE MUSEUM. ALBANY CHARLES VAN BENTHUYSEN & SONS. 1888. YORK, PREFACE... PREFACE. Economic geology, as a division of the New York State Museum, its work the examination and description
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
111.- Tlie Motioclitiic Pyroxenes of New York State. UY IlEINRICII RIES. Rend March l?!h, 15%. COSTESTS...S e a York Pyroxenes ............................................. 131 Clmmck.rs of the Xea York Pyro.......................... 1C8 Cicnesiu of the Sew York Pyroxene .........................................the monoclinic * pyroscnes occurring witliiti New York Stnte, and to this is ndded Such iiiformntion...wollnstonite. The Jlonoclinic Pyroxenes of Yew York Stale. 125 A constnnt difHciilty nll through the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
other silver minerals, Keweenaw County. barite, fluorite, and quartz and those characterized by nickel...of phenomenal specimens in major Acton mine, York County, the Deer collections. One state that is draped...crystallized-silver south of Sing Sing Prison in New specimens are well known from the Caribou York; at Cheshire, Connecticut;...white barite crystals Bridgewater copper mines, New Jerfrom the White Raven mine, Ward district, sey...silver has been found in Boulder County (Raines 1992). Locally New Jersey trap-rock quarries, abundant
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from the famous locality at Elk Creek in Meade County, South Dakota. The crystal measures 10 cm in length...on the Bald Knob manganese deposit in Allegheny County, North Carolina. The article, by William “Skip”...of “nailhead spar” (calcite) from the Lone Jack quarry, Glasgow, Virginia. The specimen, which is from...chambers of some kind of extinct “mining bee.” quartz crystal, recounts the discoveries of several minerals... amethyst, beryl, and the aforementioned smoky quartz. At one point the author mentions that in the summer
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THE SOUTHWEST DEPT. D. 1570 PACHECO ST., SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO 87501 Moving? Please let us know 8 weeks...mailing label for your old address and write in your new address below. Six exhibit halls dedicated to the...T L E , Gen'i. Mgr. 750Third Ave., 29th Floor New York, NY 10017 (212)682-7483 R O B E R T L . SARRA...Club, Audubon Society and others. Voters of Inyo County, however, passed S Measure A which calls for...however, Mono County voters don't seem disturbed as they unseated Joan Green, their county superviser most
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COLLECTOR. [Entered as Second-Class Matter at the New York, N. Y., Post Office, March 19, 1894.] VOL. VI SliPl‘EMBER...breakfast is past and still there is nothing to see, a new problem arises. The Volcano House stables have but...almost thirty miles every Sunday to go to church and sing hymns, you feel astray wonder as to whether the...bring this branch up to that of the others. Several new cases are being put up in the museum to accommodate...devote our time to mineral col lecting. There was no new business transacted at this meeting. GEO. GEHRET
Book
Edward Borein $1.75 net P. BUTTON & COMPANY NEW YORK SILVER A in AND GOLD Story ef Luck and Love... and Silver rMiners Saying. in high places.** NEW E. P. BUTTON & COMPANY 68 1 FIFTH AVENUE COPYRIGHT...of his saddle, and as he caught the fragrance of new-made dough man," YOUNG and painful silence...street in front of that big restaurant he saw a new meal ticket on the sidewalk. His luck had been so...AND GOLD dollar to eat on, and if I I land in a new camp I way. That a man asks s happen to be broke
Book (edition)
gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE
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Assistant with the journal Mine and Quarry Engineering; has been a quarry manager, offers an explosive service...APPROX SCALE RYNOSE PASS PENNY RIGG MILL AND QUARRY TO AMBLESIDE 3 © Eric G.Holland Cicerone Press...varying sections of the public. One could say, a new sport has come into being as more and more persons...and the new levels, including the important Deep or Horse Level, were started in order to work new veins...including the fine Old Engine Shaft, Thriddle Shaft, New Engine Shaft and the Paddy End Engine Shaft. Taylor
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ELLIS this month's com scene: "On the Way tothe Sing" By W. THETFORD LeVINESS Ellis—one of Santa Fe's...parts of the country, and when he was 15 was in New York City awhile. One day his mother took him to the...wanted to be an artist." He spent three months at New York's Art Students League; since then painting has...such an approach 'modern.' It's actually nothing new. It's been used in good painting through the ages...annual Rodeo de Santa Fe exhibition at the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe. Ellis enjoys exhibiting his work
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Christmas Parade, El Centro. Dec. 6—Open House at new Desert Museum building, Palm Springs. Dec. 6—Christmas...their grave lest the floods come to Papagoland. A NEW WORLD TO SHARE With Family and Friends- Giue a Christmas...present that spreads its good wishes over the entire new year and for many years to come. USE THE HANDY ORDER...Community Golden Anniversary celebration, Fallon. NEW MEXICO Late Nov. or early Dec. — Shalako Ceremony...Ceremony at Zuni Pueblo. Dec. 8-9—Northeastern New Mexico Hereford Breeders A s s o c i a t i o n Show and Sale
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“LT GRES BROWN ASHOE COUNTY LIBRARY AND GOOD TIME GIRLS OF THE GOLD RUSH [1849-1859] BY GARY H...HEMET, CALIFORNIA NO LONGER PROPERTY OF WASHOE COUNTY LIBRARY THE BLACKJACK QUEEN, CUTTTHROATS AND...Sherman’s Career Carousel 45 First Feminist In New York 46 Make Me An Offer 47 Grant’s Unfinished Letter...of seven states: [1] California; [2] Arizona; [3] New Mexico; [4] Nevada; [5] Utah; [6] part of Colorado...over the 49,000 acre Mexican land grant he called New Helvetia in the Sacramento Valley. He changed his
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vice trust will go out of business. AT WHARTON, NEW JERSEY, and insight into the degeneracy the people...were gathered from the slums of the state of New York and New Jersey, and their insults to girls and women...no God save will profit. GOVERNOR SULZER of New York vetoed the Foley Workmen's Compensation bill....amendment and will be submitted to the voters of New York for approval next November. This amendment will...it possible for the laboring people of trial New York to reach a real, genuine compensation law during
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by po.tal or expre•• money order. AU8tralia and New Zealand.-Tbo.e who de.ire to receive the in current...CO.. 361 Broadway. corner of Franklin Street. New York. The ScIentific AlDerlcan SUPllielDeni I. a di...arrived at the bar of New cations, both he and many others of the best militar.y York harbor several hours...On account of the greater distance traveled, the new Even the iron and steel plates now being spread along...made on an effective force. May 17-464 knots. NEW YORK. tified coaling stations, permits the quick dispatch
Journal (issue)
ROUNTREE is a she has contributed widely to magazines, new recruit this month among Desert ships seeds all over...CflUF. telephone 6040, or consult any travel agency. new subscribers added to Desert's list this month, Lon...Hendricks, director. 1 Indian dances in many of the New Mexican pueblos. Volume 5 1-31 Southwest Cactus...of newly elected Governors in Indian pueblos of New Mexico, usually followed by traditional dances. ...of Los Tres Magos in SpanishAmerican villages of New Mex- 6 Buffalo dance at Taos pueblo; Eagle dance
Journal (issue)
Blackjord. PATIENCE By FRANCES HOPKINS Newark, New Jersey Desert seed Endures the dark, Long rain-need...e n b u r g h watched the Navajo gods dance and sing the ancient Night Chant. Talking God, with the snow...Chant. Then we will talk of the gods—even hear them sing and see them dance!" Although I visited Tachini...and swelled to above the crackling of the fires to sing the introductory song of the Night Chant: 'Haa yaa...half-hour intervals the call of Talking God summoned new sets In the Time of Crusted Snow the Navajo use sleds
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WELCOME TO ROCKHOUNDS PARADISE, U.S.A. (MARQUETTE COUNTY) - MICHIGAN By BOB M A R K E R T The Midwest...cuttable blue steel ore, jaspilite, barite, quartz, and quartz xls, bornite, chrome nontronite, saponite...Negaunee Tourist Park, S. Jackson Pit, and near County Road 581 near the Greenwood Mine road intersection...shoreline in front of ROCKS AND MINERALS the prison on U.S. 41, where it is pos­ sible to pick up nice...breakwater and look for agates. After lunch, drive to County Road 550 and to Sugar Loaf Mountain where a steep
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...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...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Journal (issue)
Steiner The best zincite crystals from Franklin, New Jersey ........................ 509 by W Wilson Collector...Notes from the Editors 477 What's new in minerals: New York-New Jersey Show 2013 by J. Polityka ......review of the best zincite specimens from Franklin, New Jersey. The selection of specimens as "the best"...exhausted and the ability to field-collect fine "new" specimens is only a very distant archeological memory...Notes from the Editors Quartz Memory Crystals People have always marveled at quartz crystals; there is something
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...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2...stream, or town. County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude Information in the county, state, quadrangle
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Americans—Nevada—Elko County—History— 19th century. 2. Gold miners—Nevada—Elko County— History—19th century...Merchants—Nevada—Elko County— History—19th century. 4. Mining camps—Nevada— Elko County—History—19th century...Nevada—Elko County—History—19th century. 6. Intercultural communication—Nevada—Elko County—History—19th...County—History—19th century. 7. Elko County (Nev.)—Ethnic relations—History—19th century. 8. Chinese Americans—Oregon—History—19th...is not antiquarian but historical: she provides a new dimension to the traditional picture of the Chinese
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University of Georgia William Pinch Rochester, New York Bruce K. Goodwin College of William and Mary...Northridge, Califomia Curt G. Segeler Brooklyn, New York Terry E. Huizing Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub...Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York at Buffalo W. Cullen Sherwood James Madison University...Tufts U.S. Geological Survey Carl Krotki New York, New York William Maloney Bethesda, Maryland Joseph...Fossils o n Stamps Robert G. Myers 208 Smoky Quartz in the Libert y Hill Pegmatite Dick Dayvault 214
 
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