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Diopside from
West Point, Orange County, New York, USA


Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Point, Orange County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:986390
Long-form Identifier:1:3:986390:3
GUID (UUID V4):243e8f80-c628-49f9-8d4e-f81cf4519816
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
3.2km (2.0 miles) Cotton Rock, Cold Spring, Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Philipstown, Cold Spring, Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) Forest of Dean Mine, Fort Montgomery, Town of Highlands, Orange County, New York, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Hustis Quarry, Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Brooks Hollow Dam, Bear Mountain State Park, Orange County, New York, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) Shaft 7, Delaware Aqueduct, Town of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) Greenwood mine (Patterson mine), Town of Tuxedo, Orange County, New York, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) Surebridge Mine (Sure-Bridge Mine), Town of Tuxedo, Orange County, New York, USA
21.0km (13.0 miles) Greenwood Furnace, Arden (Greenwood), Orange County, New York, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Hogencamp Mine, Town of Tuxedo, Orange County, New York, USA
References
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December 2014 MINERALS FROM THE IRON DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK STATE T he principal goal of this article is...is to present the important minerals from the New York State iron deposits. Not all the minerals identified...To write an article about the iron deposits of New York State and their minerals is a difficult task....Marian Lupulescu is curator of geology at the New York State Museum. 248 mineral species that were not...is the case for the Tilley Foster mine (Putnam County), which was well described by Nightingale in a
Report (volume)
magnetite deposits of the Jersey Highlands, New York and New Jersey, by H. E. Hawkes and P. E. Hotz..._...deposits of the Cripple Creek district, Teller County, Colo., by A. H. Koschmann_____________________...deposits of the Deer Creek-Wells Canyon area, Caribou County, Idaho, by Charles DeisS-_____________________________...their geologic environment in northwestern Park County, Colo., by Quentin D. Singewald______________________...deposits of the Bonanza-Nonpareil district, Douglas County, Oreg., by R.E. Brown and A. C. Waters._______-__-___
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MtN€RfllS of New Vork Stole David €. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University of Roc Science...Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sum­ mary of published knowledge
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T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E....Natural Science Establishment, Inc . • Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David
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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............................................ 167 Diopside ....................................................................... 1C8 Cicnesiu of the Sew York Pyroxene .........................................the monoclinic * pyroscnes occurring witliiti New York Stnte, and to this is ndded Such iiiformntion
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MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n !* ‘Vi ,...Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON PARADE Recommended for Children...W*T H COlO* * • TfXT COMF11 MINERALS ON PARADE A New Series of Teaching Filmstrips in Full Color. A Valuable...Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State...........................................from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page
Report (issue)
var. Amethyst (purple), West Paterson. N. J. 5—Garnet, var. Spessartite (orange-red), Haven Avenue nnd...Street, Manhattan Island. 7—Datolitc (pale green), West Paterson* N J 8— Quartz, var. Smoky (brown), Broadway... BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS ENVIRONS...ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY ... James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author has
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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
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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
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MONTREAL £terna-Vie Building, 1182 St. Catherine St. West or through your bookseller. A deposit copy of this...-Department of Geology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Dept. Geol. Sci., McGilJ Univ.-Department...G. F. Kunz (The Scientific Publishing Company, New York, 189 0). Gemstones of N. Amer.-Gemstones of North...57. GSC, Ann. Rept. (New Ser.J-Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report, New Series. GSC, BuJJ.-Geological...Summary Report. N.B. Dept. Lands, Mines, Mining Sec.-New Brunswick Department of Lands and Mines, Mining Section
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Quadrangle, . New York Bedrock Geology and Seismotectonics of the Oscawana Lake Quadrangle, New York By NICHOLAS...of New York that are considered seismogenic source zones for microseismicity in southeastern New York...seismotectonics of the Oscawana Lake Quadrangle, New York I by Nicholas M. Ratcliffe. p. em. - (U.S. Geological...of New York that are considered seismogenic source zones for microseismicity in southeastern New York...Structural-New York (State)-Oscawana Lake Region (Lake) 2. Geology, Stratigraphic. 3. Microseisms-New York
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monthly by the New University of the State of BULLETIN York OCTOBER 298 New York FREDERICK Museum...Director Bulletin 70 MINERALOGY 3 LIST OF* NEW YORK MINERAL LOCALITIES BY H. \YHITLOCK P. C....STATE OF NEW YORK 1903 M125m-Je3-2000 PriCC 2O CCntS University of the State of With years New rk York...York of election 1892 WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE D.D. LL.D. 1878 WHITELAW REiD^M.A. LL.D. CHAUNCEY M...TURNER LL.D. 1890 1890 1893 1895 1895 New York New York Rochester - - Utica Lowville MCKELWAY
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Contributions to New jersey Geology A. The Lake Hopatcong Intrusive Suite (Middle Proterozoic) of the New Jersey...B. The High Point Member (Upper Ordovician) of the Martinsburg Formation in Northern New Jersey and Southeastern...Southeastern New York C. The Mount Eve Granite (Middle Proterozoic) of Northern New jersey and Southeastern...Southeastern New York D. The Byram Intrusive Suite of the Reading Prong-Age and Tectonic Environment U.S...BULLETIN 1952 Prepared in cooperation with the New Jersey Geological Survey AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS
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rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’ east to west, from 840’ to 5,300’, yet so imperceptibly. The...sandhills fan out across the west and northwest counties, while the farthest west reaches rise to the high...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
Journal (volume)
Mineral Resources GEOLOGIC BRANCH of Sierra County 7 68 Current Notes 68 SPECIAL ARTICLES 69...now available is appended hereto, and the names of new bulletins will be added in the future as they are...classes 1. Mines and mineral resources of a given county or area (describing kind, character, distribution...DISTRICT MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA COUNTY By Charles V. Averill, District Mining Engineer...SIERRA COUNTY, WITH REFERENCES TO REPORTS OF STATE MINERALOGIST 50 GEOGRAPHY Sierra County is one of
Book (edition)
of Volume I of this work in 1959, the amount of new information that has accumulated is so large and...deposits been profitably reopened, but extensive new primary sources ha\"e been discovered all over the...and quality have been found, as well as entirely new species. Recent mineralogical analyses have yielded...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Sinkankas ~ ~ VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY New York Cincinnati Toronto London Melbourne Copyright©
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Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINOS ARE DESIRED $ _ . . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . ALABAMA—"Received your...purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...magazine, the East Hampton-Haddom Neck area. I made a new discovery of that material "The Tollgate Quarry in
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Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Reviews and suggestions by Thomas J . Crawford (West Georgia College) and Robert B . Cook (Auburn University)...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8
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Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Report (issue)
COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing...Green Lt. Blue Dk. Green Dk. Blue Olive Yellow Dk. Orange Brown Black Valley & Ridge mapping and structural...been selected at random, and will be augmented as new subjects are published. MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR............................................ 132 Diopside .............................................
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as the leaching and weathering action of water on new rock layers exposed by mountain building has produced...you use the maps in this book, you mark on them new discoveries. Warning: Collect rocks and minerals...mineral against each choice and then move on to the new number your choice leads to. Thus, if you have a...scratched by quartz (hardness 7.1+)... 73 RUTILE (red-orange, brown) MICA wagal (soft, pearly luster, other...hardness 4.5—5; sp. gr. 2.8-2.9; fluoresces yellow or orange. CaSiO3 wollastonite 49c. Usually tinged with rose-red
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been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...decade. In addition, the publication of data on new minerals (which surprisingly are still found in ever-increasing... are reported for the decade 1954-1964. Several new sections have been added. Tributes to serious students...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...CDMG (7) MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA 8 [Bull. 189 new entries representing old occurrences not previouslymentioned
Report (issue)
WHITEPINE AREA, TOMICHI MINING DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO by Charles S. Robinson This report Is.............................. 216 Victor W«at Point ........................... 220 SELECTED BIBLIOGHAPHY...end of the Sawatch Range in southeastern Gunnison County, Colorado. The most productive part of the Tomichi...mining district in the Sawatch Bange in Gunnison County* Colorado. The Tomichi mining district has no...A gravel road Irom Whitepine* maintained by the County, goes south lor about seven miles where it joins
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seventy-five mineral .speeies. early time California was a new and largely unexplored field, and only a few scattered...Non-opaque IMinerals has been used for the optical data. New" minerals and important localities for known minerals...octahedral cleavage. Brittle. Yellow and colorless Red, orange, green, blue, brown and black are rarer crystals...observed in the gold gravels at Cherokee, Butte County, and this locality, became the most noted one in...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the
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of all mineral occurrences already listed, of all new entries representing old occurrences not previously...supplements of the Bulletin, and information on new or omitted occurrences, and corrections, are solicited...grains), recrystallization, or the formation of new minerals by a re-combination of elements already...added due to the action of igneous intrusions. Many new compounds are formed in this way, especially by the...tribes in the northeast corner of San Bernardino County in pre-historic times. The old workings here were
 
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