 | | 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) | | Finds at the Famous Prospect Park Quarry Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey All specimens self-collected...noted JAMES S. ZIGRAS 171 Arundel Road Paramus, New Jersey 07652 jzigras@hotmail.com MATTHEW L. GORRING...Studies Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey 07043 gorringm@mail.montclair.edu Figure 1. Locality...Locality map, by William Besse. he Prospect Park quarry has been producing fine mineral specimens for...trap-rock quarry in the world. Not many localities can boast fine native silver, chalcocite crystals to |  | | Journal (issue) | | The following short items were submitted by our new group of "Mineral Spies" as well as other Mineral...accurate) articles on a timely basis. - Editor. New Moroccan Acanthite Discovery By Dave Bunk dave@davebunkminerals...dave@davebunkminerals.com After hearing about a new find of octahedral acanthite crystals from Morocco, I...(Continues on page 2) Stalactites from Prospect Park, New Jersey Bradley D. Plotkin bdpchab@optonline.net...cleaned off the roof of my house and assembled a new stainless steel barbecue. It was now mid-afternoon |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | 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) | | November 2014 Covellite Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado Two minerals are typically formed when...exposed to near-surface weathering environments: chalcocite and the somewhat less abundant covellite. Both...mine makes them briefly available to collectors. Chalcocite has been featured in this column (Cook 1995)...chalcopyrite, chalcocite, enargite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, and bornite. Excellent chalcocite pseudomorphs...description of the fundamental chemistry of covellite, chalcocite, and related secondary copper minerals and of |  | | 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 Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Book (edition) | | PENNSYLVAN1 A & NEW JERSEY «s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott...Book Co. 315 CLOVERLEAF DRIVE, SUITE F BALDWIN PARK, CA 91706 Copyright © 2000 Gem Guides Book Company...man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other persons directly......... Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE...Shelocta Siderite Concretions..... New Paris Fluorite....................... New Enterprise Banded Chert.... |  | | 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, |  | | Catalog/List | | squares NEW for the list It is also possible to order from the last long catalogue No 104 New Customers...plus post 1147 ■■ ALTAITE Organ Mts, Dona Anna County, New Mexico a few silvery I mm spots in dark matrix...- - - - -~ ---1152 ■ AL UNITE Marysvale, Piute County, Utah Pure orange-pink crystalline mass KAISO/4OH..._ Fcldsp3~ -·· ~ 510 ■■ CHALCEDONY Greystones Quarry, lezant, Cornwall Grey banded massive lx2 £1 2x2...£3 - -- - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - - 107 ■■ CHALCOCITE Tsumeb Namibia Rich dark grey metallic with some |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection. An ideal and inexpensive...“The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001 issue...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite pegmatite, 12 miles W of Bosler...s, ColoradoWyoming State Line district, Albany County: largest crystal is approximately 0.Y carat. Karl |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Jersey's well-known Fanwood and Summit quarries expose the same stratigraphic section and yield many...Summit Quarries, New Jersey WARREN CUMMINGS 225 Beechwood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08618 T H E SUMMIT...cut, located in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, formed a major mineral collecting site prior...Construction Materials, the last operator of the quarry, ceased operation in 1977, and since 1983 the pit...Company quarry in the Borough of Watchung, Somerset County—sometimes known as the Scotch Plains quarry, or | | | Catalog/List | | DOMEYKITE pure metallic mass about Ix1 Keweenaw County. Michigan USA £ 14 11. BARYTES and QUARTZ translucent...attractive small group about l x2 inches ( Coldstones Quarry, Yorkshire) £7 19. ANAPAITE pale green micro... about 1 .5 inches long . Maroon Pass, Colorado USA£7 23. YANADINITE variety ENDLlCHITE intergrown brown..., overall size about 2,.5 x1.5 £15 . Ze Pinto Prospect, Minas Gerias BraziI £15 25. CHRYSOCOLLA pseudomorph...with some minor green Pyromorphite 79 Mine Arizona USA £10 26. SMALTITE dark grey 5 111111 vein on the surface |  | | Journal (issue) | | /4 /04 (!Jctol,.,., f9J/.J/. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Murdock ........ WORLD'S FJNEST DESCLOIZITES COME FROM NEW MEXICO ORPIMENT AND REALGAR FROM MERCUR, UTAH .....c:iation ROCKS AND MINERALS 302 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ROCKS & MINERALS Rates High! Editor R & M: Please...escerday I found a big chunk ( 800 or 900 lbs. ) of a new red and brown mineral and have sent samples to Chicago...(The Terlingua Quicksilver District of Brewster County, Texas, pp. 325-332). Recently, the Esperado Mining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Excursion of the M. S. P. was taken Sunday the 11th, to New Street Quarries, Paterson N. J., thru the courtesy...Countfriends were M.S.P. field trip to New Street trap rock quarry, Paterson, N. J . Sept. I I , 1955 Photo...Wilson Jennings (in hole) with son, David. New Street quarry, Paterson, N. J . Sept. I I , 1955 Photo by...Ave., Abington, Penn. North Jersey Mineralogical Society A display of new mineral specimens collected...presented by mem.bers of the North Jersey Mineralogical Society as it opened new season activities with its September |  | | 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) | | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...R, Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur........................................389 What's New in Minerals?.......................................for the Tucson Show, but it’s a possibility. 354 NEW GLOSSARY COMING! The fifth edition of Fleischer’s...tattered Glossary up to our Show table ai buy a new copy of the same edition to replace the worn out |  | | Book | | Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London 1817 Portions...Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Published simultaneously in Canada...Reading the Geologic Map; Geologic Maps as Guides to New Fields; Other Maps Useful to Gem and Mineral Hunters...Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota...the Old Stone Age) and Homo sapiens (men of the New Stone Age, our direct ancestors, the Cro-Magnon) |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Steven R. Morehead Riverside, CA Donald R. Peacor...the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County, Nevada ............................................................ 170 by W. E. Wilson What's new in minerals? Pasadena Show 1992 by J. A. Scovil ...in The Complete Book o f Mi cromounting. WHAT’S NEW! Our annual Munich Show report usually goes in the...jokingly suggested we should dub this the “What’s New Issue.” In any case, as I said in our Twentieth Anniversary |  | | Journal (issue) | | of luck!) but out of fear of missing the joy of new experiences and the chance to see and learn. Mineralientage...Weber by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (see February 2005 Mineral News - Ed.). Between...noted for the mounted specimens acquired by the LA County Museum, the collection provides a solid reference...specimens and must recommend Johann Zenz' (2005a, 2005b) new book Agates (Achate in the German version). This...about field collecting, descriptive mineralogy and new mineral finds. This year, why not consider giving |
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