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Frank Imbriacco
Joined: 17 Dec 2012
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Location: Aberdeen, New Jersey
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 Posted: Feb 18, 2013 16:28 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Several goodies from the famous Prospect Park Quarry which ceased operations in 2011.
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Mesolite & prehnite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
15.5 x 9.9 cm
A 6.7 cm mesolite sphere on prehnite, formerly in the U.S. National Museum, and pictured on p.178 of the May-June 1978 issue of the Mineralogical Record. |
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Stilbite & heulandite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
17.2 x 12.1 cm
Stilbite half bow ties on heulandite |
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Analcime & laumontite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
4.7 x 3.8 cm
A 3.5 cm analcime crystal with laumontite and calcite |
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Frank Imbriacco
Joined: 17 Dec 2012
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Location: Aberdeen, New Jersey
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| Posted: Dec 22, 2013 20:42 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Recent additions to my New Jersey traprock collection.
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Stilbite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
9.7 x 6.2 cm
Lustrous, chocolate stilbite with prehnite and calcite |
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Heulandite & pectolite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
7.1 x 4.9 cm
Green heulandite crystals to 3.1 cm on pectolite; the specimen is pictured on page 1702 of the November 1978 issue of the Lapidary Journal. |
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Apophyllite, datolite & pectolite
Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
13.2 x 9.9 cm
Apophyllite crystals to 3.4 cm with datolite on pectolite; previously in the American Museum of Natural History, and pictured on page 37 of Trap Rock Minerals of New Jersey. |
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Stilbite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
4.1 x 3.5 cm
3 cm stilbite half bow tie with heulandite |
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Frank Imbriacco
Joined: 17 Dec 2012
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Location: Aberdeen, New Jersey
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| Posted: Oct 21, 2015 18:27 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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New Jersey traprock collection additions for 2014 to 2015.
| Mineral: | Pectolite and Datolite |
| Locality: | | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 8.5 x 7.3 cm |
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| Pink pectolite spheres to 2.8 cm coated with micro apophyllite, prehnite, hematite and calcite crystals, on datolite |
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Frank Imbriacco
Joined: 17 Dec 2012
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Location: Aberdeen, New Jersey
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| Posted: Oct 21, 2015 18:36 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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New Jersey traprock collection additions for 2014 to 2015.
| Mineral: | Thomsonite and Pectolite |
| Locality: | | Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.1 x 5.7 cm |
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| Thomsonite clusters to 3.7 cm on pectolite |
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| Mineral: | Analcime and Pectolite |
| Locality: | | Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.6 x 9.1 cm |
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| Analcime crystals to 3.1 cm on pectolite |
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| Mineral: | Heulandite and Quartz |
| Locality: | | Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.6 x 6.3 cm |
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| Heulandite crystals to 3.7 cm on quartz |
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| Mineral: | Chalcocite |
| Locality: | | Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.6 x 5.8 cm |
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| 9.6 cm chalcocite crystal with chrysocolla on mudrock |
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| Mineral: | Datolite and Prehnite |
| Locality: | | Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 6.2 cm |
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| Frosted faced datolite crystals to 2.8 cm with prehnite spheres |
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| Mineral: | Stilbite |
| Locality: | | Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 6.0 cm |
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| 2.7 cm stilbite sphere on scoria |
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| Mineral: | Stilbite |
| Locality: | | Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5 x 6.7 cm |
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| 7.5 cm stilbite bow tie with micro heulandite |
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| Mineral: | Stilbite |
| Locality: | | Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 3.5 cm |
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| 3.5 cm stilbite sphere on scoria |
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| Mineral: | Natrolite |
| Locality: | | Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.8 x 3.3 cm |
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| 3.2 cm natrolite sphere on calcite |
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| Mineral: | Stilbite and Albite |
| Locality: | | Houdaille Quarry, Springfield, Union County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.6 x 6.2 cm |
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| 3.4 cm stilbite sphere with albite and heulandite; former Paterson Museum specimen |
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| Mineral: | Quartz and Calcite |
| Locality: | | Houdaille Quarry, Little Falls, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 5.5 cm |
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| 2.4 cm smoky quartz crystal coated with micro goethite crystals |
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kushmeja
Joined: 28 Jul 2014
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Oct 22, 2015 09:35 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Gorgeous specimens! Especially that Thomsonite on Pectolite!
Thanks for the pics!
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Tobi
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Location: Germany
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Frank Imbriacco
Joined: 17 Dec 2012
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Location: Aberdeen, New Jersey
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| Posted: Dec 19, 2015 20:24 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Larger than what I typically collect, this top tier New Jersey prehnite was recently brokered to the Robert Batic collection.
| Mineral: | Prehnite epimorphic on Anhydrite with Laumontite |
| Locality: | | Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 27.5 x 19.8 x 14.2 cm |
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| A 15.5 cm prehnite epimorph after anhydrite on globular prehnite with laumonite that was formerly in the U.S. National Museum. |
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Frank Imbriacco
Joined: 17 Dec 2012
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Location: Aberdeen, New Jersey
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| Posted: Dec 15, 2017 17:20 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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The newest and only addition to my New Jersey traprock collection for 2017.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Houdaille Quarry, Little Falls, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 12.4 x 7.6 x 8.5 cm |
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| Twinned calcite crystals to 6.5 cm sitting atop smaller, lighter crystals, formerly in the Norm and Roz Pellman #825 and Stephen Pochek collections. |
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kushmeja
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Dec 15, 2017 17:33 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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| That is a truly stunning calcite, especially for NJ!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 16, 2017 05:35 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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| Frank Imbriacco wrote: | The newest and only addition to my New Jersey traprock collection for 2017.
Calcite
Houdaille Quarry, Little Falls, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
12.4 x 7.6 x 8.5 cm
Twinned calcite crystals to 6.5 cm sitting atop smaller, lighter crystals, formerly in the Norm and Roz Pellman #825 and Stephen Pochek collections. |
An outstanding calcite specimen, Frank, congratulations!
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Frank Imbriacco
Joined: 17 Dec 2012
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Location: Aberdeen, New Jersey
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2019 10:24 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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After no additions in 2018 to my New Jersey traprock collection, here are four for 2019.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 11.5 x 8.1 x 3.5 cm |
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| 6.5 cm doubly terminated calcite crystal on quartz collected by Hobart Jones and formerly in the John Geiges collection, #1128. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Trap Rock Industries Moores Station Quarry, Moore, Hopewell (ciudad), Moore, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.7 x 5.3 x 3.9 cm |
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| Calcite crystals on stilbite sprinkled with pyrite |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Houdaille Quarry, Little Falls, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.8 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm |
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| 4.8 cm twinned calcite crystal on smaller whiter crystals, formerly in the Don Zowader collection |
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| Mineral: | Heulandite-Ca |
| Locality: | | Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.4 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm |
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| 4.2 cm doubly terminated heulandite cystal on quartz with chabazite |
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kushmeja
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2019 10:47 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Hey! I recognize that Moore's Station piece ;)
Great specimens!
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Bob Morgan
Joined: 18 Jan 2018
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Location: Savannah, Georgia
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2019 15:15 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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| On the Moore's Station piece: The pyrite appears to be in lines. Is that so, and are those lines on edges of the calcite crystals?
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Frank Imbriacco
Joined: 17 Dec 2012
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Location: Aberdeen, New Jersey
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2019 20:25 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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| Bob Morgan wrote: | | On the Moore's Station piece: The pyrite appears to be in lines. Is that so, and are those lines on edges of the calcite crystals? |
The micro pyrite crystals are randomly scattered about the stilbite, and included in and on the calcite crystals. Greater pyrite concentrations are situated along the edges of approximately half the calcites, giving a linear appearance.
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