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Jordi Fabre
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 Posted: Jan 06, 2011 16:45 Post subject: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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New Jersey the "Garden State"
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Rhodonite with Franklinite
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey USA
Mined about 1970
Specimen size: 9.3 × 5 × 5.5 cm.
Main crystal size: 2.9 × 0.8 cm.
Former Folch Collection
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The original label from Scott J. Williams (Scott Williams Mineral Company, Scottsdale, Arizona)
To know more about Scott please use -> http://www.mineralogicalrecord.com/labels.asp?colid=484 ) |
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Joaquin Montoro
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2011 03:07 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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My contribution...
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| Zincite.- Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey (USA) 6x6x4 cm. 534 grams of solid zincite. |
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2011 04:29 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Two pieces more with pics under UV lamp. New Jersey is the paradise of the fluorescent minerals!!!
Regards
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| Franklinite on calcite matrix. Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey. 7 x 4 x 4 cm. Main crystal 1,5 cm on edge. |
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| Franklinite. Another pic of the same piece. The calcite is strongly fluroescent under UV lamp (long wave in this case) |
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| Willemite and franklinite on calcite. Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey. 5,5 x 3 cm. Willemite crystal measures 2 x 1 cm. |
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| Willemite crystal close-up |
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| Willemite under UV lamp. It shows strong fluorescence (short wave) |
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Joaquin Montoro
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2011 06:40 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Another piece...
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| Zincite on Franklinite.- Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey (USA) 7x4x3 cm. |
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Pete Richards
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2011 09:24 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Micros from me, as usual... It's not because I have nothing other than micros, it's just that I have much better equipment for imaging through the microscope than I do for imaging larger specimens!
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| Unusually well-formed willemite crystal, of late-stage growth in a vug. Crystal group is 0.95 mm tall. |
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| Unusual franklinite crystal with cube and tetrahexahedron {310} faces as well as the octahedron. Late stage growth in a vug. Crystal is 0.6 mm wide. |
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| SHAPE drawing of the franklinite crystal, showing the forms present. |
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rweaver
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2011 13:32 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Former collection of Marion Godshaw. This was a floater with crystals all the way around.
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Datolite
Prospect Park,
New Jersey
6.0cm x 3.7cm |
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rweaver
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2011 13:39 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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According to Geary Murdock this piece was in the Ed McDole collection. Geary was from Idaho and was the person that brought out a lot of material from the Sawthooth Mtns in the 1980's. And I have had this in my collection since 1984.
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Prehnite
New Street Quarry
Paterson, New Jersey
6.3cm x 3.7cm |
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rweaver
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2011 13:45 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Former collection of W.F. Ferrier (1881) with his old label show the mineral is Calamine.
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Hemmorphite
Sterling Hill
Sussex Co., New Jersey
7.2cm x 5.4cm |
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rweaver
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2011 13:52 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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RH-8 from the John Sinkankas collection. This was purchased at his home in San Diego back when he started to first sell off his collection. I grew up in San Diego, and had the fortune to see his collection in the whole many times.
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Rhodonite
Franklin
Sussex Co., New Jersey
4.3cm x 5.0cm
crystals is 3.0cm x 2.4cm |
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Pete Richards
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| Posted: Jan 09, 2011 14:25 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Another micro, from the "trap rock" or basalt quarries of New Jersey. This epitactic association was described in:
Armbruster, T., E. Gnos, and R.P. Richards. 2002. Epitactic hedenbergite whiskers on babingtonite, a second occurrence from a Triassic basalt near Paterson, New Jersey, USA. Schweizerische Mineralogische ünd Petrographische Mitteilungen 82: 25-32.
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Hedenbergite (white) epitactic on babingtonite (black) with prehnite.
Sowerbutt Quarry, Prospect Park, New Jersey.
RPR specimen, main babingtonite crystal is 1.2 mm along front edge. |
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Jim Prentiss
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Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Jan 16, 2011 17:38 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Hi Everybody,
I am surprised that we have not seen Pectolite yet. So I am going to submit my meagar specimen along with the ugliest Zincite, Franklinite, Willemite example ever seen.
See ya later
jimp
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| Here then is my Pectolite from Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. The specimen is 1 1/2" x 1" (3.81 x 2.54 cm) |
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| Here's my combination piece of Zincite, Franklinite and Willemite from Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey. When I recieved this, many years ago it added three new minerals to my collection at a very reasonable price, obviously. the specimen is 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" (14.61 x 9.53 cm). It is in keeping with my aesthetically challenged type locality specimens. And, yes, it would make a good door stop, but it is not. |
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Joaquin Montoro
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| Posted: Jan 17, 2011 09:44 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Wow! very, very, very nice piece this zincite Jim, by itself and by the matrix. Congratulations!
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: May 24, 2012 03:33 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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A classic-classic for this State...
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Willemite (variety Troostite) with Calcite
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Specimen size: 2 × 2 × 1.4 cm.
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm.
Extremely intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Former collection of Thomas Moore
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Willemite (variety Troostite) with Calcite. Rear of the specimen.
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Specimen size: 2 × 2 × 1.4 cm.
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm.
Extremely intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Former collection of Thomas Moore
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Gary Moldovany
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Nov 16, 2012 21:11 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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A few minerals from my NJ collection
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Laumontite, calcite, quartz, chabazite
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
14 cm
part of a pocket I broke into this summer |
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Gary Moldovany
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Nov 16, 2012 21:13 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - New Jersey |
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Natrolite, Summer 2012
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Natrolite
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
6 cm. |
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