Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6869
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6869.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°54'18"N
Longitude: 74°11'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.905,-74.187222222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Analcime	Apophyllite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Gypsum
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Stilpnomelane	Thomsonite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Datolite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Glauberite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Laumontite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Apophyllite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Ettringite Feldspar Gadolinite Gypsum
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pumpellyite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Stilpnomelane Thomsonite Wurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	137
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	106
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	57
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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