Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
McDowell's Quarry (Osborne And Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair Township, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 12792
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12792.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McDowell's Quarry (Osborne And Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair Township, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°50'0"N
Longitude: 74°12'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.833333333333,-74.2

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	Amorphous	Analcime	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore
Gadolinite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rhodonite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Datolite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Opal ()*
Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Apophyllite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore
Gadolinite Gypsum Kaolinite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz
Rhodonite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	161
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
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
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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