Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bernardsville, Bernards Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 13267
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13267.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bernardsville, Bernards Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bernardsville Mines
Ferrante Quarry
Mine Mtn
Somerset Stone Crushing Co. Quarry

Latitude: 40°42'53"N
Longitude: 74°34'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.714722222222,-74.576944444444

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Natrolite	None	Pectolite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

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 C Ca Fe H Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Natrolite None Pectolite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	243648	27770
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	243646,243650	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	243648	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	243648	471
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	243648	363
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	243648	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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