Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Union Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 20642
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20642.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Union Co., New Jersey, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Berkeley Heights
Longwood Valley
New Providence
Plainfield
Springfield Township
Summit
Watchung Reservation

Latitude: 40°41'4"N
Longitude: 74°22'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.684444444444,-74.379444444444

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Heulandite	Malachite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Stilbite	Stilpnomelane
Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Datolite ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*

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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Heulandite Malachite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Stilbite Stilpnomelane
Wurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	243930,243933,243936,243939	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	243933,243936	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	243933	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	243932	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	243933	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	243939	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	243930,243933	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	243930,243932,243933,243935,243936,243939	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	243930,243933,243936,243939	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	243932,243933,243936,243939	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	243933,243936	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	243939	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	243933	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	243933	4165
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	4	243932,243933,243935,243936	498
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	2	243932,243933	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	243936	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	243933	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	243933	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	243932,243933,243936,243939	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	243933	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	243930,243936	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	243933	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	4	243930,243933,243935,243936	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	243936	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	243936,243939	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	3	243933,243935,243936	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	243932,243933,243935,243936,243939	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	243933,243936,243939	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	243922,243923,243930,243932,243933,243935,243936	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	243933	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	243933	189
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	243930,243931,243935,243936	57
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	243933	268
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	243932	456

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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