Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23863
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23863.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Guttenberg
Weehawken
West New York

Latitude: 40°46'55"N
Longitude: 74°'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.781944444444,-74.011666666667

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Gadolinite
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Datolite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Gadolinite
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Titanite

20 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)	1	242911	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	242911	470
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	242911,242912	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	242911	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	242909,242911,242912,242913	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	242911,242913	27198
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	2	242909,242911	498
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	242911	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	242909,242911	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	242911	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	3	242909,242911,242912	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	242911	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	242911	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	3	242909,242910,242911	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	242909,242911	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	242909,242911,242912,242913	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	242911,242913	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	242911	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	242911	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	242911	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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