Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Suffern, Rockland Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 238940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suffern, Rockland Co., New York, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Suffern Quarry (Union Hill Quarry)

Latitude: 41°7'2"N
Longitude: 74°8'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.117222222222,-74.143333333333

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	Gadolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Quartz

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Gadolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pectolite Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Datolite ()*	Laumontite ()*	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	248539	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	248539	309
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	248539	498
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	248539	1271
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	248539	363
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	248539	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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