Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 24044
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24044.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bernards Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bernardsville
Liberty Corner
Millington Quarry (Morris County Crushed Stone Co. Quarry; Tilcon Quarry)

Latitude: 40°40'57"N
Longitude: 74°33'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.6825,-74.558888888889

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apophyllite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Ilvaite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Sepiolite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Thomsonite

Actinolite ()*	Aerinite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Datolite ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Saponite ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apophyllite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Ilvaite Natrolite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scapolite Sepiolite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Thomsonite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	243653	3419
Aerinite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O	1	243653	22
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	243653	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	243653	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	243653	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	243653	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	243653	2060
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	243653	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	243653	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	243645,243648,243653	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	243653	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	243653	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	243653	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	243653	1756
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	243653	498
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	243653	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	243653	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	243653	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	243653	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	243645,243653	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	243653	197
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	243653	93
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	243646,243650	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	243653	139
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	243653	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	3	243645,243648,243653	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	243648,243653	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	243653	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	2	243648,243653	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	243652,243653	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	243653	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	243653	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	243648,243652,243653	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	243653	375
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	243653	301
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	243653	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	243653	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	243653	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	243653	268
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	243653	452
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	243653	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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