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Newly Listed Minerals - May 4 Mineral Update

MINERALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACK TROY (1930-2016)

Jack was a well known collector and key member of the North Jersey Mineralogical Society in Paterson, New Jersey. Jack, along with his wife Greta, were part-time mineral dealers. The minerals here were collected in the 1980s and early 1990s when high quality and low prices made collecting fine specimens accessible to all. These minerals were part of the specimens that Jack kept for himself..

#80193, Stilbite, Mumbai District, India (c) $165

#80179, Quartz var. Chalcedony pseudomorphs after (?), Solo River, Indonesia (c) $75

#80152, Stilbite on stalactitic Quartz, Mumbai District, India (c) $125

#80147, Hematite (Banded Iron Formation), Australia? (m) $10

MINERALS FROM CASTLE POINT, HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY

Type Locality of Brucite and Hydromagnesite
These species were first collected at the site in 1821 and described in 1824. The locality is a serpentine highland, directly opposite Manhattan (New York City) across the Hudson River, that is now the site of Stevens Institute of Technology.

#80196, Brucite, Castle Point (Stevens Bluff), Hoboken, New Jersey (Type Locality for Brucite) (m) $30

#80200, Brucite var. Nemalite, Castle Point (Stevens Bluff), Hoboken, New Jersey (Type Locality for Brucite) (c) $30

#80199, Brucite var. Nemalite, Castle Point (Stevens Bluff), Hoboken, New Jersey (Type Locality for Brucite) (c) $35

Sizes: (t) = Thumbnail, (m) = Miniature, (c) = Cabinet, (lc) = Large Cabinet

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The minerals illustrated on this site were purchased from collectors or wholesale suppliers for resale purposes. The owner of this site did not collect the minerals and collectors should not assume access is permitted to the property based on inclusion in this site. Please contact the property owner to obtain legal permission before entering private property.