Rockhounding Pennsylvania and New Jersey

"A field guide to some of Pennsylvania's and New Jersey's best rockhounding sites!" This book is a 6" x 9" paperback with 277 pages, descriptions, maps, and photos.

Rockhounding Pennsylvania and New JerseyTable of Contents
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1
RockHounding Basics	4
Pennsylvania Geology	12
Pennsylvania Natural Resources	13
New Jersey Geology	17
New Jersey Natural Resources	19
How To Use This Guide	22
Pennsylavania Sites
Piedmont Province
1. Prospect Park Kyanite	26
2. Smedley Park Apatite	29
3. Oreland Geothite	32
4. Phoenixville Dolomite Crystals	35
5. Hay Creek Prehnite and Stilbite	37
6. Morgantown Stromotaolitic Cambrian Carbonates	39
7. Fruitville Pike Pseudomorphs	42
8. Mud and Grubb Lake Goethite Bombshells	45
9. Safe Harbor Quarry	48
10. Delta Slate Quarries	51
11. Strickhousers Iron Mines	53
12. Howard Tunnel Phyllite	56
13. Accomac Road Serpentine Minerals	59
14. Rossville Malachite-Azurite	61
15. Dillsburg Diabase Minerals	64
16. Hershey Specular Hematite	66
17. Fontana Quarries Calcite	69
18. Cornwall Magnetite	72
New England Province
19. Antietam Molybdenite	75
20. Allentown Jasper Cliffs	78
21. Constitution Drive Rare Earth Minerals	80
22. Hellertown Thomas Iron Slag	83
Ridge and Valley Province
23. Easton Tremolite and Phologopite	85
24. ST. Anthony's Nose Schorl	88
25. Pen Argyl Ordovician Slate	91
26. Saylorsburg Devonian Fossils	93
27. Beltzville State Park Devonian Fossils	96
28. Lehighton Lehigh Canal Devonian Fossils	98
29. Leighton Quartz Crystals	101
30. Deer Lake Devonian Fossils	103
31. Molino Devonian Banded Sediments	106
32. St. Clair Pennsylvanian Fern Fossils	108
33. Suedberg Devonian Fossils	111
34. Sharp Mountain Boxcar Rocks	114
35. Centralia Pennsylvania Plant Fossils	117
36. Shamokin Whaleback Pennsylvanian Plant Fossils	120
37. Dalmatia Devonian fossils	123
38. Rockville Devonian Fossils	125
39. Harrisburg Boxwork Limestone	128
40. Mechanicsburg Cabbage Head Quartz	131
41. Boiling Spring-Reading Banks Cryptomelane and Geothite	134
42. Carbaugh Reservoir Metavolcanics	137
43. Waggoners Gap Turquoise	140
44. Shermans Dale Devonian Fossils	142
45. New Bloomfield Devonian Fossils	144
46. Roxbury Ordovician Fossils	146
47. Seven Stars Devonian Pelecypods	148
48. Walker Lake Ordovician-Devonian Brachiopods	150
49. Kreamer Wavellite	154
50. Danville Devonian Fossils	156
51. PPL Montour Preserve Fossils	158
52. Lime Ridge Calcite and Early Devonian Fossils	161
53. Nanticoke Concrete City	163
54. Bellefonte Ordovician Fossils	166
55. Turnpike Devonian Graptolites	169
Appalachian Plateaus Province
56. Johnstown Pennsylvanian Fossils	172
57. Uniontown Mississippian Fossils	176
58. Carmichaels Pennsylvanian Plant Fossils	179
59. North Vandergrift Barite-Sphalerite Nodules	182
60. Frick Park Pennsylvanian Fossils	184
61. South Heights Pennsylvanian Crinoid Fossils	186
62. Franklin Siderite-Sphalerite Nodules	188
63. Titusville Mississippian Fossils	191
64. Union City Dam Devonian Horseshoe Crabs & Trace Fossils	193
New Jersey Sites
Coastal Plain Province
65. Mount holly Iron Oxide Cemented Sandstone	198
66. Mullica Hill Vivianite	201
67. Bear Swamp Hill Quartz Pebbles	204
68. Harrisville Pond Bog Iron	207
69. Cap May Diamonds	210
70. Big Brook Late Cretaceous Fossils	212
71. Sayreville Marcasite and Amber	215
Ridge and Valley Province
72. Corys Brook Besicular Basalt and Potential Carnelian	218
73. Stirling Brook Carnelian Agate	221
74. North Arlington Schuyler Copper Mine	224
75. Snake hill Magnetite, Malachite and Stilbite	227
76. Jersey City bergen Arches Calcite	230
77. Hoboken Serpentine	233
78. North Bergen Banded Hornfels	236
79. New Street Quarries and Great Falls of the Passaic	238
Ridge and Valley Province
80. Lake Balhalla Yellow Serpentine	242
81. Wanaque Roomy and Blue Mines Magnetite	245
82. West Milford-Bearfort Mountain Puddingstone	248
83. Cranberry Lake Iron Mines	250
84. Sterling Hill Mine and Miner Run Dump	253
85. Buckwheat Dump and Franklin Mineral Museum	255
86. Hamburg Stromatolites	257
87. Marble Mountain Hematite Mine	259
Valley and Ridge Province
88. Pahaquarry Copper Mines	262
89. Montague Quartz Crystals	266
References Cited	268
Index	275
About the Authors	278