Rockhounding Blog
New Jersey Gems and Minerals.
American Geode had the opportunity to rockhound at the famous locale, former mining area Upper New Street Quarry (Burger’s Quarry), Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey. You will see the prehnite, quartz, and other minerals we discovered.
Here are New Jersey Gems and Minerals:
Fern fossils, similar to St. Clair fern fossils, from Carbondale, Pennsylvania.
Unique quartz in matrix specimen from near Jessup, Pennsylvania.
Here are Pennsylvania Gems, Minerals, and Fossils:
Indiana Gems, Minerals, and Fossils
Fossils from Southern Indiana, outside Bloomington, in Heltonville, a marine fossil from Delphi, Indiana, and a very large calcite crystal from North Vernon, Indiana.
Also a very special museum quality rare celestite and calcite geode.
Here are Indiana Gems, Minerals, and Fossils:
New York Gems and Minerals
From Hudson Yards in Manhattan (hell of a story), and from Upstate New York, in Ellenville.
Here are New York Gems and Minerals:
Connecticut gems and minerals from an abandoned mine locale near Trumbull, Connecticut, and garnets from a location that is now closed off for rockhounding and the public, in Roxbury, Connecticut.
Here are Connecticut Gems and Minerals: