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GEM TRAILS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY

By Scott Stepanski and Karenne Snow

SUB QOttlngen 206150 032

GEM GUIDES BOOK CO. 315 Cloverleaf Drive, Suite F Baldwin Park, CA 91706 gem trails TABLE OF CONTENTS

Map Legend 5 Overview Map 6 Key to Sites on Map 7 Preface 9 Introduction 10 Physiogeographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 12

PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE NO. 1 Shelocta Siderite 16 2 New Paris Fluorite 19 3 New Enterprise Banded 21 4 Roaring Spring & Chert 23 5 Grazierville Concretions 25 6 Elk Run Calcite 28 7 Huntingdon Fossils 30 8 Mapleton Galena 32 9 Ickesburg Trilobites 34 10 New Bloomfield Fossils 36 11 Mt. Hope White 38 12 Mt. Holly Springs 41 13 Rossville Copper 43 14 Kinzua Dam Fossils 45 15 Highland Picture 48 16 Lock Haven Ripple Marks 50 17 Jersey Shore Calcite & Quartz 53 18 Antes Creek Fossils 55 19 Ralston Fossil Leaves 58 20 Williamsport Ammonites 60 21 Crystal Point Diamond Mine 62 22 Montour Fossil Pit 65 23 Eastern Industries Quarry 67 24 Carbondale Fossil Ferns 70 25 Deer Lake Brachiopods 73 26 Morgantown Minerals 75 27 Vera Cruz 77 28 Hellertown Jasper & Quartz 80 29 Eastonite 83 30 Ringing Rocks Park 85 31 Wissahickon Valley Garnets 88 32 Flat Rock Tunnel Minerals 90 33 Chrome Run Minerals 92 34 Prospect Park Kyanite 95 Color Specimen Photos 98

NEW JERSEY SITE NO. PAGE NO. 35 Lime Crest Quarry 105 36 Sterling Hill Mine 108 37 Buckwheat Mine Dump Ill 38 Lake Valhalla Yellow Serpentine 114 39 Basalt Quarry Minerals 116 40 Schuyler Copper Mine Dumps 119 41 Stirling Brook 122 42 Cliffwood Beach Marcasite 124 43 Poricy Park Fossil Beds 127 44 Big Brook Fossil Shark Teeth 129 45 Pine Barrens Bog 132 46 Salem Jasper Gravel 134 47 137 Appendix: Building a Screen Box 139 and Earth Science Clubs 140 Museums 144 State Geologic Surveys 146 Travel Information 147 Places of Interest 153 Mineral Locator Index 155