The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-19
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.,,o,, Minerals That Are Found Ia and
Near New York.

..,,sd cabinets whose contents were the
Ia, n, his heart. Whom the gns and tho
Ipa,av lamp werc lgh. ed these cabinets flashed
w. s,lttsrel until one could imagine himself
- an Alsddin's cave Every hue Of the rain
- rss there. ant moro: there wero spark.
,,,o CRYSTALS and dull ones, transparent speci-
s,sns and translucent ones. some were oraIuo
"a others metallic. A few gems lent their
I.,,,e 10 the general effect, ami on top
Al tho cases were the largest objects.
Including sections OF branches from
An, Jasper forest OF Arizona. with
-s,kl,rs Of wood traocable through the vari-
sr,,ed stone rs clearly as " 1t had lust come
~ ,,om the voodpile On ono shelf were sew
eral dull black masses with rock' marked sur
,.cs. that tho mineralogst says nre mcteors--
s,.,sorites he calls them one OF which Ia
,iscs of the Canon Diablo meteor. In which
diamonds we're found. Tho scientist smiled
,,tber proudly as he caught the reporters
Glance Of surprise and admiration. and offered
the scribe a cigar as reward. posi- ly. tor his
.rnreciation. Then he settled himself In his
armchair and began to talk. as he had been
seauested TO do.
"You would probably be surprised" snid he.
-tO know how many OF tho g things come from
This neighhorhood. Do you ever hunt for
minerals2 Well. it's pretty good fun. especially
vhsn you have the incentive OF an interest in
ths sui .-or desire to get ahead OF some
fellow who has a collection that YOU arc afraid
ma little better than yours, It's not SO dan
eerous a. hunting bears und bees, tut In some
sssas II becomes nearly as exciting. Depends
@ how high you climb preciritous rocks. and
how you handle the dynamite that Is taken
along for blasting . trpnses. There are COM
panles Of scientists In New York and Brooklyn
who 20 into the country on SATURDAY after
Moons. during the warm season. and walk
soiemnly rum rock to rock. pecktnS here and
there with hammers and chise!s and Iilling
bags and bask OTIS AMI hoXe- and pockets with
plunder. At Intervals they swap chips and cx-
perisnce-n.ver ialsehooIs; tho moral lHiiu-
snce Of minerals Is nearly str n2 enough to
convert fisherman. Some man with specta-
peal. espcciall, BY the young folks, and Ito
evrr l,snlRn DECISIONS and strikes on his own
behalf for duplicates when the other" cannot
sott 1t among themselves what kind OF an
dsA thing is: for most minerals are ,'es: doc
mita, ralcite. arrarnnite. niven,t". hidlenitc.
troostite; l,em-ntte. and all that: or; II 1t isn't
N W. tts an me: caiamine, almandne
sytnturinr. ir,aio-mine. and such matters.
These collectors are usually SO en,husiastic
ss;v. and every now aud thon thsy have to
uni al. pick out the best. and throw tho other
chunks away. ,rhore arc sure to be boys In
poLnce on these fragment. and eXamin them
r. ed; All r rI. s. and all hos are CON.
III, after goi. 1t Is the only thing they ever
EtIced as likely t" pay Tor digging. and
1s hu aSsn O ,ms Ss gu! tat he Il No!
3 goll'' 1t is pleasant 10 see how tirkled
r. elderly kIiy,. aud sober person some.
S to ths ordnary e5.er"s S'1 n
wo!th picking from the ground. and how esre-
eiely rl"as ed he Is II he can find n letter crys.
arc the desirable things to get. for they illus
trate the perfect form OF tho mineral. have the
best color. APT are hands"n,:t, for cabinet
anything rxrept cry-tnls. and there i. one man
who only col ec's doubly Terminated crystals.
You would hardly believe. prrhars. what a
lot Of ,fSs and ines and such things there are
INV Nv !, York p city alone but any one ran get
.sam Of Natural iii tory md ' Examine n he he
eaLinet Of Manhdttnn Island min rails there:
Am'n PANIED Cham erin f,,rneL most Of
speak tor he used TO run NV y and neglect his
busilhss whenever lie heard that tn ry were
S s S ae snHsang over ts Ssn IN
Ea.tsppsd BOTS lie was an 1ns nss r:
isn 4 fair tortun. tn his family hut 4, Left
boIpl Of stores instead. The family g sew
i wss bought TO- the muse m. 1t is a coilee-
ton that will increase in yalu. and interest,
and that wi / never he dup icated. bernuse
Rosits anil veins any pocket, that were free to
Mr.. Chamberlin AMI the goats twenty years
sen are buried forever undrr nrick and mortar.
To sat"s ana v %a Se N.D and
Frederick Braun. practical minoralngists. who
lav" f>.iiow.i in hie footsteps. were owners VI
New York city col ertion. Il ut must have nun.
bered thousand specime"s each.
The substance Of tie island seems to he
G1ei-s. but there are more. or less interesting
things scattered through 1t. like 'eld-ptr or
diner.nt colors. some va ieties OF 1t spa killing
!,kr N"r No, sun ton. Efnrn-ts. brown, rink
sthumrer wei hing q > pounds wns taken out
OF ssewer on t 9 rast side: b. own and lack
tournalines. scattered through the white line
the Ha lem River and puyten nuyvil Creek;
mica. in black. yellow. brown. ana greun colors.
tas gr EN- especially abundan; at Fort George;
bridge; hyaIite. or Muller's glass. a form Of
opai. nat looks IA II 1t had i,crn met-d and
Eo,red onto the tone while hot. in Mott
hav"n: enihote. heiyl. rose quartz, actnOl!tr.
and other substances IL you are lucky enough
b hs1 Hn Him R is yTu mny IN the ballast
a,e sure to find large and snowy rlntes
q black mica any way Then there's gold in
central Park. as here is Almost everywhere.
but Mt in quantities that will ever pay for
Working Yes. and there's sph-nc near Fort
geo ga rare mineral that yielded II small
zen ior the scar rin Of local collector. A
WY VI WV ~ ~ htti HUI inlURs III
we world, q honey-yeliow stone that has the
Eh,. OF eol,r Of diamond. with ~ stralier
ynt IN TIE site # the Manhattan Iron
MIrss. at Mnnhattanyill". you may find. on the
S,o q mrs. liln?rite. hsma,ite calcite. pyrite.
Tr n and. from the Limestone MS" az a
ivy IVY good many fossil sh"!l II you, g,
ilr,her W he river. TO the sites ~ the II
k n a Niyer,iale. you wi ind lnns. & listen.
,Rg Thiio hlad"s 81 tremolitr In the doom!te
tn n0, hsd Len brou; ht down from Sing sing;
Hipatre ~ found on he Upprr end Of the island
s .Ssma.i. araen crystals. aud tho other kind OF
Gs look ing for IT,
.,,Brooklyn and its. ne.ghborhood are intcr-
sssng 70 the ,rin"ral"glo'. and likrwtsc t. tho
te0nFl'L a great ould-l OF lnbradurite WAS
TSnn On Myrtle Gv"nus. ncross the river
tunefs IN no other abradV.ite IN stu ntarer
tosn me Adirondack Mountains. so wc take it
to!Eranrsd that this llock OF rock was carried
,M s great g!aci,r. during the last ice ago
thsasmas parent ledTe ana dropped here teside
S'T%esn thousands of years ago. Tho whole
E.ngacier-u part ~ thS terminal ,norninu
sa%esfends half way across tho continent
suan, stun that has cen CAT !irred tn re has
~ ldaptifeA in many Instances NJ coming
~. IN various parts OF tho country to ths north
en- cna we.t New York, New Jersey, Copnecti-
sur, ana Vermont The green mica found
near lhoth street Nav YORK frnI
Su,n.y found IN Brook yn and there wa no
My lot II u yet over except On In. ir. W II "
!here are thou anls OF hould.rs ~ 80 ~, III ".
OF alt from the Pal SADIE, on the H. A. t"Tk
&nd around brooklyn. aud on Tho tt",'$sn ~
fdusaora q glnrier grove was tnnr ~ w