Continuing along with our posts of the NY/NJ Gem & Mineral Show, this one focuses on the display case that I organized on Stilbites of New Jersey. The traprock quarries of New Jersey have produced the best Stilbites in the United States, and rank among the best in the world for the finest Stilbites.
Being that this show took place in New Jersey, I felt it was appropriate to have a theme based on an important local mineral. This post shows some of the individual Stilbite specimens in my display exhibit at the show.
The colors of these photos are slightly off. That's because the lighting of the case was using two different bulb types: one warm and one cool. (I only noticed this after the case was already set and locked.)
Some of the Stilbites in the Display Case
Stilbite on Quartz Matrix from Prospect Park, NJ
Stilbite "Mushroom" from Upper New St., Paterson, NJ
Orange Stilbite with Calcite from the Houdaille Quarry, Montclair, NJ
Stilbite Balls with Heulandite from Braen's Quarry, Haledon, NJ
Brown Stilbite from Prospect Park, NJ
Stilbite "Ladder" from Prospect Park, NJ
Stilbite "Fan" from from Upper New St., Paterson, NJ
This post shows some of the interesting minerals that were on display on the public exhibits at the The 2016 NY/NJ Show in Edison, New Jersey. Within the public displays, there was a very nice variety of unique minerals on exhibit, with a special emphasis on Northeast localities, especially New Jersey.
Agates and Quartz Discovered in November 2015 on a Minerals.net sponsored club trip
Dave Shapiro, for the North Jersey Mineralogical Society
Asbestos ("Amianthus") from Dauphine, France
Justin Zzyzyx
Goethite Pseudomorphs After Pyrite from Fruitville Pike, Lancaster Co., PA
Collected during N.Y. Mineralogical Club Trip March 21, 1988. Unlabeled Case.
Gem Willemite with Polished Gems, from Franklin, NJ
Richard Bostwick & Tema Hecht Collection
Prehnite Pseudomorph After Anhydrite from Upper New St., Paterson, NJ
Eric Stanchich Collection
Stellerite crystals from Braen's Quarry, Haledon, NJ
Eric Stanchich Collection
Prenite Fingers with Incredible Color from Prospect Park NJ
Eric Stanchich Collection
Huge Analcime Crystals from Upper New St., Paterson, NJ
Unlabeled Case
Andradite Garnet from Franklin, NJ
Gary Maldovany Collection
Large Prehnite from Hoxie's Quarry, Paterson, NJ
Bradley Plotkin Collection of minerals from the Levison Collection
Natrolite from the New Tunnel, Edgewater, NJ (Collected 1893)
Bradley Plotkin Collection of minerals from the Levison Collection
Agate from Prospect Park, NJ
Steven M. Kuitems Collection
Agate from Prospect Park, NJ
Steven M. Kuitems Collection
Prehnite and Black Calcite from Prospect Park, NJ
Stanley Parker Collection
One of the highlights of the NY/NJ Show this year was the display exhibits. Local collector and dealer Gary Maldovany spent much time and effort recruiting the local collectors to put together fine display exhibits. The results were phenomenal, with a very nice selection of minerals, especially local New Jersey Minerals. There were about 20 cases filled by clubs and local collectors.
Minerals Collected during club field trips during the past year
North Jersey Mineralogical Society, Organized by Dave Shapiro
Another Case of Minerals Collected during club field trips during the past year
North Jersey Mineralogical Society, Organized by Dave Shapiro
Asbestos Minerals from Old Collections
Justin Zzyzyx
British Minerals & Pseudomorphs
Ed Johnson
Killer Traprock Minerals from New Jersey
Eric Stanchich
New Jersey Traprock Minerals
Gary Maldovany
Franklin & Sterling Hill Minerals
Gary Maldovany
Classic New Jersey Mineral from the Wallace Goold Levinson Collection
Bradley D. Plotkin
Prehnite from Classic NJ Localities
Stanley Parker
Agates from New Jersey
Steven M. Kuitems DM
More Agates from New Jersey
Steven M. Kuitems DMD
"Terram Mineralium" - Minerals of the World
Tabitha Brown & Earl Elsohn
Ore Minerals from the Zinc Mines of Franklin & Ogdensburg, NJ Richard Bostwick and Tema Hecht
Richard Bostwick and Tema Hecht
Juvenile Tyannosaurus Rex Skull
Justin Zzyzx
Herkimer Diamonds from New York
Daniel Irwin
Stilbites from New Jersey
Hershel Friedman
The NY/NJ Mineral, Fossil, Gem, & Jewelry show, also known as the “Edison Show,” took place this past weekend at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison. This show is very large, with hundreds of dealers of all types present.
This was definitely a fun show, with many affordable minerals and new finds presented by dealers. Although lacking many of the high-end, fine mineral dealers seen at other big shows, the variety of freelance collectors and dealers at this show with their unique minerals made up for this. Indeed there were quite a bit of surprising new finds that we were able to photograph and will document in the coming posts.
Minerals.net once again had a booth at the show, where we promoted our website, displayed some of our videos (including a preview of our new video on the 2016 Tucson show), and sold some local minerals. Quite a bit of local minerals could be found here this year, with a better selection than in previous years. My good friend Gary Maldovany had a very large booth of almost entirely local New York and New Jersey Minerals, including a large part of the Glenn Rhein Collection in Amity, New York.
Gary also gets a special mention for getting many of the locals together for the public showcase displays. (More about this in a future post.) In the meantime, enjoy the photos below of some of the general show scenes. We’ll be making additional posts in the next week or two, consisting of the following sections:
- Display Exhibits
- Display Exhibits Individual Minerals
- Hershel Friedman Stilbite Display
- Dealer Minerals
- Fluorescents
Large Dinosaurs on the Show Floor
This one looks like a Triceratops
Scenes on the Show Floor
Gary Maldovany at his Booth with his His Collection of Minerals from Amity NY
Club Table of the North Jersey Mineralogical Society at the Show
Interesting Collection of Cold War Era Memorabilia from Lowell Carhart's Collection at the Show
Lots of Foot Traffic on the Show Floor
Hershel Friedman and Juan Gonzalez Manning the Minerals.net Booth
Stan Parker in Front of his Display Case of NJ Prehnites
Left to Right:
Gary Maldovany: Exhibit Promoter
Lowell Carhart: Show Organizer
Justin Zyzzyx: Show Curator
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