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Asbestos from
Stevens Bluffs, Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA


Classification
Species:'Asbestos' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Asbestos data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stevens Bluffs, Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:70707
Long-form Identifier:1:3:70707:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Asbestos
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘ10th Avenue between 50th Street & 63rd Street, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘLaurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘInwood Valley (Inwood), Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
35.8km (22.2 miles) ⓘLake Valhalla Quarry (Gordon's Crystalline Limestone Quarry), Montville Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
44.0km (27.3 miles) ⓘCannon Mines, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
45.5km (28.3 miles) ⓘBeach Mine, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) ⓘRoseville Mine, Roseville, Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
66.0km (41.0 miles) ⓘSourland Mountain, Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
67.0km (41.6 miles) ⓘWilks & O'Neil Mine, Village of Monroe, Town of Monroe, Orange County, New York, USA
75.2km (46.8 miles) ⓘHidden Mine, Waterfield tract, Southtown, Jenny Jump Mountain, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
References
A Quest for New Jersey Minerals, Robert Speiser(1978).
 
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