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Arr. VI.—Notice of a Locality of Zeolites, §e., at Bergen, Ber- 
gen County, New Jersey; by Wiu1t1am Oxanp Bourne, of 
New York. * 
Bercen Hitt is the southern extremity of that long perpen- 
dicular ledge of gréeristone rocks, which, rising to a considerable 
elevation on the western side of the Hudson river, is known as 
the Palisadoes, and occupies a large section of that part of the 
country. ‘Ihe formation here is-similar to that at Paterson, from 
which the datholite, &c. were obtained some years since. Dr. 
Beck, while engaged i veying Rockland county, N. Y., observ- 
ed the minerals of the zeolite family at a number of localities, and 
mentions one at Tappan Slote, from which he obtained stellite, 
apophyllite, stilbite, &c., inferior, however, to the New Jersey 
minerals in beauty, although “ they are sufficiently well charac- 
terized.” i 
In the early part of 1832, the New Jersey Rail Road Company 
began their excavations at Bergen Hill, which, however, at first 
revealed nothing to attract the attention of mineralogists, as the 
principal veins occur in the middle of the cut, which is levelled 
to about: thirty feet from the surface in its deepest part, and is 
from twenty to thirty feet wide at the bottom. In numbering 
the localities, I have begun at the end which is entered on pro- 
ceeding from Jersey City, and about two miles from the ferry.* 
My first visit to this place was on September 6th, 1837, and 
having repeatedly visited it since, I have reason to believe that 
the collection in my possession is more extensive than any other 
from this locality, and I shall accordingly make out my catalogue 
of the minerals of this region from my own suite of specimens. 
The first locality, or No. 1, on the south side of the cut, and 
about one hundred yards from the end, is a vein of carb. lime, 
with which stilbite is associated, chiefly coating cavities of the 
limestone. It is about an inch and a half in thickness, and runs 
Up the side of the cliff, but is so imbedded as to defy any attempt 
to remove it with the hammer and chisel. That part from which 
the specimens were taken is low, and partly covered with stones 
and loose soil, and was completely worked out. 
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“The numbers refer merely to the order of description, and not to any guide- 
Marks on the route 
