Prospect Park Kyanite
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Details: From "https://www.pennminerals.com/collecting" it says: "PROSPECT PARK - Located SW of Philadelphia at the Morton Homestead on Rte 420 off exit 9 of US 95, this is a popular site for Kyanite. To the right of the parking lot there is a small stream feeding Darby Creek, and again over rte 420 near the gas station. Nice Kyanite blades can be collected by using a trowel and sifting the mud. The best material is obtained by carefully breaking the Quartzite with a 4lb sledge. Also readily available are large orthoclase feldspar crystals in the boulders lining the stream."
Directions:
"Located
SW of Philadelphia at the Morton Homestead on Rte 420 off exit 9 of US
95, this is a popular site for Kyanite. To the right of the parking lot
there is a small stream feeding Darby Creek, and again over rte 420 near
the gas station."
I marked the GPS at the Homestead.
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): (39.8770, -75.3052)
or (39.877000, -75.305200)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is supposed to be exact.)
Tags: kyanite, feldspar, orthoclase feldspar, quartzite
