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Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

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Afwillite : Ca3[HSiO4]2 · 2H2O

Commercial quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Doug Merson photo and collection.
 © DM06Photo ID: 59049    View Count: 416

Afwillite : Ca3[HSiO4]2 · 2H2O

Commercial quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

White Afwillite crust
Size: 5 x 2,5 cm

Collection and photo: Arliguie M
 © Arliguie MPhoto ID: 92664    View Count: 244

Afwillite : Ca3[HSiO4]2 · 2H2O

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

1.0 cm field of view.
ex. Fred DeVito #1573# S415-139
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 170156    View Count: 180

Allanite-(Ce) : {CaCe}{Al2Fe2+}[O|OH|SiO4|Si2O7], Diopside : CaMg[Si2O6], Calcite : CaCO3, Grossular : Ca3Al2[SiO4]3

Commercial quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Crystals of allanite, with blue calcite, a small amount of brown grossular, and pale green diopside. #1770# S415-133
About a 3 cm field of view. Most likely this is allanite-(Ce), but needs analytical confirmation.
ex. Fred DeVito
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 170861    View Count: 99

Allanite-(Ce) : {CaCe}{Al2Fe2+}[O|OH|SiO4|Si2O7], Calcite : CaCO3, Grossular : Ca3Al2[SiO4]3, Diopside : CaMg[Si2O6]

Commercial quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Tabular crystal of allanite, with blue calcite, grossular, and diopside.
1.5 cm crystal. Most likely this is allanite-(Ce), but needs analytical confirmation. #1770# S415-134
ex. Fred DeVito
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 170859    View Count: 89

Apophyllite

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

A 4.1 by 2.8 cms specimen of rough white crystals. Not pretty but from an interesting locality. JSS specimen and photograph.
 © JSSPhoto ID: 87589    View Count: 134

Aragonite : CaCO3

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

6 cm specimen #1778# S415-135
ex. Fred DeVito
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 170862    View Count: 84

Bayldonite : Cu3Pb[OH|AsO4]2

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

Pistachio-green colored crusts on garnet/diopside matrix.
3.0 cm field of view. #1782# S415-129
ex. Jay Lininger
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 170855    View Count: 90

Brucite : Mg(OH)2, Hydromagnesite : Mg5[(CO3)4(OH)2] · 4H2O

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

0.1 cm blebs of brucite, possibly as pseudomorphs after periclase, with colorless transparent hydromagnesite, a crytal of which and be seen at the 11:00 o'clock position. #1790# S415-137
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 170865    View Count: 84

Bultfonteinite : Ca2[F|HSiO4] · H2O

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, USA

A 4.5 by 3.0 cms specimen of white masses on greenish Vesuvianite. Not pretty but an unusual specimen from an interesting locality.
 © JSSPhoto ID: 87580    View Count: 137
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