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Beryl : Be3Al2Si6O18 | |
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Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Beryl. J. Rodekohr collection #851 (1973). Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm. |
| Photo ID: 238178 View Count: 20 | |
Beryl (Var: Morganite) : Be3Al2Si6O18, Quartz : SiO2, Muscovite : KAl2[(OH)2|AlSi3O10], Tourmaline : AD3G6(BO3)3[T6O18]Y3Z, Microcline : K[AlSi3O8] | |
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Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA A natural cluster of pale pink beryls on a matrix of quartz crystals and bladed muscovite with tourmaline and microcline; from the Pala Chief mine on Chief Mountain, Pala, San Diego County, California, USA. Specimen measures approximately 104x80x76mm. Courtesy Pala International. |
| © 2004 SLR | Photo ID: 141405 View Count: 131 |
Elbaite : [Na][(Li,Al)3][Al6][(OH)3|OH|(BO3)3|Si6O18] | |
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Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA A bicolor, double terminated elbaite crystal, 5 cm tall, from the Pala Chief mine. Specimen likely recovered prior ro 1912. |
| © 2005, Jesse Fisher | Photo ID: 39686 View Count: 318 |
Elbaite : [Na][(Li,Al)3][Al6][(OH)3|OH|(BO3)3|Si6O18], Albite : Na[AlSi3O8] | |
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Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA A striated trigonal elbaite, 5.5 cm tall, with a simple pedion termination, growing out of a mound of cleavelandite. The tourmaline has a schorl core, changing to pale pink, then to teal blue, with a thin purple layer at the termination. |
| © 2006, Jesse Fisher | Photo ID: 81516 View Count: 269 |
Elbaite : [Na][(Li,Al)3][Al6][(OH)3|OH|(BO3)3|Si6O18] | |
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Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Large gemmy crystal on display at the Tucson Show, 2008. Los Angeles County Natural History Museum specimen. P. Cristofono photo. |
| © 2008 Peter Cristofono | Photo ID: 152383 View Count: 108 |
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Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Very well defined Elbaite, very transparent, with extraordinary colors ranging from a lively red to intense pink from the middle to the upper perfect terminal faces. The specimen which by its aspect does not seem, at first glance, from Pala, is accompanied by a handwritten note from Sr. Folch where one can read that it was collected in the Pala ... |
| © fabreminerals.com | Photo ID: 185137 View Count: 83 |
Elbaite : [Na][(Li,Al)3][Al6][(OH)3|OH|(BO3)3|Si6O18] | |
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Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA 5.6 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm. A big, fat pink tourmaline crystal from the Pala Chief, a locality from which it is hard to find specimens now. The one drawback to this crystal is that the termination has been (lightly) polished. The body of the crystal lights up an amazingly hot pink color under good light. It is translucent-to-transparent. This is an ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 209865 View Count: 38 |
Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2 | |
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Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA 13.3 x 5.6 x 4.5 cm. A very rare, large smoky quartz crystal from the Pala Chief Mine of California. This complete-all-around cabinet-sized crystal is water-clear, but the pristine termination faces and some of the sides are lightly frosted. Two faces reveal a striking, interior phantom above the contacted base. This piece was collected in the ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 233176 View Count: 30 |
Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) : SiO2 | |
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Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA 19.0 x 9.8 x 6.4 cm. A very rare, large smoky quartz crystal from the Pala Chief Mine of California. The water-clear crystal has excellent, stepped-growth faces and one face is lightly frosted. Two faces reveal a striking, interior phantom above the contacted base. This piece was collected in the 1960s and was in the Ed Swoboda Collection. |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 236668 View Count: 14 |
Schorl : [Na][Fe2+3][Al6][(OH)3|OH|(BO3)3|Si6O18], Quartz : SiO2, Albite : Na[AlSi3O8] | |
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Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA 11.9 x 7.8 x 5.5 cm. A superb, large specimen of fat schorl crystals accented with gemmy quartz and stark white albite blades. It is complete all around save for an unusual contact spot on the left-hand side. Ex. Pala International/William Larson Collection. |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 192102 View Count: 67 |
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