Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA

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Spodumene : LiAl[Si₂O₆], Spodumene : LiAl[Si₂O₆]
	Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA A gorgeous DOUBLY-TERMINATED triphane (yellow-green spodumene) from the famous Beebe Hole in rural SD County! This one, in fact, was recognized by the locals to be so fat and juicy that it took the prize for best SD gem crystal at the local County fair (where many of the SD collectors show off their hoards...if you ever want a surprise, go see ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 20410 View Count: 295
Spodumene : LiAl[Si₂O₆]
	Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA A pale, almost colorless spod from this classic find of the late 1970s 2.3 x 1.9 x 0.7 cm
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 31074 View Count: 261
Spodumene : LiAl[Si₂O₆]
	Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA Rare locality piece and fascinating crysatllography to boot!. self collected a decade after the original find, from poking around the same pockets 1.2 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 30050 View Count: 233
Spodumene : LiAl[Si₂O₆]
	Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA A bicolor spodumene crystal, 10.5 cm long, from the 1974 find.
© 2003, Jesse Fisher	Photo ID: 39680 View Count: 199
Spodumene : LiAl[Si₂O₆]
	Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA This specimen is a must have for any collector of pegmatite minerals or anyone specializing in minerals from Southern California. In 1974 local collector Loren Beebe discovered a pocket of Spodumene while prospecting near the Pack Rat Mine in the Jacumba Mining District in eastern San Diego County. He reportedly removed 24 kilograms of various ...
© Russell G. Rizzo	Photo ID: 99504 View Count: 113
Spodumene : LiAl[Si₂O₆]
	Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA A light yellow, lustrous and silky spodumene. Both terminations are complete, but (as is common among spodumenes) somewhat etched. The remaining faces are complete and free of cleavage or other damage. An excellent southern California (not Afghani!) spodumene. Specimen size = 7.3 x 3.8 x 1.0 cm (2.9 x 1.5 x 0.4 inches)
© 2008 Steve Hardinger	Photo ID: 143023 View Count: 41
Spodumene : LiAl[Si₂O₆]
	Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA 10 x 2.1 x 1.0 cm. A sculptural, strangely shaped, etched, doubly terminated triphane (yellow-green spodumene) from the Beebe Hole Mine in rural San Diego County. This gemmy and lustrous, cabinet-sized crystal has an unusual, angled termination. The C-axis termination shot highlights the subtle yellow-green color. Specimens of this quality were ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 260136 View Count: 6
Spodumene (Var: Kunzite) : LiAl[Si₂O₆], Spodumene : LiAl[Si₂O₆]
	Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA This large, gem crystal is a spodumene that grades gently from pale green to pink and, in a quirk common to many of the Beebe hole spodumenes in general, the color goes intense kunzite pink on the c axis even though from the other axes you would more appropriately label this as plain ol' spodumene with a bit of pink to it. The Beebe Hole was hit ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 20414 View Count: 370
Spodumene (Var: Kunzite) : LiAl[Si₂O₆]
	Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA A natural purplish pink gem quality spodumene (kunzite) crystal; from the Beebe Hole mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA. Specimen measures approximately 10cm tall. Produced by Lauren Beebe sometime between 1974 and 1986.
© 2003 SLR	Photo ID: 120717 View Count: 161
Spodumene (Var: Kunzite) : LiAl[Si₂O₆]
	Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA A natural purplish pink gem quality spodumene (kunzite) floater crystal; from the Beebe Hole mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA. Specimen measures approximately 45x21x43mm. Produced by Lauren Beebe sometime between 1974 and 1986. Courtesy Pala International, Inc., Fallbrook, CA.
© 2003 SLR	Photo ID: 120716 View Count: 152