Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA

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Beryl : Be3Al2Si6O18, Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Lepidolite : K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2
	Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Tabular beryl crystal, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, on top of a matrix of cleavelandite and minor lepidolite. Recovered May 1991 by Byron Weege and Otto Komarek.
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Beryl (Var: Aquamarine) : Be3Al2Si6O18
	Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA 4.8 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm. A thick, robust aquamarine crystal with excellent pastel blue color and very good lustre. Large, sharp aquamarines are not that common in the county. For whatever reason, we get tourmalines beryls when they come tend to be morganite. True aquamarines, of any quality, are exceedingly rare in San Diego. This mine is known for ...
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Beryl (Var: Morganite) : Be3Al2Si6O18, Quartz : SiO2, Albite (Var: Cleavelandite) : Na[AlSi3O8], Lepidolite : K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2
	Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA A natural association of bright pink tabular beryl crystals with good luster and transparency on grayish white quartz and bluish white cleavelandite with minor silvery purple lepidolite; from the Katerina mine, Heriart Mountain, Pala, San Diego County, California, USA. Specimen measures approximately 172x148x52mm. Courtesy Pala International, ...
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Beryl (Var: Morganite) : Be3Al2Si6O18, Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Lepidolite : K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2
	Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA 17.0 x 13.8 x 4.4 cm. An unusual locality piece from this mine chiefly known for its quartz, and rather small in size. This specimen hosts 3 beryl crystals. The upper one is a gemmy, pale pink morganite, 3 cm across, showing its full window-like hexagonal face to the viewer. A larger, barrel-shaped crystal of 3.5 cm is at the midpoint of the ...
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Pseudomalachite : Cu5[(OH)2|PO4]2
	Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm. A reference specimen of this species, simply for the locality value (where it was not expected to be found). Ex. Irv Brown Collection.
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Quartz : SiO2, Tourmaline (Var: Indicolite) : AD3G6(BO3)3[T6O18]Y3Z, Feldspar Group
	Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Here's another one timer from the Pala mining district & a must have for any serious collector of Southern California pegmatite minerals. Around 1990-91 Otto Komarek was working the Katrina Mine searching for Kunzite when he encountered several pockets of pale colored Morganite & Indicolite included Quartz. I have been told that this specimen is ...
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Spodumene : LiAl[Si2O6], Montmorillonite : (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O
	Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA A gemmy, transparent, 4 cm long, medium lavender-colored crystal fragment imbedded in pink pocket clay. Mined in November, 1998 by Byron Weege.
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Spodumene (Var: Kunzite) : LiAl[Si2O6]
	Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA A natural pale to vibrant pinkish purple double terminated gem-quality spodumene crystal (kunzite); from the Katerina mine, Heriart Mountain, Pala, San Diego County, California, USA. Specimen measures approximately 22x16x12mm. Phil Osborn collection.
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Spodumene (Var: Kunzite) : LiAl[Si2O6]
	Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA A natural pale pinkish purple spodumene crystal (kunzite); from the Katerina mine, Heriart Mountain, Pala, San Diego County, California, USA. Specimen measures approximately 23x10x8mm. Phil Osborn collection.
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Spodumene (Var: Kunzite) : LiAl[Si2O6]
	Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA 3.2 x 1.6 x .6 cm. Very nice, gemmy Kunzite with good luster and consistent pink color throughout the crystal. Twinned. A good specimen from a rare locality which does not often produce kunzite of such intense color. Ex. Wendell E. Wilson Collection.
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