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~$Tourmaline
© Rob Lavinsky

Rare locality piece! Exceptional indicolite for County material! From John Sinkankas. In fact, this specimen was collected by John Sinkankas from the last tourmaline pocket he hit at the Esmeralda, over 30 years ago. 2 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm~%
","Esmeralda Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.2094444444,-116.800277778,"~~169041.html\">Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
","Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.2061111111,-116.807777778,"~~91218.html\">Cota Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
~$Elbaite-Schorl Series
© 2003 SLR

A natural dark purple and green tourmaline crystal displaying cat\'s eye or chatoyancy phenomena and double basal terminations of pedion and color zoned pyramidal type, associated with minor cleavelandite; from the Cota mine, Mesa Grande district, ...~%","Cota Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.21,-116.808888889,"~~91325.html\">Green Ledge Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
","Green Ledge Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.2138888889,-116.801111111,"~~3559.html\">Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
~$Lepidolite
© 2009, Jesse Fisher

A large cluster of lepidolite crystals with quartz from the Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Specimen is 10 cm across.~%","Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.2136111111,-116.800833333,"~~91159.html\">Braye Mine (MS 4633; Bray Lode Prospect), Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
~$Tourmaline
© Michael Fender

Tourmaline crystal on quartz from the Bray Lode Prospect. Tourmaline crystal measures 1.5"x.35".~%","Braye Mine (MS 4633; Bray Lode Prospect), Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.215,-116.798888889,"~~169040.html\">Little Mine (MS 4633), Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
","Little Mine (MS 4633), Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.2130555556,-116.799722222,"~~169042.html\">Lohrer Mine (MS 4633), Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
","Lohrer Mine (MS 4633), Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.2063888889,-116.798333333,"~~22426.html\">Mesa Grande Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
~$Spessartine
© 2005 SLR

A natural vivid orange garnet crystal; from the Mesa Grande mine on Gem Hill, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California, USA. Specimen measures approximately 6x6x6mm. San Diego Mining Company, circa 1995.~%","Mesa Grande Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.2083333333,-116.811111111,"~~91510.html\">Payne Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
","Payne Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.21,-116.797222222,"~~6785.html\">San Diego Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
~$Elbaite
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Fine group of tourmaline displayed at the 2008 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show~%","San Diego Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.2119444444,-116.798888889,"~~91627.html\">Trask Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
","Trask Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.1802777778,-116.768333333,"~~209418.html\">Mesa Grande, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
","Mesa Grande, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.1616666667,-116.831944444,"~~91508.html\">Patton Beryl Prospect, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
","Patton Beryl Prospect, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.2019444444,-116.8225,"~~91557.html\">Rose Quartz Mine (Patton lode; Crystal Quartz; White Quartz; Sante Fe Gem), Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
~$Quartz
© Rob Lavinsky

30.3 x 17.9 x 4.5 cm. A huge, floater, shard-like quartz crystal that is not just big and beautiful, it is big and beautiful and from San Diego County. It is the kind of thing you would expect to see from Brazil, not from San Diego. A large ...~%","Rose Quartz Mine (Patton lode; Crystal Quartz; White Quartz; Sante Fe Gem), Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA"); cm(33.2152777778,-116.822222222,"~~91626.html\">Trail Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
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