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Spodumene from
Esmeralda Mine, Mesa Grande, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Spodumene
Formula:LiAlSi2O6
Comments:Occurs as crystals averaging 1 x 5 x 20 cm in the core zone.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spodumene data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esmeralda Mine, Mesa Grande, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:477854
Long-form Identifier:1:3:477854:7
GUID (UUID V4):3ca9a90e-244b-43f2-8c13-e11e122779b8
Nearest other occurrences of Spodumene
2.5km (1.5 miles) Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) San Diego Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
11.5km (7.2 miles) Clark Extension prospect, Ditch Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) Victor Mine (Big Buck mine; Big Buck prospect), Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) Cryo-Genie Mine (Cryogenie Mine; Cindy B-Cryogenie claim; Lost Valley Truck Trail prospect), Warner Springs, Warner Springs Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
22.3km (13.8 miles) Carmelita Mine (Big Spring mine; Blue Gem claim; Crest Gem mine; Elinor deposit; Elinor mine; Estudillo mine; French Pete mine; MS 6130; Peter Cabat mine), Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
24.7km (15.4 miles) Pala Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) K. C. Naylor Mine (MS 5391; Naylor mine), Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) Hiriart Mine (MS 5391), Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
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Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Articles Gem and rare-element pegmatites of southern California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The...web site at www.wmtucson.com DANBURITE – Aurora Mine, Charcas, SanLuis Potosi, Mexico When in Tucson
Report (issue)
laying it upon the photographic plate Bulletin San Francisco, No. 37. June, 1905. Gems, Jewelers’...of California Issued California State by the Mining Bureau Francisco. Ferry Building, San Lewis...growing of the output care Kunz, A.M., No. California,” Stones of of which this Bulletin treats is...to F. George Bureau: Mining Ornamental the Honorable and California, of State the of the...have report, again department. Bureau is California, of this Museum from their mines, I of the
Book (edition)
Katharine M. Gohn E. W. M. Johnson of Lincoln, of Mesa, Ariz., Frank Bogart Bean of Madison, Wis., Stephen...SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ...beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar,...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose
Report (volume)
such as tourmaline, beryl (emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite), zircon, and gem varieties...localities in California where diamonds have been found are: Smith River, Del Norte County; Trinity River...River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville and Webber Hill, El Dorado...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COOK Department of Geology Auburn Universit Spodumene var. Kunzite Downloaded by [Selcuk Universitesi]...and William E. Hidden, respectively. Although spodumene is of very widespread distribution, the gem varieties...or more good examples of this unique material. Spodumene in its commonest form is a rather drab opaque...and a calculated density of 3.184. The color of spodumene can vary from emerald-green through yellow to...refractive indices that vary from 1.648 to 1.679. Spodumene exhibits a white streak and is typically DI:
Journal (issue)
Abstracts POUGH (F. H . ) . The Jacobina amethyst mine in Brazil. J o u r n . , 1969, 22, 10, p. 1306....colour. Hard-rock digging techniques are used, as the mine lies in solid rock. It is privately owned. S.P....Application of goniometry to gemmology. Journ. Mining Coll., Akita Univ., Ser. A, Vol. V, No. 3, 1-21...d e of the important source of sphene in Baja California, and Macon Co., the source of rhodolite garnet...to his library. W.S. MUNSURI (A. SANTOS). La Esmeralda. Instituto Gemologico Espanol, Madrid. Limited
Report (issue)
Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://www.archive.org/det...MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By F. HAROLD WEBER JR., California Division of Mines...Stewart COUNTY REPORT California Division of Mines Ferry Building, LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS...DAVIS San 3 and Geology Francisco, 1963 ^ OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN, Governor J?...CAMPBELL, Director AND GEOLOGY State Geologist COUNTY REPORT ^ Price $8.00 3 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...pegmatites in Southern California. Consequently, in keeping with the California theme of the 2011 Tucson...beryl, so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is in...elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm specimen
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Fl at Concluding remarks Playa deposits of the California Desert Drilling results Buried salt bodies of...Figure 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Index map of a part of Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada, showing location of...Index map showing location of bore holes in the California Desert planning area Interpretation of data from...Lithium content of bore-hole samples from the California Desert playa-evaluation project 30 Lithium...analyses of bore hole water samples from the California Desert playa-evaluation project 34 7. 8. 9
Book
_NATUREGRAPH "PUBLISHERS oa a7 ExplORING, ANd MINING GEMS GOLD IN THE WEST FIFTY-FOUR YEARS OF PROSPECTING...who were in the gem mining or lapidary business in San Diego County, California, from 1901 to 1925. ...TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Boyhood Discovery of an Old Mine . ° : 1 2. 3. 4, My Start of a Great Adventure...Adventure - Mostly Underground Experience in the Mine at Aguanga Mountain . . : Fascinating and Difficult...Stones . ° ° ° : Personalities Met on Way Home (San Diego) . ° ° ~ ° : ° 32 38 42 48 61 Oil, . > :
Book (volume)
colorful and fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana...up to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901 Gene ... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...the Southern Onyx and Marble Company of San Diego, California, furnished information and a photograph
Report (volume)
............................................ California....................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Journal (issue)
Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM Consulting Editors Joel...Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)
Report (issue)
Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio...studies in 1811, during A.G. Werner's time at the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony (Germany). From 1826...miners. He was also the gemstone inspector for the mining authority. Breithaupt's legacy is 500 publications...descriptions. T he above is a postcard of the School of Mining in Feiberg, Saxony printed for the 1991 Breithaupt...from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient
Book
GEOLOGY OF THE ELSINORE FAULT ZONE SAN ·DIEGO REGION • , . San Diego Association of Geologists South... GEOLOGY OF THE ELSINORE FAULT ZONE SAN DIEGO REGION San Diego Association of Geologists South Coast...Elsinore Fault Zone San Diego Region Geology of the Elsinore Fault Zone. San Diego Region Copyright ©...© 2003 by the San Diego Association of Geologists (SDAG) and South Coast Geological Society (SCGS) Individual...and inquiries to: SDAG P.O. Box 1911 26 San Diego, California 92 159- 11 26 w. w. w.sandiegogeologists
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...right angles. Such crystals, including those of spodumene and orthoclase feldspar, have visualize. a droopy...crystals of tourmaline, smoky quartz, beryl, topaz, spodumene, and apatite in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite...Dakota, liquid in the solidifying dike. and California are world-famous gem sources. igneous material...fundamental clue to gem locations. Since hard-rock mining is too expensive for amateurs, the hobbyist
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THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text
Journal (issue)
of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey...Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Book (edition)
interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information...gemological literature in North America. J. s. San Diego, California 1975 Acknowledgments The folio\\ ing
Journal (issue)
ber-D ecem ber 1977 ISSUE! TourmalineGolconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHOWS Sul/urPerticara, Romagna...U E S t AVETltlB 0)A C L PyromorphiteWheatley mine, Hours: Wed-Sat. 10-5 Sunday 12-5 [evenings by...in e ra l fro m th e B e n ito ite G em M in e , San B e n ito C o u n ty, C a lif o r n ia ............lf Pabst, Jam es R. H in th o rn e Artinite fro m San B e n ito C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia ............ike S y s te m , M e sa G ra n d e D is tric t, San D ie g o C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia ..........
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The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct)...ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75
Report (volume)
Geological Survey office, Room 724, Appraisers Building, San Francisco, Calif. SL Geological Survey office, Room...of the Shinarump No. 1 uranium mine, Seven Mile Canyon area, Grand County, Utah: TEI-287, Jan. 11, 1954...Results of exploration at the Old Leyden coal mine, Jefferson County, Colo.: TEM-292, Mar. 30, 1953. D, GJ....N., The pegmatites of the Errington-Thiel mine, Elko County, Nevada: TEI-71, Dec. 28, 1949. Office of...Ridge, and West End claims near Clancy, Jefferson County, Mont.: TEM-31, Oct. 19, 1951. D, SL, T. (332,
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett...and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the lake beaches...tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or...right angles. Such crystals, including those of spodumene and orthoclase feldspar, have a droopy appearance
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
 
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