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Sapphire from
Cascade Canyon, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Sapphire
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fuchsite1 photo of Sapphire associated with Fuchsite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphire data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cascade Canyon, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:632723
Long-form Identifier:1:3:632723:1
GUID (UUID V4):615866d7-b9cb-4607-bcdc-5150a3474b36
Nearest other occurrences of Sapphire
80.8km (50.2 miles) Unnamed Corundum occurrences [2], Soboba Hot Springs (Ritchey Hot Springs; White Sulphur Spring), San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
80.9km (50.2 miles) Hazen Corundum prospect (Unnamed Corundum prospect), Soboba Hot Springs (Ritchey Hot Springs; White Sulphur Spring), San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
changed by heat treatment or dyeing. Only the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality...these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious gems. Some opal is precious...pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue in the sapphire; and grass green in the emerald. Most diamonds... ruby, garnet, and rose tourmaline; the term "sapphire," to lapis lazuli and other blue stones; the term...for colored stones, such as the emerald, ruby, sapphire, and garnet, but is now used only for-sta-rstones
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such... '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite...although some gems cents per pound. such as sapphire and amethyst are often so parti-colored that they...opal or labradorite, the starry splendor of star sapphire and garnet, or the dramatic eye effect in chrysoberyl...Dakota, liquid in the solidifying dike. and California are world-famous gem sources. igneous material
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Colorado [11], San Bernardino county [12], and the Big Horn Mine in California [6, 13], Zardalek massif...Colorado, United States [36]; (4 and 5) Cascade Canyon, California, United States [36]; (6) Ovalle, Chile...was found in Colorado and California. In the Italian Mountain, Gunnison county, Colorado [11, 36, 42],...occurrences are known in California: Cascade Canyon in the San Bernardino County [12] and the Big Horn deposit...the United States) in the vicinity of Los Angeles, San Gabriel Mountains [13]. In the former, lazurite occurs
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...KEY 4& Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett...and the Grand Canyon, the Oregon and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and the Sonoran...tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or
Book
three parts oxygen form the minerals ruby and sapphire. The pigeon-blood red of the ruby is thought to...chromic oxide and the blues and greens of the sapphire from traces of titanium oxide. Three great classes...and often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in Mon¬ tana the action of a million years...zircon, gold, platinum, topaz, beryl, ruby and sapphire. One important rock in this group is limestone...talus slope in the Antelope Valley in Southern California where the rock fragments seemed to have a rich
Report (volume)
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...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Report (volume)
............................................ California................................................mineralogic reports, especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota,...Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals of California: California State Min. Bur. Bull. 67, 1914. George...Nashville, Tenn. California____.Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University...Palo Alto. Prof. Arthur S. Eakle, University of California,- Berkeley. Colorado_____Prof. R. D. George,
Journal (issue)
flows in to require pumping ; but the ~loo, fancy sapphire (which would involve no larger mines are developed...Mines at Dhanbad hiking and visiting the famous sapphire I made every effort to locate other min- mines...in g ravel pits. In Fact at Drummond, Wisc., the County had a rock crusher in a pit and a hunk of fl.oat...Rudeville is a Uttle hamlet in north· I eastern Sussex County (in the northern part of the state) about 3 miles...fresh cuts, the material is us- nearest thing to a canyon in this part of ualiy bedded at a steep angle,
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...glittering calcite or quartz Often these can be California, in in Southwestern Maine, around the town...of Paris, and the rugged area north and east of San Diego, several years. stuff filled cloth and
Book
topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...town of Pans. and the rugged area north and east of San Diego Cal1forn1a, have long astonished collectors...pits, such as the enormous copper mine at Bingham Canyon, Utah, althoug h here some tunnels, known to miners...where found (quarry, mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74
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 ...the Southern Onyx and Marble Company of San Diego, California, furnished information and a photograph...photograph on the calcite onyx deposits of Baja California. Owen H. Perry of Marine Minerals, Inc., formerly of...Iowa. The fine photographs of pearling in Baja California waters are from the files of the well-known
Book (edition)
from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...gemological literature in North America. J. s. San Diego, California 1975 Acknowledgments The folio\\ ing...for a number of color photographs of remarkable California specimens. Paul L. Broughton was kind enough...crystal forms 14. San Pedro mine, Pala, California 15. Morganite crystal from Pala, California 16. Hazel W...Pala, California 17. Mack mine, Rincon, California 18. Beryl-bearing pegmatite, Baja California 19. Sequist
world-renowned gem and mineral collection at Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History since 1980. Joan Kaylor...glacial scrapings, and fossils, they California’s San Andreas Fault is | have demonstrated that the the...western hemisphere. Like Mount Fuji and such Cascade Range peaks as Mount St. Helens, it is a towering...sevenhundred-mile-long (1,100 km) San Andreas Fault in California grind past each other at an average...huge earthquake such as the one that devastated San Francisco in 1906. tal plate, it partially melts
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world-renowned gem and mineral collection at Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History since 1980. Joan Kaylor...also occurs between oceanic plates. California's San Andreas Fault is the site of a third type of boundary...the western hemisphere. Like Mount Fuji and such Cascade Range peaks as Mount St. Helens, it is a towering...sevenhundred-mi/e-long (I, I 00 km) Son Andreas Fault in California grind post each other at on overage rote of 1...past one another, as happens periodically in the San Andreas Fault. tension release is called the focus
Book (volume)
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)
Tree national monument, by L. B. Dixon, Del Mar, California. Taken with a Leica, 50mm objective, Plus X film...Kodabromide. SlnUa Hubert A. Lowman, Southgate, California, won second prize with his view of a Night-blooming...Henderson will be about Ed. Williams of Blythe, California, who since 1912 has handled many tough problems...Stott Jr., curator of mammals, Zoological Society of San Diego, whose initial story will be an account of...says, "I am prejudiced about Frijoles (name of canyon in the monument)—I know of no other place equally
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF...DIVISION Director OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF San Francisco P. 11 JENKINS, Chief BULLETIN...BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia, Los Angek...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith
Book (volume)
..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...mineral exhibit in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966)...Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines and Geology Francisco
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonate platforms and controls on the genesis of sapphire, gem spinel, and lapis lazuli: insight from the...carbonate platforms and controls on the genesis of sapphire, gem spinel, and lapis lazuli: insight from the...carbonate platforms and controls on the genesis of sapphire, gem spinel, and lapis lazuli: insight from the...carbonates, contains occurrences of the gemstones sapphire (corundum), spinel (including vivid blue, cobalt-enriched...siliciclastic fraction in the protolith). Kimmirut-type sapphire deposits formed via a multi-step metamorphic process
Book
ROADSIDE 4% JrEoLocy or SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER AND ELIZABETH O’ BLACK GANS IGagsine... IGagsine ~%_ JEOLOGY of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER ILLUSTRATED BY ELIZABETH O’BLACK...based on the 2010 Geologic Map of California, published by the California Geological Survey, and on maps...Elizabeth, 1971- Title: Roadside geology of southern California / Arthur Gibbs Sylvester and Elizabeth O’Black...paper) Subjects: LCSH: Geology—California, Southern—Guidebooks. | California, Southern—Guidebooks. Classification:
Journal (issue)
North Fork of the American River, in Northern California. (Getty Images) EDITORIAL CONTACT INFORMATION:...natural pearls, particularly the Concho pearls of San Angelo, Texas. —Editor Concho Pearls Kudos Helen...Stevens Trail is located near Colfax, in Northern California, and is within easy driving distance of my home...a three-mile jaunt down into the American River Canyon, not so bad going down, but a lot of uphill on...during the California gold rush, thousands of miners toiled for gold in the American River Canyon, through
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...Mineralogist OIAF GEOLOGIC BFL^NCH Ferry Building, San Francisco San Francisco P. JENKINS Chief Geologist ...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE
 
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