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| Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 221
Rogers, Austin Flint (1923b), The crystallography of hydromagnesite: American Journal of Science, 5th. Series: 6: 46 |
- Livermore Mining District (Tesla District)
| Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 117.
Rogers, Austin Flint (1910) Notes on some pseudomorphs, petrifactions and alterations. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 49. 17-23 |
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| Committee, FM Locality Index, Kampf, Anthony R. (1989) California Locality Index. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (2) 129-142 |
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| Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 209, 359. |
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| Ross, C.P. (1940a) Quicksilver deposits of the Mount Diablo region, Contra Costa County, California. USGS Bulletin 922-B, 54 pp.: 41, 42, 44
visual ID based on crystal morphology and cleavage |
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| USGS MRDS database (2005), loc. file ID #10029554.
Pampeyan, Earl Haig (1963) Geology and mineral deposits of Mount Diablo, Contra Costa County, California. Special Report 80. California Division of Mines & Geology |
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| (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey. |
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| (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey. |
- Parkfield Mining District
| Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Bailey, Edgar H. (1942), Quicksilver deposits of the Parkfield district, California: USGS Bulletin 936-F: 159
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 115, 197. |
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| [var. Sand-Calcite] Huizing, T. E., & Richards, R. P. (2021). Connoisseur's Choice: Sand Calcite, Rattlesnake Butte, South Dakota. Rocks & Minerals, 96(5), 414-431.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 118
Rogers, Austin Flint & Ralph Daniel Reed (1926), Sand-calcite crystals from Monterey County, California: American Mineralogist: 11: 23-28
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 211 |
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| Dunning, Gail E., Hadley, Ted A., Magnasco, John, Christy, Andrew G., Cooper, Joseph F. Jr. (2005) The Clear Creek mine, San Benito County, California: a unique mercury locality. The Mineralogical Record, 36 (4) Tucson. 337-363 |
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| (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey. |
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| Rocks & Min.: 23: 391, 797. |
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| Essene, J. (1967). An occurrence of cymrite in the Franciscan Formation, California. The American Mineralogist, 52, 1885-1890. |
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| Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Murdoch, Joseph, Webb, Robert W. (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. p.1-559.
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 146. |
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| Personally collected and analyzed by David Lowe. White Calcite fills large vugs with thin off-white fibrous Pectolite veins crossing and surrounding. Minor Albite and an amorphous phase are present as well. XRD reference patterns: PDF 04-007-8659, PDF 04-011-5155, and PDF 01-084-0752. |
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| Dunning, G. E., Walstrom, R. E., & Lechner, W. (2018) Barium Silicate Mineralogy of the Western Margin, North American Continent, Part Geology, Origin, Paragenesis and Mineral Distribution from Baja California Norte, Mexico, Western Canada and Alaska, USA. Baymin Journal, Vol. 19, No. 5
Joseph F. Cooper Jr., Gail E. Dunning, Ted A.Hadley (2003) Minerology of the Victor Claim, Clear Creek Area, New Idria District, San Benito County, California. |
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| (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey. |
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| Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 387, 434, 502 |
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| Wise, William S., Gill, Robert H. (1977) Minerals of the Benitoite Gem Mine. The Mineralogical Record, 8 (6) Tucson. 442-452 |
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| Dunning, G. E., Walstrom, R. E., & Lechner, W. (2018) Barium Silicate Mineralogy of the Western Margin, North American Continent, Part Geology, Origin, Paragenesis and Mineral Distribution from Baja California Norte, Mexico, Western Canada and Alaska, USA. Baymin Journal, Vol. 19, No. 5
www.benitoitemine.com |
- Stayton Mining District (McLeod Mining District; Panoche Mining District)
| (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey. |
- Black Wonder Mining District
| Barrel Sidney Cowan (1978) Petrology and Structure of the Franciscan Assemblage Northwest of Pacheco Pass, California. PhD thesis Stanford University |
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| Erd, R.C., Ohashi, Y. (1984) Santaclaraite, a new calcium-manganese silicate hydrate from California. American Mineralogist, 69(1-2), 200-206. |
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| Rocks & Min.: 23:391. |
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| Dunning, G. E., Walstrom, R. E., & Lechner, W. (2018) Barium Silicate Mineralogy of the Western Margin, North American Continent, Part Geology, Origin, Paragenesis and Mineral Distribution from Baja California Norte, Mexico, Western Canada and Alaska, USA. Baymin Journal, Vol. 19, No. 5 |
- Black Wonder Mining District
| (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey. |
- Ladd-Buckeye Mining District
| Murdoch, Joseph, Webb, Robert W. (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. p.1-559.
Taliaferro, Nicholas Lloyd & F.S. Hudson (1943), Genesis of the manganese deposits of the Coast Ranges of California: California Division Mines Bulletin: 239
Laizure, Clyde McK (1925), San Francisco field division: California Mining Bureau. Report 21: 213 |
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| (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey. |
Mount Diablo Mine, Mount Diablo, Clayton, Contra Costa County, California, USA