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Spessartine from
Little Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Spessartine
Formula:Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Schorlⓘ51 photos of Spessartine associated with Schorl at this locality.
Albiteⓘ47 photos of Spessartine associated with Albite at this locality.
Cleavelanditeⓘ28 photos of Spessartine associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Smoky Quartzⓘ13 photos of Spessartine associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Muscoviteⓘ10 photos of Spessartine associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ8 photos of Spessartine associated with Quartz at this locality.
Feldspar Groupⓘ7 photos of Spessartine associated with Feldspar Group at this locality.
Axinite-(Mn)ⓘ6 photos of Spessartine associated with Axinite-(Mn) at this locality.
Stilbite Subgroup4 photos of Spessartine associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Berylⓘ1 photo of Spessartine associated with Beryl at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spessartine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (54 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10294
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10294:6
GUID (UUID V4):8ad11d07-4642-4105-b1bd-658a0326c9cf
Nearest other occurrences of Spessartine
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘLittle Three Mine area, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘHercules Mine (Beryl claim; Hercules claim; Hercules group; Hercules prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘLookout Mine (Hercules group; Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules mine), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘCable Mine (Little Three Extension prospect; New A.B.C. prospect; New ABC prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘEquestrian prospect, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘSurprise Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘApollo Lode claim, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘCoyote diggings, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘA.B.C. Mine (ABC Mine; Daggett & MacIntosh; Daggett group), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘProspect Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mines and Minerals of the California Pegmatite Province Downloaded by [Pennsylvania State University]... Southern JESSE FISHER PO Box 77774 San Francisco, California 94107 jef520@comcast.net F Unless otherwise...MINERALS or much of the past century, the Southern California pegmatite province has been the source of some...specimens of morganite, aquamarine, topaz, and spessartine, and they were the first recognized occurrence...spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late nineteenth century, production from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MIAROLITIC GRANITIC PEGMATITES AT THE LITTLE THREE MINE, RAMONA, CALIFORNIA, USA David LONDON§, George B. MORGAN...73019, USA Abstract Miarolitic granitic pegmatites at the Little Three mine property near Ramona, San...San Diego County, California, USA, possess a bulk composition that closely matches that of a hydrous peraluminous...partially cumulate nor hydrothermal in nature. The Little Three pegmatites are, however, sharply zoned. Chemical...cooling history, field diffusion, Little Three mine, Ramona, California. Introduction The coarse grain-size
Journal (issue)
Brendan M. Laurs, and Marcelo de Oliveira Bernardes Mining activities for these vivid cuprian elbaites are...State. 278 pg. 261 Spessartine Garnet from Ramona, San Diego County, California Brendan M. Laurs and...on amethyst, citrine, and ametrine from the Anahí mine, Bolivia • “Copal” resin from Madagascar • Iolite...Rock” cabochons • Tourmaline from Warner Springs, California • Synthetic topaz • Exhibits, announcements,...Mary L. Johnson Carlsbad, California George Rossman Pasadena, California John Emmett Brush Prairie
Journal (issue)
paragenesis 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...l e T h r e e M Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord...80225 Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Volume Thirty-three, Number Five 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The boron isotopic evolution of the Little Three pegmatites, Ramona, CA James L. Maner, David London PII:...The boron isotopic evolution of the Little Three pegmatites, Ramona, CA. The address for the corresponding...The boron isotopic evolution of the Little Three pegmatites, Ramona, CA James L. Maner IV* and David London...100 East Boyd Street, SEC 710 Norman, OK 73019, USA IP T *email: jlmaner87@ou.edu CR ABSTRACT Tourmaline...axinite from three pegmatite dikes (named Main, US Swamp, and Spessartine) at the Little Three mine near Ramona
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[University of Kent] at 15:29 06 November 2014 Spessartine Marienfluss, Northern Namibia I n a recent...both almandine and the closely related species spessartine have made them a historically important and relatively...of this year’s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, spessartine has been chosen as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...a fine spessartine specimen from Marienfluss, northern Namibia, has been chosen. Spessartine, because...yellow, orange, and red; almost pure end-member spessartine is bright orange. It is typically transparent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
05:07 04 June 2016 \ Los Angeles County j San Bernardino County ..I. ...............................Riverside County I J Jb3 %$*6 Orange Cahuilla Mt X Mt X Mesa Grande X Ramona San Diego County : ’...[University of Exeter] at 05:07 04 June 2016 0 Imperial County h 30 Figure 7 (above). Location map showing Cahuilla...and other major pegmatite districts in Southern California. Map by William W. Besse. Figure 8 (above right)...Dike claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County, California. Map by William W. Besse. Figure 9 (right)
Journal (issue)
ou sur rendez-vous Elbaite - 7,1 cm de largeur Mine Hima/aya,Mesa Grande,Californie,U.S.A. Coll. : 8...Scovil • Barite surfluorite Crista/: 4 x 3 x 0,4 cm Mine de /'Ave/lan, Var Coll. : G. Mari Photo : l.-D....Jesse FISHER 380 PennsylvaniaAvenue- San Francisco- CA 94107- USA (Traduitde l'anglaispar J. GALVIER)...exploitations teltes qu'Himalaya,TourmalineQueen au Little Three se trouvent aujourd'hui dans les collections...des monts San Jacinto, dans le centre du comte de Riverside,traversele comte de San Diego et se prolongejusqu'a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crystallization of the Little Three layered pegmatite-aplite dike, Ramona District, California Received: 24 March...currently is little concensus as to how such dikes form. The Little Three dike near Ramona, California, is representative...100 East Boyd Street, SEC 810 Norman, OK 73019, USA; Fax: (405) 325-3140; e-mail: gmorgan@ou.edu Editorial...investigation of the Little Three pegmatite-aplite dike from the Ramona district, California, feldspar compositions...the George Ashley Block pegmatite (Mesa Grande District, CA) accumulated by crystal settling. Consistent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
very gemmy beryls, variety heliodor, from the huge mine complex at Volodarsk-Volynskii, Zhytomyr Oblast...mineral market and Figure 1. Severely etched spessartine from the Navegadora claim, Conselheiro Pena,...produced from pegmatite No. 521 alone at the Ukraine mine, so excellent examples of both of these crystals...A lesserknown occurrence of similarly etched spessartine—lesserknown because it was worked many years...productive—is the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California (London et al. 2012)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the world’s greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the “California Locality Index” (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable...mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau
Report (issue)
have to wear a mask—like the one on the Chinese spessartine specimen, above, which I’ve filched from Isaias...pages of “California and Nevada on the website”—almost entirely California, in fact, with a little bit of...here from the famous Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California, the star of the show...Topaz, 6 cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Ex Bryant Harris...=========================== Also from the Little Three pegmatite, Dave has very good miniature to small-cabinet
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...$76 for one year, $124 for two years, 5186 for three years (includes online access). An institutional...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pegmatites: ART Downloaded by [University of California, San Diego] at 03:56 02 March 2016 What TOURMALINE...cm, Garnet Ledge dike, Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California. Varieties of elbaite:...elbaite: (c) rubellite, 10 cm, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, California, found by Ralph Potter in 1958, William...terminated, 6 cm, 1991 London Pocket, Little Three mine, Ramona, California; (e) indicolite, 5.6 cm, Aracuai...4 cm, Tourmaline Queen mine (1972), Pala district, San Diego County, California, Jesse Fisher and Joan
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Mineralsfrom the MidstateQuarry Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas Art Smith 9118 Concho Houston, Texas...mmlong, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, photo by the author. Middle& PolarUrals...Russian • __., helicopter to fly further north to the mining village of Neroika. We spent our next 11 days in...the purest quartz in the world. At the height of mining, it employed some 240 workers and their families...equipment, and weather conditions add to the problem. Mining at Neroika is done in drifts cut into the mountainside
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Gemstones of California Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 05:46 04 February 2015 MICHAEL GRAY...GRAY P. 0. Box 727 Missoula, Montana 59806 CALIFORNIA 1s HUGE-the third largest state in the United States...Imagine, as a field collector, being able to go mining virtually any month of the year-the deserts in...amethysts just hours away from your home. That is California. The focus of this article covers only the facetable...facetable, transparent materials found in California. It would take another article to describe the state’s
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California Blue Mine Yucca Valley San Bernardino County California Downloaded by [Heriot-Watt University]...photo. Sacramento San Francisco CA LIF OR A New NI A Los Angeles San Diego Palm Springs Twentynine...Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base CA Blue Mine X Yucca Valley Gem Pegmatite Landers Joshua tree MICHAEL...MICHAEL P. HUNERLACH 148 Kettle Rock Court Folsom, California 95630 mphunerlach@comcast.net Twentynine Palms...showing general location of the California Blue mine in Southern California. T he discovery in 2006 of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Displays JOSEPHINE SCRIPPS Photo by Walt Weaver. CALIFORNIA MINERAL COLLECTOR EXTRAORDINARY Some people...L L P. M A C F A L L P. O. Box 309 Coronado, California 92118 J O S I E , F O R E V E R Y O N E C A...in Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago, and San Diego, as well as founding the Scripps-Howard News Service... came to Southern California in the 1890s and put his wealth into San Diego County land. Josie grew up...the family's 400-acre Miramar ranch north of San Diego. Like all alert children, she had a passing interest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for all or portions of three thin granitic pegmatite dikes in southern California are derived from feldspar...compositions. Feldspar solvus thermometry from these three dikes indicates that their pegmatite-forming melts...Norman, OK 73019, USA 2 Drillinginfo, 440 Louisiana St., Suite 400, Houston, TX 77002, USA characteristic...liquids. We present data for three thin pegmatite dikes from southern California. Assessments of chemical...results are of questionable accuracy. The remaining three studies indicate 13 Contributions to Mineralogy
Catalog/List
Director San Francisco Roberta Kramer Managing Director Chicago BEVERLY HILLS NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO...“rough” directly from mine owners. Over the years, he befriended many of these mine owners and would travel...occurring. The stone exhibits a native cut as the mine owner would not let the “rough” leave the country...Bi-Color Tourmaline - 6.23 Cts. California, USA Tourmaline from California can make for some of the most...Gemstone: Pyrope - Spessartine Garnet - 2.84 Cts. Kenya This nearly 3+ carat Spessartine Garnet is a color
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
materials scientist who recently retired after twenty-three years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is now...Muscovite crystals forming a 10-cm rosette, Jose Pinto mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Table 3. Interlayer-deficient...spectacular recent find of muscovite was at the Jose Pinto mine, where more than a ton of beautifully crystallized...(manganoan) varieties are found at the Harding mine, Taos County, New Mexico (Jahns and Ewing 1977). Fuchsite...forms huge crystals. At Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal district, Russia, it forms large, dark red-brown (but surprisingly
Book
) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite...crystals and their atomic arrangement. There are three basic forms of symmetry: n1irror, rotation, and...eventually grew to the present enclave of twen ty-three buildings, forming the largest natural history museum...Willian, Boyce Thompson, founder of the Newmont Mining Corporation, along with an endowment that enables...Octahedral Diamond Crystal in Kimber lite Premier Mine, Kimberley, South Africa On loan from Mrs Charles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 USA * Corresponding author. ABSTRACT of Crystallization...of gem materials of beryl, tourmaline, topaz, spessartine, spodumene, quartz, and others, and many of the...with cooling and time. These can be recognized as three stages of crystallization in order: (1) primary...tourmaline, spodumene, topaz, and garnet offer little insight into their temperatures of crystallization...samples from California ur (stilbite-Ca and laumontite at Ocean View, Himalaya, and Little Three) and Afghanistan
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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