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Crestmoreite from
Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Crestmoreite' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Occurs as soft, silky material.
Colour:White
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Fluorellestadite
Monticellite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Crestmoreite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:151247
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151247:2
GUID (UUID V4):7b1ccf5f-10ea-4d6d-bee6-a358f7c7ab9d
Nearest other occurrences of Crestmoreite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PARAGENESIS OF THE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE AT CRESTMORE, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA JonN W. Dalv, CaliJornia Institute...Institute oJ Technology, Posadena,California. INTRODUCTION For more than twenty years the Creslmore locality...This interest was first arousedwhen specimensof blue calcite with monticellite and xanthophyllite were...papers have been published on the mineralogy of Crestmore by A. S. Eakle, W. F. Foshag, A. F. Rogers, and...easternlobe of the Jurupa Mountains about three miles west of Riverside, California. The Jurupa Mountains are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vol. 26 No.6 SECTION ACROSS COMMERCIAL QUARRY, CRESTMORE, CALIFORNIA A. O. Wooononl, R. A. CnreroN...Abstract. Introduction Crestmore Rocks General Description Chino Limestone Sky BIue Limestone Quartzite..... Pegmatite. Contact Rocks Commercial Quarry Profile Wet Weather Quarry Profile JJ) 356 356 .tJo ... 358 358 359 360 364 365 Lone Star Quarry 370 375 377 Notes on Individual Minerals New or Undetermined...Bibliography of Crestmore Papers Jl I 378 379 380 Assrnecr At Crestmore, in southern California, crystalline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COLLECTING (1951) AT CRESTMORE, CALIFORNIA By PAUL F. PATCHICK University of California at Los Angeles The...locality in California, if not in the whole western United States, is at Crestmore near Riverside, 50 miles...which is on U. S. Highway 70-99, the limestone quarries represent the third most highly mineralized region...Vermland, Sweden and the Franklin district, in Sussex County, New Jersey, are able to rival Crestmore's vast...been published concerning the Riverside Cement Company properties at Crestmore, beginning with those by Eakle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AMERICA MARCH_APRIL, 1961 Nos. 3 and 4 (Part 1) CRESTMORE, PAST AND PRESENT* Josoeu Munooctt, Unirersity...Unirersity of Californio at Los Angeles,Los Angeles,California. When it came to be my turn, as retiring presidentof...seemed quite natural to turn for my subject to Crestmore,since I have been in close touch with this remarkable...this locality, which is a little west of Riverside, California, and only about sixty miles from my headquartersat...when I encountereda small group of visitors to the quarry, among whom was a youngster of boy scout age, who
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
al FAMOUS MINERAL LOCALITIES: CRESTMORE, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Anruun S. Eaxla, (Ini,aersityof...place known as Crestmore is a suburban station situated a Jew miles west of Riverside, and is easily...shipment of the material can be done there. The Riverside Portland Cement Company has its plant here, and...should be obtained to go on the floor of the .quarries but this is freely given by the officials and...hundred feet above the surrounding plain. The south hill, al Kemp, J. F.; The pegmatites: Econ. Geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SILICATE FROM CRESTMORE, CALIFORNIA1 Anrnun S. Earr.n, [Jniaersity of Califo,rnia The Riverside Portland Cement...crystalline limestone at Crestmore, has transferred most of its operations to a hill, lying further west,...original quarries have been practically deserted. The old Commercial quarry on Sky Blue Hill where the...the north side of the hill at what is locally known as the Wet Weather quarry, and there was a large...of this quarry last May, when visited by the writer. Brown and vellow vesuvianite and light blue calcite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
limestone capping the granodiorite at Crestmore, ne&r Riverside, California, furnishes an excellent illustration...rhombohedral cleavage masses, some having a rich blue color. The Iocalized character of the metamorphism...the daily blasting of the quarry face bringing to light bands or zones of blue calcite, each with its distinctive...apparently the same occurrence was not repeated. The blue calcite, xanthophyllite, monticellite, wilkeite...after the Jurupa Mountains, of which the Crestmore Hills are a part, is from the Commercial quarry and, like
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND MINERALS 263 PRESENT DAY COLLECTING AT CRESTMORE By JACK SCHWARTZ 656 South Hendricks Avenue, Los...recorded from Crestmore, Calif., at least half can still be collected at the Commercial Quarry. Southern...Southern California collectors seeking hours of enjoyment, and a representation of intriguing Crestmore minerals...to it that they visit the quarry. With the kind permission of the Riverside Cement Company, several amateur...collected the various minerals abounding in the Quarry. Up to this writing our list comprises over 50
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AFWILLITE FROM CRESTI,IORE, CALIFORNIA' GnoncB Swttzen, U. S. National Museum, Washington,D' C', AND...on the floor of the 910-foot level of the commercial Quarry, white or coiorless. X-ray powder data are...contact, and intrusive rocks at Crestmore, near Riverside, California, contain an unusually large variety...e, crestmoreite, hillebrandite, okenite, and riversideite. A cross-sectionthrough the Commercial Quarry...lists all of the speciesthen known to occur at Crestmore, as well as 14 additional unidentified species
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...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...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY 1943 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 21200 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...Mines and mineral resources of 7 11 Santa Cruz County, by Henry G. Hubbard 11 Discoveries in the strategic...O'Brien 77 Current mining activity in Plumas County, by C. A. Logan 85 GEOLOGIC BRANCH 88 Current
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PERICLASE FROM CRESTMORE NEAR RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA,* WITH A LIST OF MINERALS FROM THIS LOCATITY AusrrN...the United States is Crestmore, near Riverside, California. Here the Riverside Portland Cement Company...the starred ones which number seven (wilkeite, crestmoreite, riversideite, plazolite, jurupaite, merwinite...Conn., have furnished more new minerals than Crestmore. Appended to this article will be found a bibliography...mineralogy of Crestmore. Article 3 by Professor A. S. Eakle of the University of California contains the
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...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...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...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
Report (issue)
fvpplement to MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 Through 1957 California Division of Mines Supplement...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 through 1957 By JOSEPh t^4Ara^ % University of California, Los Ange...WEBB University of California, Santa (Barbara with INDEX TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA ARRANGED BY COUNTIES...ELIZABETH COLLINS California Division of Mines Supplement to Bulletin 173 California Division of Mines....^rice$1.00 173 SUPPLEMENT TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA FOR 1955 THROUGH 1957 By JOSEPH MURDOCH and
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Book
at Boron, California. Both Fred Divoto and Ruth Kirkby, dedicated collectors of Crestmore minerals, have...or emerald meant any hard and gemmy stone of red, blue, or green color. This passion for color in mineral... Thus, a blue light might produce a red fluorescence, but a red light cannot produce a blue fluorescence...ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRUM Scheelite fluoresces bright blue only under short wave ultraviolet light, and ruby...spectacular example of this, fluorescing bright blue under short wave, bright pink under long wave. Other
Book
at Boron, California. Both Fred Divoto and Ruth Kirkby, dedicated collectors of Crestmore minerals, have...or emerald meant any hard and gemmy stone of red, blue, or green color. This passion for color in mineral... Thus, a blue light might produce a red fluorescence, but a red light cannot produce a blue fluorescence...ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRUM Scheelite fluoresces bright blue only under short wave ultraviolet light, and ruby...spectacular example of this, fluorescing bright blue under short wave, bright pink under long wave. Other
Catalog/List
on limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...aluminum silicate ~ Province of Huesca, Estopinian Blue massive in an_cient trap r·ock, resembles lapis...aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite...Calcium iron cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cummingtonite and grfinerite in composition. Material of commercial quality occurs in large amount over a wide area...for a form of calcium carbonate coloured green and blue by malachite and chessylite; found near Bimbowrie...gem-stone. Named from the Latin, c a ~ u / ~ , sky-blue. 376 L.J. SPENC~:R. Chubutit~. H. Corti,...titanium dicyanide, Ti(CN)~, found as minute, dark-blue cubes in blast-furnace 'bears'. It wos first found...Phosphate of copper and cobalt occurring as small, blue, orthorhombic crystals in l'I~toiledu Congo copper
Catalog/List
PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal..... .......... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite...Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. -------p;j:fe blue to steel-blue ctrusy crystals on .50 .... . ..... . limonite...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Catalog/List
specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES ...... . 79 Sharp...Mexico Durango. Mapimi, mina Ojuela. 1, �e blue to steel-blue drusy crystals on limonite . .. . .. . ....Hydrous calcium hydroxy-silicate. California Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on...aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite...Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. S.ky-bJue crystals and masses on and in blue shattuckite
Report (issue)
Geological Survey, 1950) Trinity Anemousite County, California. Contributions to Mineral¬ (discredited...1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition and Optics...Aluminocopiapite Utah NMNH K. J. Murata, Trinity County, California M. C. Bandy, 1938. Utah. J. M. Axelrod...Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) Island Group (F...Mine, near Yucca Station, A&P Railroad, Mohave County, Ai'izona A Basic Copper Sulphate. United States
Report (issue)
fjil* STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 170...Director DIVISION OF MINES Son Francisco STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN San Francisco J. Ferry Building,...OlAF 170 September 1954 GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RICHARD Edited by H. JAHNS CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS...Norman, Jr. Gordon B. Ookeshott Jerry C. Olson Hill Prepared C. RICHARD B. Jr. J. W. Popenoe...transmit herewith nulletin 170, Geoloejy of Southern California, prepared nnder the direction of Olaf P. Jenkins
 
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