Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Comments:"Wood opal" found in quantity near station 18, as the replacement of travertine, altered garnet, monticellite and fault-gouge materials.
Colour:Brownish to black banded
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal 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:151292
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151292:2
GUID (UUID V4):bc040a22-2b74-43ed-ad2e-1d976f415818
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
2.9km (1.8 miles) ā“˜Henshaw Quarry, Bloomington, San Bernardino County, California, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ā“˜Jensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
42.9km (26.6 miles) ā“˜Featherstone deposit (Feather-Stone Insulation Company), Charter Oak, Los Angeles County, California, USA
50.1km (31.1 miles) ā“˜White Knob Quarry, Lucerne Valley, Lucerne Valley Limestone District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
56.8km (35.3 miles) ā“˜Aliso prospect, Laguna Woods, Orange County, California, USA
76.2km (47.3 miles) ā“˜Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
92.1km (57.2 miles) ā“˜Katz Diatomaceous Shale prospect, Kagel Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
93.8km (58.3 miles) ā“˜Dicalite Mine (Walteria; Palos Verde Ranch; Dicalite Company), Rolling Hill Estates, Los Angeles County, California, USA
94.0km (58.4 miles) ā“˜Victor Mine (Big Buck mine; Big Buck prospect), Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
94.5km (58.7 miles) ā“˜Palos Verdes beach cliffs, Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles 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)
AT CRESTMORE, CALIFORNIA BY C. WAYNE BURKHAM ABSTRACT The contact-metamorphic rocks at Crestmore, California...quartz dioritic intrusive rocks of the southern California batholith. Both bodies, which are very similar...porphyry, which was injected into the upper or Sky Blue marble unit, is nearly all contaminated as a result...numerous complex mineral assemblages for which Crestmore is famous. Several lines of evidence indicate...the contact-metamorphic mineral assemblages at Crestmore and their zonation are largely the compositionally
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
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
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|gā€žgy. 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
Journal (issue)
Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Steven R. Morehead Riverside, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann........ 421 by P. J. Dunn Graphite from Crestmore, California ..........................................alone it is merely a collection of globs of bright blue dots, perhaps like a pointillist painting. This...specimens Natural History Museum o f Los Angeles County C urator (mineralogy): Dr. A nthony R. K am pf...volum e 22, N ovem ber-D ecem ber, 19 Sterling Hill Mining Museum Curators: Robert Hauck Richard Hauck
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN NĀ«, 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...with the term "opalescence" which is named after opal. Stokes also made the important observation that... 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
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...with the term ā€œā€˜opalescenceā€ā€™ which is named after opal. Stokes also made the important observation that... 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
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
Journal (issue)
mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by E. E.... 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...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M....Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
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
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
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
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 rĀ·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
Book (edition)
ice, every blood red glow, every touch of green, blue, gold or royal purple. Gem stones have been the...fortifi- material by rely on color sapphires blue. all six or eight different gem as color, ... its tourmaline may B are, in fact, A blue gem minerals. turn up even two or three colors... crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for Lava known...and Washington occur the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate
Book
luminescence. For example, fluorite may fluoresce white, blue, green, yellow, orange, or red, each color due to...fluorescing minerals. The fieldā€”mine, mine dump, or quarryā€”can be richly rewarding in its production of...present. For example, fluorite may fluoresce white, blue, green, yellow, orange, or red; each color is due...Balmat, New York; and Howard Brown of Lucerne Valley, California. Emanuel Fritch of the Gemological Institute...the AutoCAD program. Helen Brumbaugh of the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Library managed to obtain a seemingly
Journal (issue)
GOLDā€”1 02. - large crystals $3,500 - Calaveras County, Calif. GOLD on Quartzā€”$1,400 Crystal Mine, Angels...GOLDā€”1.4 oz. mass, large crystals $3,200 - MaĀ­ dera County, Calif. GOLD on Quartzā€”$2,750 Crystal Mine, Angels...devoted to California minerals and localities. We would particularly like to do the California Issue in...outstanding lecture on ā€œPocket Pegmatites of Southern California.ā€ This was a most interesting lecture with slides...Newark, Del. 19711 and Richard W. Thomssen, 1077 Riverside Dr., Apt. 64, Reno, Nev. 89503 Introduction The
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 1952 136 SUPPLEMENT DIVISION OF...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 1952 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA SUPPLEMENT TO BULLETIN By Joseph Murdoch ā€¢...Bulletin 136 and Supplement No. 1 Descriptions of California minerals and mineral localities Bibliography...Bulletin 136, the current revision of Minerals of California was published, it was planned to issue, from...inspection and use. The amount of new literature on California minerals, and the number of new-found occurrences
Book
luminescence. For example, fluorite may fluoresce white, blue, green, yellow, orange. or red, each color due to...fluorescing minerals. The fieldā€”mine, mine dump, or quarryā€”can be richly rewarding in its production of...present. For example, fluorite may fluoresce white, blue, green, yellow, orange, or red; each color is due...Balmat, New York; and Howard Brown of Lucerne Valley, California. Emanuel Fritch of the Gemological Institute... AutoCAD program. Helen Brumbaugh of the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Library managed to obtain a seemingly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
three feet in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds...pounds in weight have been found at Pala, California. A fortyfour pound crystal nineteen inches in length...257 pounds was found about 1925 at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Maine, together with others over three...crystal was recovered about 1905 from the Barringer Hill, Texas locality, which measured 43x28x15 inches...Hampshire; Bedford, New York; the Scott and other quarries near Custer, South Dakota; near the Royal Gorge
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date through...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals ā€” 197 204 210 220
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALABAMAā€”Graphite is known to occur in commercial quantities at Gregory Hill, Tallapoosa Co., Ga. ARIZONAā€”Is...Crystal Hill in Plumose County, Arizona. N o one knows better than we do that there is no such county in Arizona...correct location for the Iimonite specimen is Crystal Hill, Plomosa Mts., Yuma Co., Ariz." ARKANSASā€”R. H. Beck...compact limestone. Burtwo west One and gray CALIFORNIA ā€” Col. Clarence M. Jenni, 3129 Chadwick Drive...have been finding many very rare minerals at Crestmore, Calif. Fine xls of scawtite, afwillite, and plazolite
 
and/or  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are Ā© OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: May 4, 2024 13:32:04
Go to top of page