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Lepidolite from
Gem Star Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Lepidolite' (not an IMA approved species)
Colour:Pink to lavender
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lepidolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gem Star Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:514508
Long-form Identifier:1:3:514508:9
GUID (UUID V4):826c30c5-43bf-4014-8589-46004a5a3bd1
Nearest other occurrences of Lepidolite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Little Joe adit, Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Little Joe No. 2 adit, Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) North Douglass prospect, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Homestake prospect, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Alvarado Mine, Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Pala Douglass Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Mission Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) Tourmaline Queen Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Pala Chief Mine (Chief mine; MS 6452; Salmons mine), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
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Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... Number Five Articles Gem and rare-element pegmatites of southern California . . . . . . . . . . . ... Fisher History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . ...tourmalines discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson...web site at www.wmtucson.com DANBURITE – Aurora Mine, Charcas, SanLuis Potosi, Mexico When in Tucson
Report (issue)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN. Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director...BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO OLAF P. 11 JENKINS. Chief SPECIAL REPORT 7-A 5AN FRANCISCO JUNE GEM- AND LITHIUM-BEARING...LITHIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By RICHARD H. JAHNS and LAUREN...University of California, Davis Libraries http://archive.org/details/gemlithiumbearin07jahn GEM- AND LITHIUM-BEARING...LITHIUM-BEARING PEGMATITES OF THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA! By Richard H. Jahns* and Lauren
Report (issue)
Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://www.archive.org/det...MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By F. HAROLD WEBER JR., California Division of Mines...Stewart COUNTY REPORT California Division of Mines Ferry Building, LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS...DAVIS San 3 and Geology Francisco, 1963 ^ OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN, Governor J?...CAMPBELL, Director AND GEOLOGY State Geologist COUNTY REPORT ^ Price $8.00 3 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT
Journal (issue)
interview: Gail and Jim Spann (USA) Tourmaline Queen Mine, California, USA Tomasz PRASZKIER In our Collector...collectors who are ... INTRODUCTION The Tourmaline Queen Mine is one of the most famous localities among...For over 100 years the mine has produced hundreds of kilograms of gem tourmaline crystals and a huge amount...Among many pockets the “blue-cap” find made the mine so famous. Some collectors believe it is the most...extensive descriptions of history and geology of the mine which were used to compile this text. The most important
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 1952 136 SUPPLEMENT DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO...FRANCISCO 1952 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA SUPPLEMENT TO BULLETIN By Joseph Murdoch • and Robert W. Webb 136...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
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
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...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
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...Canada Van Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia 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
Journal (issue)
And Gemstone Collecting In New York, Oregon And California r- ._-] 12 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE . ....00 !,O 5500 6000 7000 100 00 9.00 .30 •o Syn. Star Ruby/Sapphire 600 60 .35 SoClallte 9.00 56...concentration, effort and fun is a perfectly faceted gem to enhance even the Farrahst Graves Mark IV all-diamond...No.512 AND (ISSN 0016·6278) Beryl, a favorite gem material that comes in a variety of beautiful colors...featured this month. Shown on the cover is a variety of gem quality rough and faceted aquamarine (a total value
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT. Director DIVISION OF MINES...MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO WALTER Vol. 35 W. BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1939 No...No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER OF STATE MINERALOGIST'S REPORT XXXY STATE...MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 70803 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION...Logan, District Mining Engineer O. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid J. Mining Engineer
Report (issue)
durability, and ever-increasing value of minerals and gem stones have made them sound financial investments...all gem stones, was adopted in 1973 by the North Carolina Legislature as the State's official gem stone...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...asterism. Some of the more desirable semiprecious gem stones found in North Carolina include aquamarine...ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 GEM STONES • • • 3 2 History of Gems 3 Qualities of Gems 4 Gem Stone Cutting and
Report (issue)
durability, and ever-increasing value of minerals and gem stones have made them sound financial investments...all gem stones, was adopted in 1973 by the North Carolina Legislature as the State's official gem stone...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...asterism. Some of the more desirable semiprecious gem stones found in North Carolina include aquamarine...CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION . . ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 2 GEM STONES . . . 3 History of Gems ...............
Book (edition)
EDITION AREM, PH.D., FG.A. gem gemologists, 1977, jewelers, and gem collectors, dealers have relied...INTRODUCTION What / Gem? a / Scope of This Book / Is The Nature Gems of GEM SECTION 1 2 GEMSTONES...Rock Classification Gem Scarcity Intrusive Crystal 6 Growth Synthetic Gem 9 / Gemstones SOURCES...dealers are aware of the growing value of exotic gem species; the list of known taaffeites has thus grown...greater monetary reward than are the tists who gem scien- build detection equipment. Inevitably, a
Journal (issue)
Courtesy U. S. National Museum. t AZURITE COPPER QUEEN MINE, BISBEE, ARIZONA ROCKS and MINERALS ' 3 ...another copper mine, at Chessy, near Lyons, France. In fact the crystals of azurite from this mine were the...copper, prismatic blue malachite, striated mountain blue, and at Nizhni Tagilsk, in the Ural Mountains...Mountains of western Siberia, in a copper mine which was famous for its large masses of gemmy malachite...often expose the min- common from the Copper Queen mine of eral. In practically all cases, azurite oc-
Journal (issue)
JEWELRY CRAFT - GEM CUTTING - MINERALS ., . ' II 0 Semi-finish hand made findings ••• make your...ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90042 ,,. DEPT.109 □ 900 SOUTH ARROYO PARKWAY □ PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109 CARLSBAD...CARLSBAD STORE: 2961 STATE STREET, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA GEMS & MINERALS - 1 October 1973 - No. 433 OFFICIAL...Secretary (CFMS) 380 Anna Marie Drive. Altadena. California 91002 Mrs. W. R. Anderson. Treasurer (RMFMS)...Copperton. Bingham Canyon. Utah 84006 ., The Leading GEM and MINERAL HOBBY Magazine Office: 1797 Capri Ave
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, USA *Corresponding author, e-mail: esgrew@maine.edu 2...Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN 46323, USA 3 Tetherless World Constellation, Rensselaer Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, USA 4 Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University...IL 62901, USA 5 Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, USA 6 Geophysical...5251 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015, USA Abstract: The idea that the mineralogical diversity
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PORTUGUESE Roger Wearne Asteria—Star Sapphire Asteria—Star Asteria—Star Ceylon Sapphire Sapphire Ceylon...Ceylon Ruby—Asteria—Ceylon Asteria—Star Sapphire Asteria—Star Ceylon Moonstone —with Sunstone Perth...National Museum exhibited largely, have been San presented Paris, Portland, Oregon, in 1905; and...precious New York are has Morgan Col- in Morgan California American in now Natural the collection...233 of Jadeite of Maori a 228 Type the Mountain Jade Adze of Quartz of Scarab Mala, Sculptured
 
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