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Andalusite pegmatite (group I; older pegmatites), Bautista Canyon, Cahuilla, Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA

Andalusite pegmatite (group I; older pegmatites), Bautista Canyon, Cahuilla, Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
© 1942 MSA

Description
Comments:	Opaque material; giant pink crystals in pegmatite.
Colour:	Pink
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Kunz, George Frederick (1905a), Gems, jewelers’ materials, and ornamental stones of California: California Division Mines Bulletin 37, 171 pp.: 99; Webb, R.W. (1943), Two Andalusite Pegmatites from Riverside County, California, The American Mineralogist: 28(11-12): 581-593; Pemberton, H.E. (1983), Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Press, New York: 450.
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Andalusite pegmatite (group I; older pegmatites), Bautista Canyon, Cahuilla, Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA

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