 | | 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...of a variety of gem and rareelement minerals, along with considerable amounts of gem and lapidary material...lavender-colored gem variety of spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late |  | Fisher, Jesse, Foord, Eugene E., Bricker, Garth A. (1998) The Geology, Mineralogy, and History of the Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Rocks & Minerals, 73 (3) 156-180 doi:10.1080/00357529809603033 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the ba a la j Mllle, Mesa kande, San Diego Eountg, Ealifiornia 7 Los Angeles County II ,J - r J--4...J--4 ‘*- \ Orange County f San Bernardino Coun -----. I--L-L--- \,-. 1 Cahuilla Mt. X x Thomas... JESSE FISHEK 380 Pennsylvania Ave. San Francisco, California 94107 EUGENE E. FOOKD M.S.905, U.S. Geological...BRICKER 410 East Elder Fallbrook, California 92028 T he Himalaya mine has been the largest producer of...years ago, and it ranks among the most productive gem pegmatites in the world. Virtually all major mineral |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . ... History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...year. *Continued on p. 455 COVER: ELBAITE on quartz, 20 cm, one of the famous “blue cap” tourmalines...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | suggested that an account of activities at the Denver Gem & Mineral Show would be of interest to FM. That request...Joe Marchesani; Jmarch06@comcast.net SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: Dr. Don Buchanan; dbuch7326@aol.com...the Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine The early-day history (1896-1913) of gem tourmaline...tourmaline mining at the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, is rife with conflicts by men who truly believed...Numerous minor actors in this drama had their own gem mines to exploit. This history recounts these tales |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro...Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk) |  | | Report (issue) | | Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 28 New England Gem Beryl Bruce Jarnot Page 16 Bazzite of the Alps Stefan...Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio...William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 49 Gem Beryl from Russia and Ukraine Peter Lyckberg Friedrich...studies in 1811, during A.G. Werner's time at the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony (Germany). From 1826...miners. He was also the gemstone inspector for the mining authority. Breithaupt's legacy is 500 publications |  | | Report (issue) | | laying it upon the photographic plate Bulletin San Francisco, No. 37. June, 1905. Gems, Jewelers’...of California Issued California State by the Mining Bureau Francisco. Ferry Building, San Lewis...growing of the output care Kunz, A.M., No. California,” Stones of of which this Bulletin treats is...to F. George Bureau: Mining Ornamental the Honorable and California, of State the of the... George Kunz, in the he has exercised ance, Gem and the use Industry complete, and to our |  | | Catalog/List | | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...‘normal’ habit, often in conjunction with euhedral Quartz crystals. The potential for new discoveries and...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have |  | | Book | | ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite... kunzite, spodumenc and citrine. Page 5: Left: Quartz (Variety Amethyst); Hopkinton, Rhode Island; Scepter...aquamarine, morgan ite, chrysoberyl, peridot, smoky quartz, citrine, calcite, rbodochrosite, and fluorite...endure wear. To resist being scratched, the ideal gem n1ust be hard; to resist being broken, it must be...that help determine the quality or suitability of a gem are transparency, clarity, and the evenness and depth |  | | Journal (issue) | | image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the back of the original...view of American Gems worked ledge. Kunzite and gem tourmaline American Gemstones – What They Are and...from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left California Gems – More Than...Dallas Gem Mine area, San America’s Royal Gems – Montana and Yogo Sapphires Benito County, California; the...the U.S. State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA. Named in honor of W.B. Simmons. The sample is 1...2113/gselements.8.4.281 P egmatites are sources of gem-quality crystals of beryl, tourmaline, topaz, spodumene...discovered in Africa and Asia. Most high-quality gem minerals occur in miarolitic cavities found near...pegmatites and ultramafic host rocks. The most important gem-bearing granitic pegmatites formed at shallow levels...cavities in some pegmatites have produced tons of gem crystals valued in excess of $50 million. KEYWORDS |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection; |  | | Report (issue) | | hypnotic pages of “California and Nevada on the website”—almost entirely California, in fact, with a little...the famous Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California, the star of the show (to...cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Ex Bryant Harris collection...miniature to small-cabinet specimens of, let’s see, smoky quartz, elbaite, morganite and aquamarine beryl, spessartine...cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Ex Bryant Harris collection |  | | Book (volume) | | The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct)...ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 |  | | Book (volume) | | colorful and fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana...contains all the basic information about the exciting gem resources of our continent. In careful, accurate...gemologists will find the latest and most accurate gem-identification data under each species. Finally,...unique and valuable reference by every collector, gem cutter, miner, geologist, mineralogist, jeweler,...up to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901 Gene |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Five Tourrmline-1 the first special issue in the Gem Minerals Series Introduction Notes from the Editor....................365 by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan............413 by A. M. Bassett California Recent work at the Himalaya m in e ..........................lepidolite, mined recently at the Himalaya mine, Pala, California. William Larson collection; photo by |  | | Journal (issue) | | Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz gwindel-Brent Lockhart collection, page 175;...History of Mineral Collecting in Texas Barringer Hill The first mineral collector of note in Texas was....-. William E. Hidden (1853-1918) at Barringer Hill in 1903, with a 73-pound mass of gadolinite. More...rareearth minerals. A second visit to Barringer Hill in late 1889 netted specimens of uranothorianite...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | historically important and relatively inexpensive gem material. Consequently, for completeness of our coverage...keeping with the gemstone theme of this year’s Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, spessartine has been chosen as...is from Leiper’s quarry at Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Peters 1984). When the spessartine...apatite, albite, muscovite, potassic feldspar, and quartz in the former, and bixbyite, topaz, sanidine, and...occurrences furnishing good specimens or important gem rough are considered below. For additional information |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hydrothermal conditions in pegmatites from San Diego County, California Elizabeth M. Gammel1,* and Peter I....properties and compositions of fluid inclusions in quartz are used to constrain the roles that fluid-soluble...some pegmatites in the San Diego County pegmatite district contain abundant, gem-quality, Li-bearing minerals...minerals in pockets, whereas others do not. In this district, lithium-cesium-tantalum type pegmatites occur...contain gem-quality, Li-bearing minerals. Two pegmatite suites were studied: the gem-bearing Himalaya and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (above). Amethyst, Four Peaks, Arizona. This flawless gem weighs 39.4 carats and is 22 × 19 mm. Tino Hammid...2 (below). Tourmaline (elbaite) from the Dunton mine, Newry, Maine. A selection of some of the crystals...respect to gem deposits, but the average consumer of gems surely has no idea of the wealth of gem material...(principally Maine) and California, with virtually no important tourmaline source in between. Gem-quality amethyst...amethyst and smoky quartz are found in dozens of states. There is a semicontinuous belt of amethyst occurrences |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 81MINERALS dletown-Portland, Connecticut, pegmatite district. They are found in South Glastonbury, about 5...includes one of the largest quarries of the entire district, the Howe No. 1. Access is through a trail system...system that follows old carriage roads, mine roads, and pipeline rightsof-way. During the spring and early...specimens are included: the Simpson quarry, known for gem beryl (aquamarine); and the Hollister quarry, known...lithium pegmatite minerals. Minerals found in the district include albite, allanite, almandine, autunite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | invited me to his Little Three pegmatite mine near Ramona, California, to view the last of a string of crystal-filled...crystal-filled miarolitic cavities that he had been mining from the main pegmatite dike on the property (see...2012 for additional details of the mine). Spaulding had been mining northward up a steeply dipping portion...an oak tree whose roots encircled crystals of smoky quartz and lepidolite (fig. 8-15 of London 2008). The...crystals of K-feldspar (to 35 kilograms) and smoky quartz (to 15 kilograms) had detached from the roof |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pennsylvania 17363 john@jwkustos.com Figure 1. Smoky quartz gwindel, 12.2 cm, from the Mont Blanc massif...are characterized by being flattened, are usually smoky in color, and appear to be twisted about a vertical...reason they are commonly referred to as twisted quartz. The name gwindel is an obscure German word for...former curator-in-charge of the National Mineral and Gem Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Downloaded...Celestine crystal, 9 cm, from Rockwood quarry, Wayne County, Michigan, with a curvature due to multiple breaking |
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Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA