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Spodumene from
Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon District, San Diego Co., California, USA

Description
Comments:	Occurs as crystals in quartz altering to petalite and heulandite.
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Murdoch, Joseph (1946), Progress on revision of Bulletin 113 “Minerals of California,” with notes on some new mineral occurrences: California Division Mines Report 42: 198; Hanley, J.B. (1951), Economic Geology of the Rincon Pegmatites, San Diego County, California. Department of Natural Resources, California Division of Mines, Special Report 7B: 23; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 79, 215, 346; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 389.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Helvine Heulandite Petalite Quartz
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Spodumene data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon District, San Diego Co., California, USA

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