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Corundum from
Cascade Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Corundum
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite4 photos of Corundum associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Fuchsite1 photo of Corundum associated with Fuchsite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corundum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cascade Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:632728
Long-form Identifier:1:3:632728:6
GUID (UUID V4):31e959a4-0eea-4915-80a3-c47bfbf0319f
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crestmore near Riverside, and at cascade canyon near upland, california. chemical analyses and optical...properties of both samples, especially that from Cascade Canyon, are close to published values for arti'cial...Riverside, California, on the west bank of the Santa Ana River, near the San Bernardino County line (Fig...sometimes elongated parallel to the o-axis. cascade canyon, the source of our second sample, is located...metamorphic rocks, which extends up and down the canyon for a mile or more. Noteworthy minerals, in addition
Report (volume)
Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate...rated as 10, is many times harder than corundum, rated as 9. Corundum is placed next to diamond only because...all other green stones (Smith, 1949, p. 175). Corundum was referred to as "oriental" because the first...pale-green beryl to blue, violet corundum to rose pink, and yellow corundum to colorless. Dyeing is another...as synthetic alexandrite is actually synthetic corundum. A stone of simple chemical composition generally
Journal (issue)
Tree national monument, by L. B. Dixon, Del Mar, California. Taken with a Leica, 50mm objective, Plus X film...Kodabromide. SlnUa Hubert A. Lowman, Southgate, California, won second prize with his view of a Night-blooming...Meyer Proctor, Phoenix, Arizona; C. H. Lord, Los Angeles, and Hubert A. Lowman. DESERT • Next scory...Henderson will be about Ed. Williams of Blythe, California, who since 1912 has handled many tough problems...says, "I am prejudiced about Frijoles (name of canyon in the monument)—I know of no other place equally
Report (volume)
AREA AND CUCAMONGA WILDERNESS AND ADDITIONS, CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAI SURVEYBl'UlTIN15"6-.\-I Mineral...Wilderness and Additions, Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, California By U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Wilderness and Additions, Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, California By JAMES G. EVANS, U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Wilderness and Additions, Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, California By LEROY PANKRATZ, U.S....Wilderness and Additions, Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, California .By JAMES G. EVANS, U.S
Report (volume)
Arkansas..........Dr. A. H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco....Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found in...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Report (volume)
............................................ California................................................mineralogic reports, especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota,...Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals of California: California State Min. Bur. Bull. 67, 1914. George...Palo Alto. Prof. Arthur S. Eakle, University of California,- Berkeley. Colorado_____Prof. R. D. George,...Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found in
Journal (issue)
in g ravel pits. In Fact at Drummond, Wisc., the County had a rock crusher in a pit and a hunk of fl.oat...Rudeville is a Uttle hamlet in north· I eastern Sussex County (in the northern part of the state) about 3 miles...fresh cuts, the material is us- nearest thing to a canyon in this part of ualiy bedded at a steep angle,...a mile north of Lanesboro, at the mouth of the Cascade Creek, and it raised the water plane another 40...boils down to Morenci copper district, Greenlee County, the one factor- Beauty. All other con- in southeastern
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... MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH University of Caliiomia, Los Angeles...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
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)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia, Los Angek j Los Angeles, Caliiomia...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett...and the Grand Canyon, the Oregon and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and the Sonoran...tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big diamond or...as hard as talc and more than twice as hard as corundum. TABLE A. MOHS' HARDNESS SCALE Talc 6. Orthoclase
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...(Cro»$-$«ction ot righl) ^ \b7 CHRYSOBERYL CORUNDUM DIAMOND CRYSTALS ffl 1 \ Carlsbad (One twin...elements, such as diamond (carbon); oxides, such as corundum (alu- minum oxide); carbonates, such as malachite...Dakota, liquid in the solidifying dike. and California are world-famous gem sources. igneous material...metamorphism, crystals of garnet, cyanite, idocrase, corundum, and jade may also be ble, and granite to gneiss
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
Book (edition)
Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E. Wilson...literature in North America. J. s. San Diego, California 1975 Acknowledgments The folio\\ ing persons...L. Van Pelt of Los Angeles for a number of color photographs of remarkable California specimens. Paul...ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1-X I I PRINCIPAL GEMSTONES Diamond, Corundum, Beryl, Topaz, Opal. II 68 IMPORT ANT GEMSTONES...Gibson's Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North Carolina 7. Eldorado Bar, Montana
Book
as mica, apatite, sphene, zircon, fluroite and corundum are associated with light-colored igneous rocks...combine to form Minerals - " Rubies and Sapphires (Corundum) which combine with Biotite Mica to form R°ck...talus slope in the Antelope Valley in Southern California where the rock fragments seemed to have a rich...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...Apatite 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Feldspar Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond (hardest) This is a very old scale and
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book
ROADSIDE 4% JrEoLocy or SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER AND ELIZABETH O’ BLACK GANS IGagsine... IGagsine ~%_ JEOLOGY of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER ILLUSTRATED BY ELIZABETH O’BLACK...based on the 2010 Geologic Map of California, published by the California Geological Survey, and on maps...Elizabeth, 1971- Title: Roadside geology of southern California / Arthur Gibbs Sylvester and Elizabeth O’Black...paper) Subjects: LCSH: Geology—California, Southern—Guidebooks. | California, Southern—Guidebooks. Classification:
Report (issue)
WILDERNESS AND ADDITIONS, ~ LOS AN GELES AN D SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES , CALIFORNIA OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-251...J'ILDERNESS AND ADDITIONS, Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, California Open-file Report 77-251...WILDERNESS AND ADDITIO NS , Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, California A. Geology of the Sheep...and the Cucamonga Wilderness and additions, Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, Calif ornia By James...Wilderness area and additions, Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, California By Leroy Pankratz, U.S. Geological
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...glittering calcite or quartz Often these can be California, in in Southwestern Maine, around the town...United States are open pits, such as the enorBingham Canyon, Utah, although here some tunnels, known to miners
Book (volume)
colorful and fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana...to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901 Gene ay Derek...Southern Onyx and Marble Company of San Diego, California, furnished information and a photograph on the...the calcite onyx deposits of Baja California. Owen H. Perry of Marine Minerals, Inc., formerly of Helena...Iowa. The fine photographs of pearling in Baja California waters are from the files of the well-known
Book
topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...pits, such as the enormous copper mine at Bingham Canyon, Utah, althoug h here some tunnels, known to miners...where found (quarry, mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 ...areas by local features, such as the name of a canyon , a quarry, or a mountain so note precise topographical
Book (volume)
..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Journal (issue)
10-5 .) j photo bv Harold and Erica Van Pelt, Los Angeles • Note our m ailing addressn P. (7 1 4 ) 494-7695...Arlesheim, Switzerland Harold and Erica Van Pelt Los Angeles, CA Julius Weber Mamaroneck, NY Circulation Manager...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
 
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