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Jonesite from
Dallas Gem Mine (Benitoite Mine; Benitoite Gem Mine; Gem Mine), Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA
| Description | |
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| Type Locality: | Dallas Gem Mine (Benitoite Mine; Benitoite Gem Mine; Gem Mine), Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA is the type locality for Jonesite |
| Comments: | Occurs as minute crystals. |
| Habit: | Radiating aggregates |
| Colour: | Colorless |
| Quality of samples: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Rarity at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| References | |
| References: | Wise, W.S & Gill, R.H. (1977): Minerals of the Benitoite Gem mine. The Mineralogical Record 8, 442-452; Wise, W.S. & Pabst, A. (1977): Jonesite a new mineral from the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. The Mineralogical Record 8, 453-456; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 472. |
| Associated minerals: | |
| Associates: | Anatase Benitoite Joaquinite-(Ce) Natrolite |
| Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Jonesite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Dallas Gem Mine (Benitoite Mine; Benitoite Gem Mine; Gem Mine), Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA |
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