Locality type: | Mine |
Classification |
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Species: | Spessartine |
Formula: | Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
Chemical Analyses: |
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Oxide wt%: | | 1 |
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SiO2 | 36.3 % |
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Al2O3 | 20.56 % |
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TiO2 | 0.07 % |
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MnO | 40.67 % |
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FeO | 2.06 % |
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CaO | 0.18 % |
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Total: | 99.84 % |
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Comments: | Occurs chiefly or wholly in pocket pegmatite. |
Abundance at site: | Common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Albite | β7 photos of Spessartine associated with Albite at this locality. |
Schorl | β4 photos of Spessartine associated with Schorl at this locality. |
Quartz | β2 photos of Spessartine associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Spessartine data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Hercules Mine (Beryl claim; Hercules claim; Hercules group; Hercules prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (6 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 68335 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:68335:3 |
GUID (UUID V4): | ab5d3e80-60fd-4565-920c-5ce8fbe8a9ac |
Nearest other occurrences of Spessartine |
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0.2km (0.1 miles) | βLittle Three Mine area, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA |
0.2km (0.1 miles) | βLittle Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA |
0.2km (0.1 miles) | βLookout Mine (Hercules group; Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules mine), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA |
0.5km (0.3 miles) | βEquestrian prospect, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA |
0.6km (0.4 miles) | βCable Mine (Little Three Extension prospect; New A.B.C. prospect; New ABC prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA |
0.7km (0.4 miles) | βApollo Lode claim, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA |
0.7km (0.4 miles) | βSurprise Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA |
0.9km (0.5 miles) | βCoyote diggings, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA |
1.3km (0.8 miles) | βA.B.C. Mine (ABC Mine; Daggett & MacIntosh; Daggett group), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA |
1.8km (1.1 miles) | βProspect Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA |
References |
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Foord, Eugene E., Martin, Robert F., Spaulding, Louis B., Mason, Roger A. (1989) Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the Little Three Mine Pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (2) 101-127p.106 |
Hercules Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA