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Morganite

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Elizabeth R. Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
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A variety of Beryl

A pink gem variety of Beryl.

Classification of Morganite

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Other Names for Morganite

Synonyms:
Cesian BerylRose Beryl
Other Languages:
German:Morganit
Spanish:Morganita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Morganite

Reference List:Kunz, George Frederick (1911), Morganite, a rose-colored beryl: Am. Jour. Sci., 4th. series: 31: 81-82.

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    Localities for Morganite

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    The map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Afghanistan
     
    • Konar (Kunar; Konarh; Konarha; Nuristan) Province
    various photographs
    No reference listed
    Bariand, P. and Poullen, J.F. (1978). Famous mineral localities: The pegmatites of Laghman - Nuristan - Afghanistan. Mineralogical Record. 9: 301-308.
    • Nangarhar (Ningarhar) Province
    		various photographs
    Argentina
     
    • Córdoba
    		http://homepage.mac.com/rasprague/PegShop/extras/argentina/argenpeg.html
    Brazil
     
    • Southeast Region
      • Minas Gerais
    		[www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com]
        • Doce valley
          • Divino das Laranjeiras
            • Linópolis
    		[MinRec 14:235]
          • Galiléia
    		Rocks & Min.:63:49.
          • Governador Valadares
    		No reference listed
          • São José da Safira
    Morteani, G., Preinfalk, C., and Horn, A.H. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35, 638-655.
        • Jequitinhonha valley
          • Coronel Murta
            • Barra de Salinas
    		[MinRec 33:209]
    www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/mr001.htm.
          • Itinga
            • Taquaral
              • Piauí Valley
    Burma (Myanmar)
     
    • Shan State
      • Momeik Township
        • Molo quarter
          • Khetchel village
    Canada
     
    • Manitoba
      • Bird River Greenstone Belt
      • Lac-du-Bonnet area
        • Bernic Lake
    Italy
     
    • Tuscany
      • Livorno Province
        • Elba Island
          • Campo nell'Elba
            • San Piero in Campo
              • Fonte del Prete
    		Orlandi, P., & Pezzotta, F. (1997). Minerali dell'Isola d'Elba. Edizioni Novecento Grafico, Bergamo, 249 pp.
    Alessandro Genazzani collection
                • Podere Liborio
    		F.Pezzotta, M.Lorenzoni (2008) \"Bismuto Nativo: prima segnalazione nelle pegmatiti elbane \" Rivista Mineralogica Italiana N.2, 2008
    F. Pezzotta, F.C. Hawthorne, M.A. Cooper, D.K. Teerstra (1996) - Fibrous foitite from S. Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy. - Canad. Min., 34: 741-744.
    Madagascar
     
    • Antananarivo Province
      • Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region)
        • Betafo District
          • Ambohimanambola Commune
            • Mount Ikaka
    		Wilson, W. E. (1989) The Anjanabonoina pegmatite, Madagascar. Mineralogical Record 20: 191-200
    • Fianarantsoa Province
      • Amoron'i Mania Region
        • Ampandramaika-Malakialina Pegmatite Field
          • Ambatofinandrahana District
            • Mandrosonoro area
              • Ambatovita
    		Rocks & Minerals 82:146
    • Toamasina (Tamatave) Province
      • Eastern (Atsinanana) Region
        • Toamasina II (Tamatave) District
    		Damour, A. (1886): Note sur un béryl rose provenant de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Francaise de Minéralogie 9: 153-154
    Mexico
     
    • Baja California Norte
      • El Rodeo
    		Rocks & Min.:63:456.
    Namibia
     
    • Erongo Region
      • Karibib District
        • Etiro
          • Etiro 50 farm
    		http://portal.unesco.org/es/file_download.php/520f77b01696f95e88bb9e1ab0e64196Gondwana+Park+draft2corr.pdf.
    Pakistan
     
    • Northern Areas
      • Astor District (Astore District)
        • Astor valley (Astore valley)
    		Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut); Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut)
      • Baltistan
        • Skardu District
          • Braldu Valley
    		www.exceptionalminerals.com
          • Haramosh Mts.
    		Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut); Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut)
    Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut); Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut)
          • Shigar Valley
    		Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut); Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut)
      • Diamar District (Diamir District)
        • Chilas
    		Dudley Blauwet, Bill Smith and Carol Smith (2004) Table of mineral localities of the northern areas of Pakistan and other selected sites. (in "Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty", Lapis International, East Hampton, Connecticut)
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Chitinskaya Oblast'
          • Krasnyi Chikoy
    		Badanina, E.V., Gordienko, V.V., Wiechowski, A., and Friedrich, G. (2008): Geology of ore Deposits 50(8), 772-781.
          • Menza District
    Tajikistan
     
    • Viloyati Mukhtori Gorno-Badakhshan (Viloyati Badakhshoni Kuni)
      • Pamir Mts
        • Rangkul' Highlands
    USA
     
    • Alabama
      • Coosa Co.
        • Rockford District
    		Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 27, pp. 93-105 (1989)
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai Co.
        • White Picacho District
          • Mitchell Wash
    		Jahns, Richard H. (1952), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 162: 84-86; Meeves, H., et al (1966), Reconnaissance of beryllium-bearing pegmatite deposits in six western states, US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 8298: 22 (Table A-1).
    • California
      • Riverside Co.
        • Cahuilla District
          • Cahuilla Mountain (Coahuila)
    		Geffner, P. and Fisher, J. (1997) Recent Work at the Lithia Dyke Claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County, California. Rocks & Minerals, 72 (3): pp. 156-161.
      • San Diego Co.
    		Merrill, F. J. H. 1914. Geology and Mineral Resources of San Diego and Imperial Counties: Gems, Lithia Minerals. California State Mining Bureau, San Francisco, Cal. California State Printing Office, December. Chapter 1, pages 61-78.
    Tucker, W. B. and Reed, C. H. (1939) Los Angeles Field District, Mineral Resources of San Diego County - Gems. California Journal of Mines and Geology. Quarterly Chapter of State Mineralogist's Report 35, January, 1939, No. 1. State of California, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines: Page 40.
        • Jacumba District
          • Mt. Tule
    		Sinkankas, J. 1997. Gemstones of North America. Vol. 3. Beryl; Tucson, Arizona: Geoscience Press Inc.; pages 59-60, 480pp.
    Kunz, G. F. 1905. Gems, jeweler's materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau bulletin 37: p. 152.
        • Mesa Grande District
    		Weber, F. H. 1963. Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report 3: pages 89-91; illus., maps.
          • Gem Hill
    		Weber, F. H. 1963. Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report 3: p. 100.
    Rocks & Min.:63:21.
    Larson, W. F. 1996. Personal communication between Scott L. Ritchie and William F. Larson; underground inspection of recent development works and beryl recovery on the dumps of the Mesa Grande mine by Montes, B.; Spring.
    Weber, F. H. 1963. Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report 3: p. 113.
        • Pala District
          • Chief Mountain
    		Rocks & Minerals: 63: 21.
    Stephenson, J. 2007. Pala District Opens Wide: Oceanview Mine Strikes It Big. Mineral News: Pala International, Fallbrook, CA. December. [http://www.palagems.com/mineral_news_2007_v2.htm#pala_oceanview]
    Osborn, P. (2005) Personal communication between Phillip Osborn of Hemet and Scott L. Ritchie of Temecula, California; description of beryl discovery on southwestern most Oceanview lode exposure; March.
    No reference listed
          • Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill)
    		Swoboda, E. R. 2001. Pala district 1947-48: Unpublished field notes and personal interviews. Swoboda Inc., Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA; 5/2; 8 p.
    Rocks & Minerals: May, 1999.
    Sinkankas, J. 1997. Gemstones of North America. Appendix: Table of Largest Cut Gems from North American Localities; Tucson, Arizona: Geoscience Press Inc.; pages 515-518.
    Ref.: Weber, F. H. 1963. Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report 3: p. 111.
    Fisher, J. 2002. Gem and rare-element pegmatites of southern California. Mineralogical Record 33(5): 363-407.
    Min.Rec.: 20(5):399.
          • Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen)
    		Jahns, R. H. and Wright, L. A. 1951. Gem and Lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala District, San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines special report 7A: pages 59-61.
    Schaller, W. T. 1916. Mineral Resources of the United States, Gems and Precious Stones, 1915, Part II. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey: p. 846; December 11th.
    Rocks & Min.: 63:48.
        • Ramona District
    		Kunz, G. F. 1905. Gems, jeweler's materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau bulletin 37: pages 140-142.
    [Foord et al, 1989 - "Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites", Mineralogical Record 20 101-127]
    Kunz, G. F. 1905. Gems, jeweler\'s materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau bulletin 37: p. 146-47.
        • Rincon District
          • Rincon Mountain (Boucher Hill)
    		Sinkankas, J. 1959. Gemstones of North America, Vol. 1. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 494 p.
    Kunz, G. F. (1905a) Gems, jeweler\'s materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau bulletin 37: 49; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 103.
    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: pages 18-20, illus., maps.
        • Warner Springs District
    		Ritchie, S. 2000. History of the Carmelita Gem Mine in the 20th Century. Southern California Gem Industries web publication: July.
          • Chihuahua Valley
    		Gochenour, K. 2002. Personal communication with S. L. Ritchie, SDMC, 2002. Tustin, Orange County, CA; March.
          • Warner Springs
    		Mineralogical Record, v. 33, n. 5, pp. 363-407.
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison Co.
        • Quartz Creek District
          • Ohio City
    		Rocks & Min.: 24:233-234.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield Co.
        • Redding
          • Branchville
    		Rocks & Minerals. Vol. 70. No. 6
      • Hartford Co.
        • Glastonbury
          • South Glastonbury
    		Rocks & Min.: 70:379
      • Middlesex Co.
        • East Hampton
    		Rocks & Min.: 70:379
        • Haddam
          • Haddam Neck
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1902 13 : 97-121.
        • Portland
          • Collins Hill
    		Rocks & Min.:70:379
    • Maine
      • Androscoggin Co.
        • Auburn
          • Mt. Apatite District
    		King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1.
    No reference listed
    "Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998
    King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1.
        • Poland
    		No reference listed
      • Oxford Co.
        • Buckfield
    		King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine.
        • Greenwood
          • Uncle Tom Mt
        • Hebron
    		No reference listed
    No reference listed
        • Newry
    		King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 1; King, V. (ed.), 2000, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 2, with updates by Van King
    King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1.
    King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine.
        • Paris
    		King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1.
      • Sagadahoc Co.
        • Topsham
    		King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampshire Co.
        • Goshen
    		Januzzi, R.E. and Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities Of Connecticut and Southern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World.
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham Co.
        • Raymond
    		Francis, C. A. (1985): Minerals of the Chandler Mine, A Zoned Lithium Rich Pegmatite (Rocks and Minerals, 60:263-264)
    • North Carolina
      • Mitchell Co.
        • Spruce Pine District
      • Yancey Co.
        • Pisgah National Forest
          • Spruce Pine District
            • Black Mtn-Bowlens Creek Area
              • Burnsville
                • Hurricane Mt.
    		No reference listed
    • South Dakota
      • Custer Co.
        • Custer District
          • Fourmile
    		Seaman, 1976. Pegmatite Minerals of the World.
    • Utah
      • Juab Co.
    		UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
        • Thomas Range
    		UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
    • Wisconsin
      • Florence Co.
        • Fern
    		The Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Animikie Red Ace Pegmatite, Florence County, Wisconsin. Alexander U. Falster, Wm. B. Simmons, and Karen L. Webber, Recent Research Developments in Mineralogy, 1(1996)
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