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Tourmaline Queen Mine (MS 6458; Tourmaline Queen No. 3), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Edward Swoboda finishes cleaning the newly exposed tourmaline crystals which are still incased in pocket clay. July 2001 |
| © 2001 SDMC | Photo ID: 125799 View Count: 284 |
Aerial view circa 2006 | |
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Tourmaline King Mine (MS 4500; MS 4926; Gem), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA A south facing aerial photograph of the Tourmaline King mine surface development workings circa 2006. Pictured is the modern surface development as nearly completed which provides bermed roadway access to the old existing underground works and implements new drainage design elements. The new underground haulage adit and exploratory drift will be ... |
| © 2008 Navteq & Pictometry International Corp | Photo ID: 250515 View Count: 77 |
Barlow Pocket In Situ | |
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Tourmaline Queen Mine (MS 6458; Tourmaline Queen No. 3), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA The "Barlow Pocket" is partially exposed by Pala Properties International in July of 1974, displaying several large blue to bluish green to pink polychrome tourmalines in situ on a large matrix of cleavelandite and lepidolite featuring a large morganite beryl that is studded with small gem tourmalines. Mineral collector F. John Barlow purchased ... |
| © 1999 SDMC | Photo ID: 128880 View Count: 205 |
Edward R. Swoboda | |
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Tourmaline Queen Mine (MS 6458; Tourmaline Queen No. 3), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Ed holds a large clay-covered bright blue capped deep pink tourmaline crystal just removed from the pocket discovered underground at the Tourmaline Queen mine in January of 1972 by Pala Properties International. Courtesy Pala International of Fallbrook, California. |
| © 1999 SDMC | Photo ID: 128858 View Count: 160 |
Elbaite Insitu | |
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Tourmaline Queen Mine (MS 6458; Tourmaline Queen No. 3), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Edward Swoboda puts the final touch on cleaning the large red tourmalines incased in pocket clay. July 2001. |
| © 2001 SDMC | Photo ID: 125800 View Count: 334 |
Entrance to lepidolite mine | |
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Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Caption: "ILL. No. 24. ENTRANCE TO LEPIDOLITE MINE AT PALA, SAN DIEGO COUNTY—LEPIDOLITE AND RUBELLITE." Source: Kunz, G. F. 1905. Gems, jeweler's materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau Bulletin 37, p 101. |
| © 1905 CSMB | Photo ID: 202171 View Count: 51 |
Examination | |
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Tourmaline Queen Mine (MS 6458; Tourmaline Queen No. 3), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Edward Swoboda examines the freshly removed 5.6 cm tourmaline, and carefully fits the small crystal found below it to the side of its larger twin in sheer delight. July 2001. |
| © 2001 SDMC | Photo ID: 125802 View Count: 200 |
Exposing Pocket Zone | |
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Tourmaline Queen Mine (MS 6458; Tourmaline Queen No. 3), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Exploration at the Tourmaline Queen mine by SDMC using hand tools to expose the targeted support pillar of lithium rich pegmatite in which a zone of lepidolite has now been uncovered. July 2001 |
| © 2001 SDMC | Photo ID: 125797 View Count: 232 |
John C. McLean | |
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Tourmaline Queen Mine (MS 6458; Tourmaline Queen No. 3), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA John begins to remove a large bright blue capped deep pink tourmaline crystal still encased in the clay-filled pocket discovered underground at the Tourmaline Queen mine in January of 1972 by Pala Properties International. Courtesy Pala International of Fallbrook, California. |
| © 1999 SDMC | Photo ID: 128857 View Count: 126 |
Lepidolite stockpile | |
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Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA Caption: "ILL. No. 16. PALA MOUNTAIN, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, LEPIDOLITE MINE. NEAR VIEW OF THE DUMP." Source: Kunz, G. F. 1905. Gems, jeweler's materials, and ornamental stones of California. California State Mining Bureau Bulletin 37, p 63. |
| © 1905 CSMB | Photo ID: 202170 View Count: 42 |
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