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Registered member joined prior to 15th Oct 2005 (unrecorded)
Scott L. Ritchie has uploaded:
429 Mineral Photos
184 Locality Photos
35 Other Photos
Scott L. has published 16 articles on mindat.org
French Pete's Cabin
Carmelita Mine (MS 6130; Blue Gem Mine; Pete Labat Mine; Pete Cabat Mine; French Pete Mine; Elinor Mine; Crest Gem Mine), Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA
"Sometimes gamblers and saloonkeepers were so anxious to get their hands on the gold that they all but climbed down in the holes beside the miners."
— Wallace, Robert (1976) Highjinks in the hard-living mine Camps - The Miners, The West, p. 151. Time Life Books, NY, USA.
Scott L.'s Favourites
This page lists Scott L.'s favourite minerals, localities, mindat.org members and photos. All lists in alphabetical order.
Favourite Minerals
Beryl
Cleavelandite
Elbaite
Lepidolite
Microcline
Favourite Localities
Carmelita Mine (MS 6130; Blue Gem Mine; Pete Labat Mine; Pete Cabat Mine; French Pete Mine; Elinor Mine; Crest Gem Mine), Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Tourmaline King Mine (MS 4500; MS 4926; Gem), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Tourmaline Queen Mine (MS 6458; Tourmaline Queen No. 3), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Favourite Members' Home Pages
Alan Goldstein
Alfredo Petrov
Brandy Naugle
Bryan Swoboda
Charles Graeber
Claus Hedegaard
Corie Mattar
Craig Mercer
Curtis Wilbur
Daniel Russell
David Von Bargen
Dennis Beals
Farooq Hashmi
Frank de Wit
Gail Spann
George R. Rossman
Greg Slak
Ian Nicastro
Jake Harper
Jesse Fisher
Jim Bean
Jim Walker & Mary Fong/Walker
Jolyon Ralph
Jon Page
Karsten Eig
Kelly Nash
Knut Edvard Larsen
Michael Fender
mike Keim
Peter Andresen
Peter Lyckberg
Peter Nancarrow
Phil B.
Ray Hill
Richard Wise
Robert Housley
Robert Knox
Robert Lavinsky
Robert Meyer
Rock Currier
roy lee
Ryan L. Bowling
Sarah Sudcowsky
Sophia Shultz
Stephen C. Blyskal
Steve Hardinger
thomas carl hess
Thomas Lettier
Tom Spann
Uwe Kolitsch
William C. van Laer
William W Besse
Zbynek Burival
Favourite Photos
Tourmaline
(Var:
Rubellite
) :
AD
3
G
6
(BO
3
)
3
[T
6
O
18
]Y
3
Z
,
Lepidolite
:
K(Li,Al)
3
(Si,Al)
4
O
10
(F,OH)
2
Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
A natural vivid pink tourmaline crystal with glassy basal pedion termination and minor lepidolite; from the Pala Chief mine on Chief Mountain, Pala, San Diego County, California, USA. Specimen measures approximately 58x32x35mm. Courtesy Pala International.
© 2004 SLR
Photo ID: 141397 View Count: 263
Tourmaline
(Var:
Indicolite
) :
AD
3
G
6
(BO
3
)
3
[T
6
O
18
]Y
3
Z
Tourmaline Queen Mine (MS 6458; Tourmaline Queen No. 3), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
A natural vivid purplish blue tourmaline crystal of gem-quality having a basal pyramid termination with minor cookeite cap; from the Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, USA. Specimen measures approximately 40mm long. Produced by the San Diego Mining Company, from the Moore era underground workings, October 2000.
© 2001 SLR
Photo ID: 138528 View Count: 246
Miner's Ore Bag
An authentic "Miner's Ore Bag" which contained five specimens from the Pala Chief Gem Mine, using the slogan "Something you have never seen before" at the Panama-California Exposition in 1915, hosted by the City of San Diego at Balboa Park. Frank A. Salmons' Gem Mine storefront featured a simulated mountain and 100 foot mine tunnel tour for a 10 ...
© 2005 SDMC
Photo ID: 136428 View Count: 255
Lepidolite
:
K(Li,Al)
3
(Si,Al)
4
O
10
(F,OH)
2
Carmelita Mine (MS 6130; Blue Gem Mine; Pete Labat Mine; Pete Cabat Mine; French Pete Mine; Elinor Mine; Crest Gem Mine), Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA
A rough and cut example of natural grayish pink to deep purple mass of micro-crystalline lepidolite; from the Carmelita mine, Warner Springs, California, USA. Native rough and free-form polished specimens measure 51mm and 31mm across respectively. Produced by the San Diego Mining Company from the westernmost Labat era drift (MS 6130 A No. 4) circa ...
© 2001 SLR
Photo ID: 118528 View Count: 183
Beryl
(Var:
Morganite
) :
Be
3
Al
2
Si
6
O
18
,
Albite
(Var:
Cleavelandite
) :
Na[AlSi
3
O
8
]
Elizabeth R. Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
A natural association of bright pink beryl crystals with good luster and transparency having basal (c-axis) pinacoid and pedion terminations on a grayish blue albite (var: cleavelandite) matrix; from the Elizabeth R. mine on Chief Mountain, Pala, San Diego County, California, USA. Specimen measures approximately 64x56x37mm. Courtesy Pala ...
© 2003 SLR
Photo ID: 68681 View Count: 949
Tourmaline
(Var:
Verdelite
) :
AD
3
G
6
(BO
3
)
3
[T
6
O
18
]Y
3
Z
Carmelita Mine (MS 6130; Blue Gem Mine; Pete Labat Mine; Pete Cabat Mine; French Pete Mine; Elinor Mine; Crest Gem Mine), Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA
A vivid grass-green colored tourmaline crystal of superior gem quality measuring 10mm across, together with a like-colored faceted gem measuring 12mm across, and weighing 2.75 carats; from the Carmelita mine, Warner Springs, San Diego County, USA. Both were produced in June 1999 by the San Diego Mining Company.
© 2001 SLR
Photo ID: 67474 View Count: 321
Main Adit
Tourmaline King Mine (MS 4500; MS 4926; Gem), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
A S/SW view of the old main (lower) haulageway adit (canyon cut) constructed by Wilke which utilized a push cart on rail to remove several hundred tons of pegmatite from distances up to 250 feet back inside the mountain. This footwall drift connects to the upper mine workings from adjacent exploratory stopes and drifts located up dip. The Hitachi ...
© 2005 SDMC
Photo ID: 126588 View Count: 171
Scott L. Ritchie's Blog
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Scott L. Ritchie's Articles
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Published Articles
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Last Revision Date
The J. G. Braye Residence and Bunk House by J. S. Lewis & E. M. Ramsey 1988
16th Oct 2009
The Stewart Lithia Tourmaline Mine by E. R. Swoboda 2000
16th Oct 2009
Black Tourmaline from Little Cahuilla Mountain by K. L. Gochenour 1988
1st Jul 2009
So Cal Tourmaline & Gem Minerals Exhibit in USNM by W. T. Schaller 1919
19th Apr 2009
San Diego & Imperial Counties: Gems & Lithia Minerals by Frederick Merrill 1914
5th Mar 2008
Corundum Crystals from the San Jacinto Mountains by K. L. Gochenour 2000
24th Feb 2009
Tourmaline... Gem With The Electric Personality by J. Laudermilk 1953
17th Aug 2008
The Blue Chihuahua Mine (Where art thou?) by Al Ordway 2003
3rd Mar 2009
Geology of the Anita (Magee) Tourmaline Mine by Richard B. Saul 1958
2nd Feb 2009
Tourmaline by E. E. Tompkins 1938
7th Sep 2008
Some Problems of Mining by Claude M. Chaplin 1937
18th Feb 2008
No Distinction Between Precious & Semiprecious Stones by W. T. Schaller 1919
17th Feb 2008
Gem Mining in San Diego County by J. W. Ware 1935
14th Feb 2008
Biography of Don Tomás Alvarado 1890
2nd Feb 2009
The Fabulous Jewels of Old Pala and the Mesa Grande by Harold O. Weight 1953
14th Feb 2008
USS Tourmaline (PY-20) 1941-1945
7th Jan 2008
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A.B.C. Mine (ABC Mine; Daggett & MacIntosh; Daggett group), Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Acworth, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire, USA
Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Andalusite Pegmatite (Older Pegmatites; Group I), Andalusite Pegmatite Vicinity, Bautista Canyon, Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
Andalusite Pegmatite Vicinity, Bautista Canyon, Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
Anita Mine (Magee Mine; Magee & Dougherty Mine; Sage Mine), Red Mountain area, Hemet, Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
Anita Mine (MS 6859), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Audrey Lynn Mine, Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Beebe Hole Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Blue Chihuahua Mine (Blue Dog), Cooper Canyon District, Riverside Co., California, USA
Blue Lady Mine (Blue Tourmaline Claim; San Diego Group; Blue Bell Deposit), Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Boise Co., Idaho, USA
Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
Carmelita Mine (MS 6130; Blue Gem Mine; Pete Labat Mine; Pete Cabat Mine; French Pete Mine; Elinor Mine; Crest Gem Mine), Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain (Boucher Hill), Rincon District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Cota Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Crown Jewel Mine, Bautista Canyon, Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
Cryo-Genie Mine (Cindy B-Cryogenie; Lost Valley Truck Trail prospect), Warner Springs, Warner Springs District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Crystal Tips No. 1 pit, Petersen Mountain, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
Dawson Prospect, Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ed Fletcher Jr. Mine (MS 4886; Ed Fletcher), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Elizabeth R. Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Esmeralda Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Fano Mine (Fano-Simmons; Simmons; Little Blue; Big Pink), Cahuilla Mountain (Coahuila), Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
Fat Jack Mine, Lane Mountain, Crown King, Pine Grove District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Felix Mine, Azusa (Dalton), Los Angeles Co., California, USA
Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Hazen Corundum Prospect (MRDS - 10189058), San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside Co., California, USA
Hercules Mine (Hercules Prospect; Hercules Group; Beryl Claim), Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Jensen Quarry (Oak Quarry), Jurupa, Riverside Co., California, USA
Juan Diego Mine (Rainbow; Juan Diego No. 1), Juan Diego Flat, Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
Katerina Mine (Katrina; Catherin; Caterina), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Lithia Dike Mine (Lithia Dyke), Cahuilla Mountain (Coahuila), Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
Little Joe No. 2 Adit (Little Joe II; Joe 2), Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Little Three Mine (Little 3), Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Lohrer Mine (MS 4633), Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Lookout Mine (Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules; Hercules group), Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Mack Mine (Mac Mine; San Luis Rey), Rincon Mountain (Boucher Hill), Rincon District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Mesa Grande Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Mimoso do Sul Mine, Mimoso do Sul, Espírito Santo, Southeast Region, Brazil
Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Mt Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Murfreesboro, Pike Co., Arkansas, USA
Murzinka (Mursinsk; Murzinsk; Murzinska) Mine, Sarapulka (Murzinka) District, Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
New Mine Saphire Syndicate Mine (New Mine Sapphire Syndicate Mine; Yogo Sapphire Mine; Yogo Mines), Yogo District, Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA
Nigeria
Nuristan Province (Nurestan; Nooristan), Afghanistan
Oceanview Mine (Oceanview Adit), Elizabeth R. Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Pack Rat Mine, Mt. Tule, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Pala Chief Mine (MS 6452), Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
Peridot Mesa (Peridot occurrence 38), San Carlos, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA
Prospect Mine (Prospect prospect; Prophet), Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Purple Heart Mine, Kingston Range, Death Valley-Kingston Range District, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Death Valley, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Quartzite Mountain, (Stanley Butte [nearby]; Quartzite Mountain Garnets), Stanley District, Santa Teresa Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Rancho de Ballestero, Mun. de Playas de Rosarito, Baja California Norte, Mexico
Riverside Co., California, USA
Royal Mine (Royal deposit; Thursday; Pandora deposit; Lithium Queen), Rodriguez Canyon, Banner District, San Diego Co., California, USA
San Pedro Mine (Pedro), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Sangulungulu Hill, Naan village, Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha region, Tanzania
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Sempe Mine (Senpe; Sempa; Senpa), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Sichuan Province, China
Sly Rick Prospect (Green Centipede), Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Stony Point, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA
Tarryall Mountains, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Tourmaline King Mine (MS 4500; MS 4926; Gem), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Tourmaline Queen Mine (MS 6458; Tourmaline Queen No. 3), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Unnamed Corundum Occurrences, San Jacinto Mountains, Riverside Co., California, USA
Urubu mine (Vulture mine; Uruba mine), Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
Vanderberg Mine (MS 5391; Vanderburg; Vandenburg; Naylor-Vanderburg; K.C. Naylor Mine; Sickler; Naylor Rock), Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Virgin Valley District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Ware Mine (Gem Mine No. 1; Mountain Lily Mine; Emeralite No. 2), Aguanga Mountain, Oak Grove, Aguanga Mountain District (Smith Mountain District), San Diego Co., California, USA
White Queen Mine, Hiriart Mountain (Heriart; Heriot; Hiriat Hill), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Williamson Mine (Coahuila Brave), Cahuilla Mountain (Coahuila), Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California, USA
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Watermelon Tourmaline
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