San Quintín skarn occurrence, San Quintín, San Quintín Municipality, Baja California, Mexico

2.4 x 1.9 x 0.9 cm. A 3km hike up steep terrain from the resort town of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, leads to the San Quintin skarn deposit. The locality produced great epidote crystals; however, these spectacular chrome titanites came out as well. Typically the crystals are more of an olive-green color, but this specimen shows off its ...

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Single crystal of greenish black epidote with well defined termination. The crystal prism faces are lustrous while the termination has dull luster. Ex. A. Stevenson collection #128. Overall size of mineral specimen: 30x15x10 mm. Size of individual crystals: 30 mm.

© 2001 John H. Betts

Single Quartz Crystal, with a semitransparent epidote crystal and byssolite inclusions. The crystal is 3.2 cm tall. Photographed by, and in the collection of Karl Volkman

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5.0 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm. This is a fine crystal from a lesser-known epidote locality in Baja California, south of the resort town of Ensenada. It is a chunky crystal with multiple terminations, and is actually slightly translucent - you can see flashes of green where light penetrates the lustrous faces. It has some angular natural contacts where it ...

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Single 5mm crystal on Byssolite included Quartz. Photographed by, and in the collection of, Karl Volkman

© Karl Volkman 03/05

Crystallized sample (fibrous) with 3x2x1cm - August of 1982

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Epidote. Specimen is from the collection of Miguel Romero #1930 (1980). Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.

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3.3 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm. A sharp OLD epidote crystal from Baja California, that came to us with an old Schneiders Minerals (California) label. You see plenty of epidotes around from Prince of Wales Island and the Near East, but these old timers are not around anymore. This crystal is really a nice one, too - a compound crystal with stacked ...

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Quartz with Byssolite inclusion - 6x2,5x2cm - June of 2011

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5.0 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm. This is a fine crystal from a lesser-known epidote locality in Baja California, south of the resort town of Ensenada. It is a chunky crystal with multiple terminations, and is actually slightly translucent - you can see flashes of green where light penetrates the lustrous faces. It has some angular natural contacts where it ...

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5.4 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm. A fine cluster of blocky, lustrous, olive-green epidote crystals on a matrix of small garnet crystals from a less well-known Mexican locality - St. Quentin in Baja California. This is a fine, complete all-around cluster. The major crystals are in excellent condition. Ex. Dave Stoudt Collection.

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3.0 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm. This sharp, fine, older epidote crystal is from a lesser-known epidote locality in Baja California, south of the resort town of Ensenada. The prism faces are highly lustrous, while the termination is lightly etched with moderate lustre. The crystal is actually slightly translucent - you can see flashes of green where light ...

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Epidote Size: 6.5x8cm Dark green lustrous Epidote crystals on a matrix of massive Epidote. The major crystal is 2.5x4.5 cm. and doubly terminated.

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Nice intense dark green crystal group, striated, lustrous, with perfect termination. 4,1x2,5x1,5 cm. Ex Alfred Stevenson collection. In my personal collection. Photo Simone Citon

© Simone Citon

2.5 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm. This sharp, fine, older epidote crystal is from a lesser-known epidote locality in Baja California, south of the resort town of Ensenada. The prism faces and sharp chisel termination are highly lustrous. The crystal is actually slightly translucent - you can see flashes of green where light penetrates the lustrous faces. The ...

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4.1 x 4.1 x 2.1 cm. This sharp, fine, older epidote crystal is from a lesser-known epidote locality in Baja California, south of the resort town of Ensenada. The prism faces and sharp chisel termination are highly lustrous, with most faces having a light frosting. The crystal is actually slightly translucent - you can see flashes of green where ...

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8.1 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm. A rare and significant combination from this less well-known Mexican skarn deposit, south of the resort town of Ensenada in Baja, California. A dramatic spray of lustrous, deep olive-green epidote crystals is aesthetically set on the front of the quartz and epidote matrix. The prominent large epidote is 5.0 cm and is ...

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Epidote Size: 3x2x1cm

1.6 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm. This piece doesn’t need a backlight for its bright, chrome-green to stand out from across a room. This piece is a stunning thumbnail example of this locality. While there is some chatter on the edges, the crystal is complete all the way around. Titanite was previously known as sphene, which is Greek for “wedge,” a nod to ...

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2.6 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm. A flattened group of translucent, gemmy titanite crystals with sharp, lustrous faces and an interesting form. When backlit, you can see color through the crystals. The piece is from Baja California, Mexico (labeled as coming from San Quintin), and is an unusual example of the material. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#4202). Kay ...

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A single sharp shiny doubly terminated epidote crystal. X Schneider's rocks & minerals label, X John Ydren collection. Its from the area of San Quintin which is a small town. The scale under the specimen is an inch with a rule at one cm.

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3.0 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm. The prism faces and sharp chisel terminations are highly lustrous on this showy intergrown 360-degree epidote cluster. This older epidote miniature is from a lesser-known epidote locality in Baja California, south of the resort town of Ensenada. The very dark green crystals are actually slightly translucent - under bright light ...

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A parallel intergrowth composed of medium to dark pistachio green, multi-terminated Epidote crystals, formed as a large single crystal. Personal collection of Sharon Cisneros.

© Eugene & Sharon Cisneros

Nice intense dark green crystal group, striated, lustrous, with perfect termination. Ex Alfred Stevenson. Simone Citon Collection and photo.

© Simone Citon

Patterns in the beach sand by San Quintin, northern Baja California. Rolf Luetcke photo.

A view of the beach by San Quintin, northern Baja California. Rolf Luetcke photo.