El Mesquite, Tecate Municipality, Baja California, Mexicoi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 19' 0'' North , 116° 2' 44'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Rumorosa | 1,836 (2018) | 23.1km |
Cereso del Hongo | 4,278 (2014) | 26.8km |
Ejido JacumΓ© | 290 (2013) | 33.4km |
Jacumba Hot Springs | 561 (2014) | 36.1km |
General Felipe Γngeles | 273 (2014) | 36.8km |
Sinkankas reported gemmy aquamarine & golden beryl in small prismatic crystals from small vugs in a granitic pegmatite near El Mesquite village, about 27 km S of El Condor turnoff from Highway 2 (El Condor is ca. 49 km E of Tecate. The pegmatite occurs between Jassay and El Topo and is mineralogically simple, consisting largely of feldspar with some quartz, schorl, mica, rare purplish apatite, albite, and euhedral prisms of pale greenish yellow to pale golden-yellow beryl, ranging from acicular to some about 7 mm in diameter to 77mm long. Some are smooth-faced, others etched and tapered. Most contain abundant inclusions of extremely small size which render the bases opaque or only translucent but in a sharp transition: these disappear toward the terminations, the latter being transparent.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) Reference: Emerald and Other Beryls, John Sinkankas 1981 p.481 |
β 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) Reference: Emerald and Other Beryls, John Sinkankas 1981, p.481 |
β Beryl Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18) Reference: Emerald and Other Beryls, John Sinkankas 1981, p.481 |
β Beryl var. Aquamarine Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18 Reference: Emerald and Other Beryls, John Sinkankas 1981, p.481 |
β Beryl var. Heliodor Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18) Reference: Emerald and Other Beryls, John Sinkankas 1981, p.481 |
β 'Feldspar Group' Reference: Emerald and Other Beryls, John Sinkankas 1981, p.481 |
β 'Mica Group' Reference: Emerald and Other Beryls, John Sinkankas 1981, p.481 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Emerald and Other Beryls, John Sinkankas 1981, p.481 |
β Schorl Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) Reference: Emerald and Other Beryls, John Sinkankas 1981, p.481 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
β | Beryl | 9.CJ.05 | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
β | var. Aquamarine | 9.CJ.05 | Be3Al2Si6O18 |
β | var. Heliodor | 9.CJ.05 | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
β | Schorl | 9.CK.05 | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
β | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
β | 'Mica Group' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
H | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Be | Beryllium | |
Be | β Beryl | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
Be | β Beryl var. Aquamarine | Be3Al2Si6O18 |
Be | β Beryl var. Heliodor | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
B | Boron | |
B | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Beryl | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
O | β Beryl var. Aquamarine | Be3Al2Si6O18 |
O | β Beryl var. Heliodor | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
O | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
O | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
F | Fluorine | |
F | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Na | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Beryl | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
Al | β Beryl var. Aquamarine | Be3Al2Si6O18 |
Al | β Beryl var. Heliodor | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
Al | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Al | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Beryl | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
Si | β Beryl var. Aquamarine | Be3Al2Si6O18 |
Si | β Beryl var. Heliodor | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Si | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
P | Phosphorus | |
P | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Cl | Chlorine | |
Cl | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Emerald and Other Beryls, John Sinkankas,1981 p.481
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El Mesquite, Tecate Municipality, Baja California, Mexico