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Aquamarine from California, USA

USA
 
  • California
    • Inyo County
      • Inyo Mts (Inyo Range)
        • Haystack Mountain (Haystack; Boulder Mountain; Kern Knob)
Griffis, R.A. (1987)
        • New York Butte (New York Peak)
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Benson, W.T. (1962), Inyo beryl deposit, Inyo County, California: US Bureau Mines Report of Investigation 6013: 2-5
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 446.
    • Riverside County
      • Box Springs Mountains
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 103.
Sterrett, Douglas Bovard (1908), Gems and precious stones: Mineral Resources U.S., 1907, part 2: 799
      • Cahuilla Mining District
        • Little Cahuilla Mountain
Osborn, P. (2006) Personal communication between Philip Osborn, Hemet CA. (discoverer/owner) and Scott L. Ritchie, SDMC
07/25.
Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34.
Gochenour, K. 1988. Black Tourmaline from Little Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County, California. Rocks and Minerals, 63 (6): p. 440-444.
Webb, R. W. 1942. Two Andalusite Pegmatites from Riverside County, California. The American Mineralogist. 28(11-12):581-593.
Callens, A. C. (1997) Rainbow Mine (Juan Diego) Mineral Report, Southern California Gem Industries.
Sampson, R. J., Tucker, W. B. 1945. Mineral Resources of Riverside County
California Division of Mines & Geology, 41 (3)
p. 165.
      • Lakeview Mountains
        • Nuevo
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 103.
    • San Bernardino County
      • Yucca Valley
Ian Merkel (2016) The California Blue Mine: A Recently Discovered Aquamarine Pegmatite in the Mojave Desert. in Second Eugene E. Foord Pegmatite Symposium July 15-19, 2016 Colorado School of Mines campus, Golden, Colorado
Earth's Treasures specimens, Tucson 2012
Mason, Anita (1976) The World of Rocks and Minerals. Larousse & Co., Inc., New York.
      • Aguanga Mountain Mining District (Smith Mountain Mining District)
        • Oak Grove
          • Aguanga Mountain
San Diego Mining Company (1998) Cordova, E. M., Ritchie, S. L., Polk, M. T.
Emeralite No. 2 (Ware) mine surface and U/G field analysis: March.
      • Jacumba
        • Tule Mountain (Mount Tule; Tulley Mountain)
Todd, V. R. et al. 1987. Mineral Resources of the Sawtooth Mountains and Carrizo Gorge/ Eastern McCain Valley Wilderness Study Areas, San Diego County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1711-B, 26 p., maps.
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34.
Todd, V. R. et al. 1987. Mineral Resources of the Sawtooth Mountains and Carrizo Gorge/ Eastern McCain Valley Wilderness Study Areas, San Diego County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1711-B, 26 p., maps.
      • Mesa Grande Mining District
        • Gem Hill
Weber, F. Harold Jr. (1963) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. County Report 3. California Division of Mines and Geology
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
pages 133-135.
Weber, F. Harold Jr. (1963) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. County Report 3. California Division of Mines and Geology
        • Mesa Grande
Sinkankas, 1959.
Weber, F. Harold Jr. (1963) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. County Report 3. California Division of Mines and Geology
Weber, F. Harold Jr. (1963) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. County Report 3. California Division of Mines and Geology
      • Pala Mining District
        • Pala
          • Chief Mountain
            • Elizabeth R. Mine (Hazel W. claim)
Mauthner, Mark (2008) The 49erPocket: Oceanview Mine Pala District, San Diego County, California. Rocks & Minerals, 83 (4) 292-297 doi:10.3200/rmin.83.4.292-297
Stephenson, J. (2007), Pala District Opens Wide: Oceanview Mine Strikes It Big. Mineral News: Pala International, Fallbrook, CA. December.
Reed, R. (1994), Discovery of 1300 gram etched aquamarine specimen near Elizabeth R. mine, Chief Mountain, Pala (as described during personal communication with Robert Lavinsky).: May.
Personally collected
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. Chapter 1, p. 69.
          • Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill)
Weber, F. Harold Jr. (1963) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. County Report 3. California Division of Mines and Geology
Jahns, Richard Henry & Wright, Lauren A. (1951), Gem and lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines Special Report 7-A: p. 31.
      • Ramona Mining District
        • Ramona
Weber, F. Harold Jr. (1963) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. County Report 3. California Division of Mines and Geology
plate 5.
Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34.
Foord, Eugene E., Martin, Robert F., Spaulding, Louis B., Mason, Roger A. (1989) Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the Little Three Mine Pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (2) 101-127
Foord, Eugene E., Martin, Robert F., Spaulding, Louis B., Mason, Roger A. (1989) Mineralogy and Paragenesis of the Little Three Mine Pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (2) 101-127
San Diego Mining Company, 1995-1997.
Weber, F. Harold Jr. (1963) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. County Report 3. California Division of Mines and Geology
plate 5.
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
      • Rincon Mining District
        • Rincon
          • Ditch Mountain
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: p 23.
          • Rincon Mountain
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: p. 23-24, illus., maps.
Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34.
Weber, F. Harold Jr. (1963) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. County Report 3. California Division of Mines and Geology
Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34.
Fisher, Jesse (2002) Gem and Rare-Element Pegmatites of Southern California. The Mineralogical Record, 33 (5) 363-407
      • Warner Springs Mining District
        • Chihuahua Valley
John Paige, Bill Larsen
Gochenour, K. 2002. Personal communication with S. L. Ritchie, SDMC, 2002. Tustin, Orange County, CA
March.
Ritchie, S. 2000. History of the Carmelita Gem Mine in the 20th Century. Southern California Gem Industries web publication: July.
Page, J. 2009. Details of the Green Cloud mine workings of the Blue Chihuahua (Blue Dog) pegmatite deposit, January. Text and photographs [http://www.mindat.org/mesg-5-121890.html].
        • Warner Springs
www.minsocam.org (2006) http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Special/Pig/PIG_articles/Cryo_Genie_Rpt9.pdf
Fisher, Jesse (2002) Gem and Rare-Element Pegmatites of Southern California. The Mineralogical Record, 33 (5) 363-407
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 44
Min News 20:2 p8
Mueller, Richard S. (2007)
 
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