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Spodumene from California, USA

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[var. Kunzite] Seidler, Ned (1964) Gems and jewelry. The Odyssey Press, New York, 44 pages.
    • Kern County
      • Lost Hills (Lost Hill)
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 346
Reed, Ralph Daniel & J.P. Bailey (1927), Subsurface correlation by means of heavy minerals: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin: 11: 363
    • Riverside County
      • Cahuilla Mining District
        • Cahuilla Mountain
[var. Kunzite] Geffner, P. and Fisher, J. (1997) Recent Work at the Lithia Dyke Claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County, California. Rocks & Minerals, 72 (3): pp. 156-161.
        • Little Cahuilla Mountain
[var. Kunzite] Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34.
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
San Diego Natural History Museum
      • Banner Mining District
        • Rodriguez Canyon
Bean. J. 2003. Report: A field trip to the Thursday mine (Pandora), near Banner, San Diego County, California: December.
      • Bonsall
[var. Kunzite] Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
[var. Kunzite] Murdoch, Joseph & Webb, Robert W. (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 347.
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, December. Chapter 1, page 702
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
[var. Kunzite] Murdoch, Joseph & Webb, Robert W. (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 347.
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, December. Chapter 1, page 702
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
      • De Luz
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Masimer, G.E. (1965) Inclusions in quartz crystals from DeLuz, California. Gems and Minerals: 329: 32
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 348.
      • Jacumba
        • Tule Mountain (Mount Tule; Tulley Mountain)
[var. Kunzite] 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.
[var. Kunzite] Journal of Pegmatology v. 1, no. 1. (2002)
[var. Kunzite] Murdoch, Joseph, Webb, Robert W. (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. p.1-559.
Kunz, George Frederick (1903a), On a new lilac-colored spodumene San Diego County, California: American Journal of Science, 4th. series: 16: 280
      • Mesa Grande Mining District
        • Gem Hill
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
pages 133-135.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Weber, F. Harold Jr. (1963) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. County Report 3. California Division of Mines and Geology
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 390.
        • Mesa Grande
Weber, F. Harold Jr. (1963) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. County Report 3. California Division of Mines and Geology
illus., maps.
[var. Kunzite] Mason, Anita (1976) The World of Rocks and Minerals. Larousse & Co., Inc., New York.
        • Pala
          • Chief Mountain
[var. Kunzite] 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.
[var. Kunzite] Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34.
[var. Kunzite] Mauthner, M. H. F. (2011), Recent Finds at the Oceanview Mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California. Rocks & Minerals 86(1): 41-47.
[var. Kunzite] Personally collected
[var. Kunzite] personal collections (Reed, Mauthner)
[var. Kunzite] Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34.
Mason, Anita (1976) The World of Rocks and Minerals. Larousse & Co., Inc., New York.
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
126-127.
[var. Kunzite] Hapeman, Jeffrey R. (2011)
          • Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill)
[var. Kunzite] Cook, R. B. (1997). Connoisseur's Choice: Spodumene var. Kunzite, Nuristan, Afghanistan. Rocks & Minerals, 72(5), 340-343.
[var. Kunzite] Christopher N. Wentzell
Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
[var. Kunzite] Jesse Fisher (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals 86:14-34.
Rocks & Min.: 23:517.
[var. Kunzite] Mason, Anita (1976) The World of Rocks and Minerals. Larousse & Co., Inc., New York.
Weber, F. Harold Jr. (1963) Geology and mineral resources of San Diego County, California. County Report 3. California Division of Mines and Geology
[var. Kunzite] Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
[var. Kunzite] Kunz, George F. (1905) Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California. Bulletin 37 (2nd ed.) California State Mining Bureau
Jahns, R. A., and Wright, L. A. 1951. Gem and Lithium-Bearing Pegmatites of the Pala District, San Diego County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology Special Report 7A, p. 30.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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
Jahns, Richard Henry & Lauren A. Wright (1951), Gem and lithium bearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California: California Division Mines Special Report 7-A: 57-59.
[var. Kunzite] 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, December. Chapter 1: 61-110.
[var. Kunzite] Sheppard, J. B. (2008), History of the surface prospects and underground mining developments made along the northern portion of the Stewart pegmatite
personal communication with Scott L. Ritchie, San Diego Mining Company (SDMC). June/July.
[var. Kunzite] Tucker, W. B., Reed, C. H. (1939), Los Angeles Field District - Mineral Resources of San Diego County. California Journal of Mines and Geology, quarterly chapter of State Mineralogist's Report 35
January: p. 37-40, Illus., maps.
Swoboda, E. R. 2001. Tourmaline Queen case files (1968-2000)
personal communication with Scott L. Ritchie, SDMC, 2000-2001. Swoboda Inc., Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA.
      • Rincon Mining District
        • Rincon
          • Ditch Mountain
Murdoch, Joseph, Webb, Robert W. (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. p.1-559.
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: 15-23
          • Rincon Mountain
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 79, 215, 346
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: 23
Murdoch, Joseph (1946), Progress on revision of Bulletin 113 β€œMinerals of California,” with notes on some new mineral occurrences: California Division Mines Report 42: 198
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 389.
[var. Kunzite] Rogers, A. F. 1910. Minerals From The Pegmatite Veins Of Rincon, San Diego Co., California. Columbia University School Of Mines Quarterly Journal Of Applied Science, Vol. 31 pp. 208-218.
      • Warner Springs Mining District
        • Chihuahua Valley
McCollum, A. (1999), Personal communication to Scott L. Ritchie by Art McCollum of Sun City, California - description of Joe Laddomada's discovery of a gem-quality apatite occurrence on the Mason Ranch
gem spodumene occurrence at the "Crest Gem" mine (circa 1985): October.
        • Warner Springs
[var. Kunzite] Larson, W. F. (2011), Personal collection of William F. Larson. On display at the Collector in Fallbrook, California.
 
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