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Turquoise from
Slate Mountain, Slate Mountain District, Slate Mountains, El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Turquoise
Formula:CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Wavellite1 photo of Turquoise associated with Wavellite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Turquoise data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slate Mountain, Slate Mountain District, Slate Mountains, El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:922510
Long-form Identifier:1:3:922510:7
GUID (UUID V4):c06741d1-0556-4a02-b2d0-6baa19180048
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
29 December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a...fine 6.3-cm-tall wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 Ă— 2.7 Ă— 1.5-cm specimen...includes such species as crandallite, variscite, turquoise, and the apatite group. Wavellite is a well-known...Day Township, Saratoga County, New York; another at Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island; and one
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1938 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 5478! LIBRARY UNIVERSITY C- CALIFORNIA D:\ViS 1 DIVISION OF...Geologist C A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Reid J. Frank Sanborn, District Mining Engineer District Engineer Mining Engineer Mineral Technologist
Book (edition)
LIBRARY 3 1111 01599 4096 Rocks and Minerals of California THIRD REVISED EDITION NATUREGRAPH PUBLISHERS...LIBRARY GA BAPAEL CALIFORALA Rocks and Minerals of California THIRD REVISED EDITION Color Photographs W...greatly indebted to Dr. Gordon Oakeshott of the California State Division of Mines for his kind examination... Mrs. Eleanor M. Learned, who worked for the California Division of Mines and Geology, for looking over...Lactic ialiv ess Winib baie A wa ar Minerals of California................. 02... OTST TSS IGE Ee a, I RS
Report (issue)
DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division of Mines and Geology Sacramento, California, 1970...By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology...Geology, Sacramento, California UNIVERSITY LIBRARY U.C DAVIS '~'^ JUL 'I 'i GOV INFO or"! BULLETIN 193...to the gold deposits in California. Although on treatise a vast California, there in of the knov/n...longer district Hulin, respectively. the principal features of each gold-bearing district are described
Journal (issue)
Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M....Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Catalog/List
San Mateo, California 94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi â–  key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla...HATFiaD GOUDEY 1145 \'/est 31st Avenue San Mateo, California 94403 U.S.A. COMTENTS General Information....c;uoi:ed are F .0. B. San fl,aceo, Cali fornia. California add applicable state sales tax. SHIPPING CHARGES...Milton L. Speckels (1965). Gembooks, Mentone, California 92359. MI~ This discussion emphasizes methods...feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to light green
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mainstay of the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He made his presence felt and will...Fallbrook, California. Until 2018 the symposium had taken place in the San Bernardino County Museum in...53rd Pacific Micromount Conference in Fallbrook, California, shows. Steve Stuart photo. day speaker was...Collecting in Mineral County, Nevada, in which he covered localities in the Cadelaria district, including the...other a more micro-oriented jaunt to the Lead Mountain mine for tantalite, columbite, and other rare
Report (issue)
deposits Cochise County . Coconino County 4 6 Gila County . . . . . . . . . 7 Graham County . . 7 Greenlee...Greenlee County 8 La Paz County. . . 8 Maricopa County 9 Mohave County · 10 Navajo County Pima County...County. . · 11 Yavapai County .. · 11 . . . . 13 . . . . .. . 16 16 Yuma County . . . · 18 Pinal...Pinal County. . Santa Cruz County Commodity Abbreviations AU - gold AG - silver CU - copper SA - barium... Table 1. Arizona Copper Oxide Deposits Cochise County Mine Commodity ALKEY MINE ANTELOPE GROUP APRIL
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Report (issue)
3i University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn coJlection. Photograph by J...Vavis The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper MINERAL CATALOG 91 121...Gold, Humboldt Mountain Gold, Mexican Mine Gold, Majuba Placer Gold, Round Mountain Mine Grossular,... Nightingale district Grossular, Buena Vista district Gypsun1 Heterogen ite He½•eltite on Opal Kalinitc
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Report (issue)
31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...6-cm cluster, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J... The Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...Gold, Round Mountain Mine Quartz, Lovelock area Acanthite Grossular, Nightingale district Quartz epimorph...after Calcite Agardite Grossular, Buena Vista district Quartz (amethyst) and Calcite Almandine-Spessartine
Journal (issue)
Patricia A. Pierkowski 44 ROSES IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS 47 LET THE ANTS DO YOUR COLLECTING Find them...Federation CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES 0111~1"1 KING OF THE MOUNTAIN A collector's...MINERALS - 7 Amethyst from Hallelujah Junction , California. Three inches long. Grizzley Ridge quartz with...Art Reno Gem and M ineral Societ y of San Mateo County things which cannot be broken down to any further...as is jasper. The northern part of our state (California) is particularly blessed with an abundance of
Report (issue)
/A . .· . . , . are exposed chieny-\in the ··mountain ranges and hills • . · . · . .. .·. .; >, ~ ...-lower members of the "Red Beds" of the Rocky Mountain region.'~1 Its ~O·' f,·~:~'b~~~fitimated ;~t...determinations of the rocks in the, Ro~hester district near the _._- middle pa.rt or the. range by Jones-...~:i:h76~oi~~.~~ ore de;o~its. of the Roch~ster. District,,~~~~3/ .--~.-:~?·\;-X/t~~~~-;;~~~~;r~ Schrader...Schrader, Frank c., The Rochester Mining District, Nev.: Bull. "580, PP• 325-372, 1915• u. s. G. 's·:~t:
Book (edition)
Clara G. Woody Woody knows the history of Gila County and is well acquainted many of whom she personally...James Monroe Patton of Clifton. In Coconino County Mr. and Mrs. William Corey contributed their efforts...map produced by the Automobile Club of Southern California, which proved extremely helpful. As for elevations...under the section on Navajo County. Entries are given alphabetically by county. For Adair Wash: Adair Wash...Maximum elevations have generally been used for mountains. Average elevations have been used for mesas
Book
Malachite Queen Desideria's malachite parure Turquoise Marie-Louise’s diadem Gems for anniversaries Brazilianite...as gemstones include amblygonite, apatite, and turquoise. Deep blue coloring Vitreous to pearly luster... 022 INTRODUCTION ZIRCON SPINEL BARYTE TURQUOISE CAT’S-EYE TANZANITE QUARTZ AMETHYST CHRYSOBERYL...Sunstone Topaz Agate Tourmaline Aventurine Turquoise Quartz US Spain Jadeite Aquamarine Guatemala...Mexico Tourmaline Agate Moonstone Quartz Topaz Turquoise 65% Nigeria Fire opal Sunstone African countries
Book
of the Ali-Mirsa-Kuh mountains near Nishapur, Iran and in the Kara Tube mountains near Samarkand (Eichholz...Saxony in Germany. Numerous deposits in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah were...rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals include...Custer-Pringle area, Custer County, and at the Etta mine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in...Dakota, especially at the Beecher Lode, Custer County, as masses up to 200 tons in weight; as rounded
Report (issue)
and stratigraphic nomenclature. 1 Menlo Park, California Contents Page Introductlon......................................................... 16 California........................................... 16........................................... 51 District of Columbia................................. ...obtained from this file, 560 were for landslides in California, 201 in Colorado, 144 in Alaska, and 128 in Washington...S. Geological Survey libraries in Menlo Park, California, Denver, Colorado, and Reston, Virginia, and
Report (issue)
or any other cultural features (city, village, county, township, crossroad, and railroad siding) are...this column are as follows: County (4th column)—This is the name of the county in which the listed entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of...in the case of a stream, valley, or arroyo, the county listed is the one in which the feature's mouth...extremities of points of land; the summits of mountains and hills; and the dams of reservoirs. The first
Report (issue)
a r e e r , in r e c og nition fo r hi s c e a s el e s s c ontribution s to the mine ral s c i enc e...o r e d ep o s it s of the southe rn R o c ky Mountain r e g ion and the C ol o r ado Plateau. Not c...c ond, hi s publ i shing r e c o r d, detail e d el s ewhe r e in thi s Guidebook, i s a c anon Inarked... a pattern that i s an ins ight t o hi s c e a s el e s s curio s ity, c onteInpo rane ity, and g rowth...(and Schaller, W. T. ). Thaumasite from Beaver County, Utah: Zeit s c hr. Kryst. , v. 49, p. 236-238
Book
horizontal terraces - bedding planes - that girdle the mountains are picked out like the lines of ribbing on a...rniniature, like an '00' scale n1odcl of the Peak District or a 1:20 recreation of Bodmin Moor. Once you...west coast fishing port of L0chinver, one such mountain the rough shape of a policeman's helmet, Suilven...thrown in by some local wag. Suilven, like other mountains that poke up from the Lewisian scenery, is made...years ago. It is just one of a group of similar mountains which run dovvn the west coast between Cape Wrath
Report (volume)
classn_____ classification Co_______. Company, County Coll______ Collections Conini_____ Committee Cominuii____...Direccion Dissert____ Dissertation dist_______ district distrib_____. distribution Div______ division...Mt________ Mount Mtg_______ Meeting Mtn______ Mountain Mts______ Mountains Mus______ Museo, Museum, etc. n_______...(nos. 9-17), 6 (nos. 1-8). Indianapolis, Ind. California Academy of Sciences Proceedings 4th ser., vols...(nos. 1-7), 25 (no. 1). San Francisco, Calif. California Department Natural Resources, Division of Mines:
Book
long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted
Book (edition)
vivianite, Bolivia; (center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah; (lower /eft) rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...TY EP ie is eet i fro 7 tin tas o/iotewy” el ry: ae ~“ytivee Pahaiecl apeaivent 7 1d sadinee...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;
 
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