 | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Articles Gem and rare-element pegmatites of southern California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Fisher History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . ...$150 for one year. *Continued on p. 455 COVER: ELBAITE on quartz, 20 cm, one of the famous âblue capâ...tourmalines discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mines and Minerals of the California Pegmatite Province Downloaded by [Pennsylvania State University]... Southern JESSE FISHER PO Box 77774 San Francisco, California 94107 jef520@comcast.net F Unless otherwise...MINERALS or much of the past century, the Southern California pegmatite province has been the source of some...producing spectacular specimens of multicolored tourmaline, the regionâs pegmatites have also been the source...spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late nineteenth century, production from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...pegmatites in Southern California. Consequently, in keeping with the California theme of the 2011 Tucson...beryl, so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issueâs Connoisseurâs...albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is...with associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 Ă 4 Ă |  | | Journal (issue) | | l 'etranger - ou sur rendez-vous Elbaite - 7,1 cm de largeur Mine Hima/aya,Mesa Grande,Californie,U...Scovil âą Barite surfluorite Crista/: 4 x 3 x 0,4 cm Mine de /'Ave/lan, Var Coll. : G. Mari Photo : l.-D....et kunzite(cristal 10 x 6 cm) dans quartz avec tourmaline (gangue 11 x 10 cm) de Laura Do Urucum,Bresil...Jesse FISHER 380 PennsylvaniaAvenue- San Francisco- CA 94107- USA (Traduitde l'anglaispar J. GALVIER)...evidence,et ceci dans les pegmatitesdu districtde Pala. D'autrespegmatites d'interet existentegalementdans |  | | Journal (issue) | | Background image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the back of...of American Gems worked ledge. Kunzite and gem tourmaline American Gemstones â What They Are and (in the...from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left California Gems â More Than...Dallas Gem Mine area, San Americaâs Royal Gems â Montana and Yogo Sapphires Benito County, California; the...U.S. State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the âGolden State, â it could also...the Benitoite State, the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the âCalifornia Locality Indexâ (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable...mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau |  | | Journal (issue) | | Maineâs Tourmaline Pegmatites details on page 14 In this issue ⊠Mineral of the month: Elbaite .........EFMLS: Annual convention ................ p. 20 Elbaite Source: Smithsonian Institution. Upcoming events...21 Photo: Chip Clark. Mineral of the Month Elbaite Happy St. Patrickâs Day! by Sue Marcus Whatâs...is watermelon tourmaline. Watermelon tourmaline is a particular, informal form of elbaite, our March Mineral...members, No in-person social events for now! Tourmaline is a large family of minerals; in fact, it is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 11:29 01 January 2015 Oceanview mine in Californiaâs Pala district is producing some of the mineral...area is famous. MARK MAUTHnER 137 San Pablo Drive San Marcos, California 92078 mmauthner@gmail.com All...RECENT FINDS AT THE Oceanview Mine PALA DISTRICT SAN DIEGO COUNTY CALIFORNIA T he first major success...success at the Oceanview mine came with the discovery of the 49er Pocket in 2007 (Mauthner 2008). After gleaning...Oceanview mine. Figure 2 (above). Elbaite, to 3.7 cm long, Big Kahuna Pocket, Oceanview mine. Oceanview |  | | Journal (issue) | | interview: Gail and Jim Spann (USA) Tourmaline Queen Mine, California, USA Tomasz PRASZKIER In our Collector...collectors who are ... INTRODUCTION The Tourmaline Queen Mine is one of the most famous localities among...For over 100 years the mine has produced hundreds of kilograms of gem tourmaline crystals and a huge amount...Among many pockets the âblue-capâ find made the mine so famous. Some collectors believe it is the most...extensive descriptions of history and geology of the mine which were used to compile this text. The most important |  | | Book | | (41/i in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and...page 233. Page 2: Gemstone crystals including tourmaline, aquamarine, emerald, morganite, heliodor, topaz...Willian, Boyce Thompson, founder of the Newmont Mining Corporation, along with an endowment that enables...Beryl Be1Al 2Si 6O18 164- 171 Tourmaline group (see gems also) Elbaite Na(Li,Al)iAli BO3)3Si 6O,s(OH)...Octahedral Diamond Crystal in Kimber lite Premier Mine, Kimberley, South Africa On loan from Mrs Charles |  | | Journal (issue) | | Joe Marchesani; Jmarch06@comcast.net SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: Dr. Don Buchanan; dbuch7326@aol.com...Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds................................... 2 Independence Mine, ......................................................................................... 2 California ........................................................................... 2 Doc Trotter Claim (Pala View claim), .................................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... 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...crocoite; w eâve made our apologies to Bill Larson of Pala International who, thank goodness, has a good sense...Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey |  | | Report (issue) | | Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio...studies in 1811, during A.G. Werner's time at the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony (Germany). From 1826...miners. He was also the gemstone inspector for the mining authority. Breithaupt's legacy is 500 publications...descriptions. T he above is a postcard of the School of Mining in Feiberg, Saxony printed for the 1991 Breithaupt...from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient |  | Fisher, Jesse, Foord, Eugene E., Bricker, Garth A. (1998) The Geology, Mineralogy, and History of the Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Rocks & Minerals, 73 (3) 156-180 doi:10.1080/00357529809603033 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | kande, San Diego Eountg, Ealifiornia 7 Los Angeles County II ,J - r J--4 â*- \ Orange County f ... San Bernardino Coun -----. I--L-L--- \,-. 1 Cahuilla Mt. X x Thomas Mt- L-. JESSE FISHEK 380...380 Pennsylvania Ave. San Francisco, California 94107 EUGENE E. FOOKD M.S.905, U.S. Geological Survey Box...BRICKER 410 East Elder Fallbrook, California 92028 T he Himalaya mine has been the largest producer of...include specimens from this mine. Since it was first claimed in 1898, mine production has been highly |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM Consulting Editors Joel...Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pyromorphite-Carol & Karl Waming collection, page 276; Elbaite-Daniel Nowak collection, page 201; Diamond-Rob...76; Copper-Paul Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy C. Smith collection, page 235 ; Vanadinite'...Rhodonite-Mark Pospisil .collection, page 21 O; Elbaite-Jack Olivier collection, page 204; Cerussite-Joe...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., USA With 4 Figures Received October 19, 1993; accepted...within intermediate zones and pockets. Accessory tourmaline, columbite-tantalite or spodumene may be present...Buckfield, Maine Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine...Maine Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine Berry-Havey quarry, Auburn, Maine Greenlaw quarry, Auburn, Maine Chandler...Chandler mine, Raymond, New Hampshire White Rocks, Middletown, Connecticut Tin Mountain, Custer, South |  | | Book | | GEOLOGY OF THE ELSINORE FAULT ZONE SAN ·DIEGO REGION âą , . San Diego Association of Geologists South... GEOLOGY OF THE ELSINORE FAULT ZONE SAN DIEGO REGION San Diego Association of Geologists South Coast...Elsinore Fault Zone San Diego Region Geology of the Elsinore Fault Zone. San Diego Region Copyright ©...© 2003 by the San Diego Association of Geologists (SDAG) and South Coast Geological Society (SCGS) Individual...and inquiries to: SDAG P.O. Box 1911 26 San Diego, California 92 159- 11 26 w. w. w.sandiegogeologists |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by [University of California, San Diego] at 03:56 02 March 2016 What TOURMALINE Says T HIS IS THE...in which they form. The series continues with tourmaline, the most common of the boron-rich minerals....(facing page). Species, varieties, and habits of tourmaline: (a) left: schorl, 20 cm, Minas Gerais, Brazil...dike, Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California. Varieties of elbaite: (c) rubellite, 10...10 cm, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, California, found by Ralph Potter in 1958, William Larson specimen |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michiganâconsidered by some to be the worldâs...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...Cal and Kerith Graeber Richard Graeme Bill Larson, Pala International Rob Lavinsky, the Arkenstone John... Epidote and Associated Minerals from Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska Chapter authors |  | | Report (issue) | | extraLapis English No. 3: Tourmaline Publisher Lapis International, LLC; East Hampton, CT Concept &...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...and ink render ing of elbaite crystals with lepidolite from the Golconda Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil...Eberhard Equit, 1993 extraLapis English No. 3 Tourmaline A Gemstone Spectrum Contributions by Brian C...AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ⊠History ⊠Mineralogy âą Tourmaline - History in Brief .... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Those that do are frequently badly damaged in the mining process and most, for economic reasons, are hauled...crushers or are thrown as waste into mine dumps. Modern mining methods, too, tend to be highly destructive...extraordinary collection of the minerals of San Diego County, California. This was followed by Charles Key's...suite of tourmaline specimens, there were dozens of his high-quality cut gems of tourmaline from all...William Larson (Pala Inter 134 ROCKS AND MINERALS national) of Fallbrook, California, and several others |  | | Journal (issue) | | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the GachalĂĄ mine, GuaviĂł-GuatĂ©que mining district, BoyacĂĄ Department, Colombia. Gail...photo. Tourmaline with cleavelandite, 4.3 cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root |  | | Report (issue) | | Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://www.archive.org/det...MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By F. HAROLD WEBER JR., California Division of Mines...Stewart COUNTY REPORT California Division of Mines Ferry Building, LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS...DAVIS San 3 and Geology Francisco, 1963 ^ OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN, Governor J?...CAMPBELL, Director AND GEOLOGY State Geologist COUNTY REPORT ^ Price $8.00 3 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some, such...littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 Ă 4 cm and was collected...in tin-tungsten deposits (such as the Panasquiera mine) and is a constituent of granite, aplite, gneiss...from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of the specimens...cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen |
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Tourmaline Queen Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA