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Chalcedony from
Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Occurs at station 9.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:151238
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151238:0
GUID (UUID V4):2e5391fd-6ef1-4bdd-a355-c9dbcea54009
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
50.1km (31.1 miles) White Knob Quarry, Lucerne Valley, Lucerne Valley Limestone District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) Canyon Spring occurrence, Doble (Bairdstown), Baldwin Lake District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
65.1km (40.5 miles) Reef Point, Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA
67.0km (41.7 miles) Black Hills, Radec, Riverside County, California, USA
72.3km (45.0 miles) Turtle Mountain, Bell Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
76.2km (47.3 miles) Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
94.5km (58.7 miles) Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
94.9km (59.0 miles) Collecting Site Mine, Antelope Valley, Acton, Acton Mining District, Los Angeles County, California, USA
96.0km (59.6 miles) Escondido Canyon Road - Hubbard Road area, Agua Dulce, Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, California, USA
96.6km (60.0 miles) Redondo Beach Chalcedony deposit (Redondo deposit), El Segundo, Los Angeles County, California, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PARAGENESIS OF THE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE AT CRESTMORE, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA JonN W. Dalv, CaliJornia Institute...Institute oJ Technology, Posadena,California. INTRODUCTION For more than twenty years the Creslmore locality...This interest was first arousedwhen specimensof blue calcite with monticellite and xanthophyllite were...papers have been published on the mineralogy of Crestmore by A. S. Eakle, W. F. Foshag, A. F. Rogers, and...easternlobe of the Jurupa Mountains about three miles west of Riverside, California. The Jurupa Mountains are
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
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
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Report (issue)
fvpplement to MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 Through 1957 California Division of Mines Supplement...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 through 1957 By JOSEPh t^4Ara^ % University of California, Los Ange...WEBB University of California, Santa (Barbara with INDEX TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA ARRANGED BY COUNTIES...ELIZABETH COLLINS California Division of Mines Supplement to Bulletin 173 California Division of Mines....^rice$1.00 173 SUPPLEMENT TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA FOR 1955 THROUGH 1957 By JOSEPH MURDOCH and
Book
at Boron, California. Both Fred Divoto and Ruth Kirkby, dedicated collectors of Crestmore minerals, have...or emerald meant any hard and gemmy stone of red, blue, or green color. This passion for color in mineral... Thus, a blue light might produce a red fluorescence, but a red light cannot produce a blue fluorescence...ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRUM Scheelite fluoresces bright blue only under short wave ultraviolet light, and ruby...spectacular example of this, fluorescing bright blue under short wave, bright pink under long wave. Other
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at Boron, California. Both Fred Divoto and Ruth Kirkby, dedicated collectors of Crestmore minerals, have...or emerald meant any hard and gemmy stone of red, blue, or green color. This passion for color in mineral... Thus, a blue light might produce a red fluorescence, but a red light cannot produce a blue fluorescence...ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRUM Scheelite fluoresces bright blue only under short wave ultraviolet light, and ruby...spectacular example of this, fluorescing bright blue under short wave, bright pink under long wave. Other
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY 1943 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 21200 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...Mines and mineral resources of 7 11 Santa Cruz County, by Henry G. Hubbard 11 Discoveries in the strategic...O'Brien 77 Current mining activity in Plumas County, by C. A. Logan 85 GEOLOGIC BRANCH 88 Current
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARIZONA—"Under separate cover 1 am sending you another Yuma County mineral. Look it over as it is a most interesting...my name in R&M. Was glad to send him some Yuma County specimens. That Novice Column is a very nice gesture...quartz J have yet seen." CALIFORNIA—The limestone quarries in Crestmore Riverside Co., Calif., considered...Indian Hill Rd., Riverside, Calif.) :— "I will try to bring you up to date on Crestmore, California. Currently...Currently I am working for the Riverside Cement Company as the Assistant Mine Superintendent. W e are operating
Book (edition)
ice, every blood red glow, every touch of green, blue, gold or royal purple. Gem stones have been the...fortifi- material by rely on color sapphires blue. all six or eight different gem as color, ... its tourmaline may B are, in fact, A blue gem minerals. turn up even two or three colors... crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for Lava known...or his material either gravel pits, feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps,
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
Journal (issue)
GOLD—1 02. - large crystals $3,500 - Calaveras County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$1,400 Crystal Mine, Angels...GOLD—1.4 oz. mass, large crystals $3,200 - Ma­ dera County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$2,750 Crystal Mine, Angels...devoted to California minerals and localities. We would particularly like to do the California Issue in...outstanding lecture on “Pocket Pegmatites of Southern California.” This was a most interesting lecture with slides...Newark, Del. 19711 and Richard W. Thomssen, 1077 Riverside Dr., Apt. 64, Reno, Nev. 89503 Introduction The
Journal (issue)
mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by E. E.... 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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
three feet in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds...pounds in weight have been found at Pala, California. A fortyfour pound crystal nineteen inches in length...257 pounds was found about 1925 at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Maine, together with others over three...crystal was recovered about 1905 from the Barringer Hill, Texas locality, which measured 43x28x15 inches...Hampshire; Bedford, New York; the Scott and other quarries near Custer, South Dakota; near the Royal Gorge
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALABAMA—Graphite is known to occur in commercial quantities at Gregory Hill, Tallapoosa Co., Ga. ARIZONA—Is...Crystal Hill in Plumose County, Arizona. N o one knows better than we do that there is no such county in Arizona...correct location for the Iimonite specimen is Crystal Hill, Plomosa Mts., Yuma Co., Ariz." ARKANSAS—R. H. Beck...compact limestone. Burtwo west One and gray CALIFORNIA — Col. Clarence M. Jenni, 3129 Chadwick Drive...have been finding many very rare minerals at Crestmore, Calif. Fine xls of scawtite, afwillite, and plazolite
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date through...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Book (volume)
..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PERICLASE FROM CRESTMORE NEAR RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA,* WITH A LIST OF MINERALS FROM THIS LOCATITY AusrrN...the United States is Crestmore, near Riverside, California. Here the Riverside Portland Cement Company...Conn., have furnished more new minerals than Crestmore. Appended to this article will be found a bibliography...mineralogy of Crestmore. Article 3 by Professor A. S. Eakle of the University of California contains the...the best general account of the Crestmore minerals. Periclaseor isometric magnesium oxide was first found
Catalog/List
PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal..... .......... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite...Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. -------p;j:fe blue to steel-blue ctrusy crystals on .50 .... . ..... . limonite...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite
Catalog/List
on limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...aluminum silicate ~ Province of Huesca, Estopinian Blue massive in an_cient trap r·ock, resembles lapis...aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite...Calcium iron cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow
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..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow
Catalog/List
Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...Calcium iron cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular...magnesium iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline...BARKEVIKITE A basic silicate of sodium and iron California San Benito River, Gem mine Black prismatic xls...CROSSITE Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite
 
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