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Calcite from
Mina Numero Uno, Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Colour:White opaque.
Luminescent properties:Often pinkish red under Short Wave UV light.
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mina Numero Uno, Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1108788
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1108788:3
GUID (UUID V4):1de9159b-f212-486f-be1d-f0e5d5bbddb4
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Aurora Mine (Morning Star), Idria Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Molina Mine, Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Victor claim (Victor Mine), Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Junnila Mine (Junnila claim), Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) Black Diamond One claim, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) California State Gem Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) James-Corbett Mine (Corbett-Byles Mine), Archer Camp, Fresno County, California, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) Archer Mine, Archer Camp, Fresno County, California, USA
43.0km (26.7 miles) Butts Mine (Butts Quicksilver Mine; IXL Mine), San Benito, San Benito County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
microcrystal in cavity in 1.5 cm Mina Numero Uno, San Benito Co California £3 48 SPHALERITE good coverage...acicular micros in 1.5cm Southbury, Connecticut USA £4 O&G quarry, 83 RHODONITE /TEPHROITE pinkish...grains in Calcite USA 5x4x4 £10 141 GRANITE very rich in 2.5 mm Biotite crystals Sussex County new Jersey...Japan £4 Siatorska Slovakia £8 Kurumazawa, Tone County, Gumma Prefecture 143 QUARTZITE grey mass with...octahedral crystal about 3mm 10x4cm Fahlun, Dalarna County Sweden 9x4cm £10 5x5 £5 Viitanemi, Erajarvi I
Journal (issue)
Benitoite from the New Idria District, San Benito County, California Brendan M. Laurs, William R. Rohtert...the world, the Benitoite Gem mine, in San Benito County, California. This historic locality continues to...& Erica Van Pelt––Photographers, Los Angeles, California. Color separations for Gems & Gemology are by...New York, New York Mary L. Johnson Carlsbad, California Kurt Nassau P.O. Lebanon, New Jersey John Emmett...Anthony R. Kampf Los Angeles, California George Rossman Pasadena, California Emmanuel Fritsch Nantes, France
Catalog/List
pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE...white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE (variety...micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE Ba Na Ti B SiO Blue massive...Fe TeO OH fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3... About 7mm mass (Bulldog Mine, Creede, Mineral County,Colorado U.S.A) £4 439 STRACZEKITE Ca K Ba V 0
Catalog/List
SO/4 OH magnification there arc small crystals County, Arizona -------------"'--------'-'--'----'--____;;...Pure grey cleavable massive Crystal peak, Park County, Colorado, USA Keystone, South Dakota U.S.A. 1"...Rich pinkish fine grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Ix½ £2.50 lxl £4 ANCYLITECe CeSr...ANDESINE Feldspar richly distributed in Porphyry. San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 6x6mm £3 Pure grey metallic...lx2 £2 mixture with Chrysotile, pale grey-green County Bridge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall MgFeSiO massive
Journal (issue)
in e ra l fro m th e B e n ito ite G em M in e , San B e n ito C o u n ty, C a lif o r n ia ............lf Pabst, Jam es R. H in th o rn e Artinite fro m San B e n ito C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia ............ike S y s te m , M e sa G ra n d e D is tric t, San D ie g o C o u n ty , C a lifo r n ia .............T h e N atural History M useum of Los A ngeles County 487 b y P e te r C K e lle r a n d A n th o n y...K a m p f M in e ra ls o f th e Blue Bell M ine, San B e rn a rd in o C o u n ty , C a lifo rn ia . .
Catalog/List
ANC\'LITE Cr Rich pinkish fine grained mass in calcite 52 ANDAUJSITE Rich pinkish mass in dark grey...distributed in Porphyl)·. Pure grey metallic mass San Jose Mine. Oruro, Bolivia 6x6mm £3 23 ANHYDRITE...Scotland mixture wilhChrysotile, pale grey-green ✓ County Bridge Quarry.Lizard C . ornwall massive. Stitchtitc...Norway for this location. Dooneen M ine,Allihies,County lliick rich green mass as coating all over Cork...Toocle with i\damite.nic<: coverage. Type Loe. County,Utah, USA rich brown crystalline mass ✓ Bclstonc Consols
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...history of the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County collection; photo...(Brown) and William P. Moller Sr. in Santa Barbara, California. Bill, The Mineralogical Record, volume 39, January–February...degree in Geology in 1942 from the University of California at Berkeley, and married Elizabeth Jane Lindsay
Book
353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes (by L. Moyd) 21:235-248 ALICE...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187
Journal (issue)
Eugene and Sharon Cisneros (Mineralogical Research; San Jose, CA) Forrest Cureton II (Stockton, CA) Rock...(Minerals America; Or­ lando, FL) Tony Jones (California Rock and Mineral; Temple City, CA) Dick Jones...(Plumbago Mining; Rumford, ME) A. L. McGuinness (San Mateo, CA) Frank Melanson (Hawthorneden; El Dorado...Desert Museum; Tucson, AZ) Pathfinder Minerals (California) Roz and Norm Pellmann (GWI; Closter, NJ) Lyle...(Rock & Gem magazine; Encino, CA) John Sinkankas (San Diego, CA) Milton and Hilde Sklar (Oceanside Imports;
Journal (issue)
.... 133 Mcguinnessite, a new carbonate from California..................143 by R. C. Erd, F. P. Cesbron...CA) Burnett Petrified W ood Inc. (Lebanon, OR) California Rock and Mineral Supply (Duarte, CA) Canadian...UT) The Stoneworks (Dunstable, MA) Jack Streeter (San Diego, CA) Mr. and Mrs. E. Hadley Stuart (Bellevue...0822-832381 * s £ s £ 5 £ 5 £ s ^ S In Southern California i t ’s WzbttB WRITE OR PHONE FOR THE LA TEST...FOSSILS Ed and Naomi Weber 605 San Dieguito Drive Encinitas, California 92024 Tel: 714/436-4350 by appointment
Journal (issue)
Gems, the 46th annual Convention and Show of the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies. More Information...Information and requests to the American Federation CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES FIELD...Pictured on our cover are a magni- County, California; Baja California and ficent faceted gem of benitoite...current lease holders, E. Gray and W .C. Forrest. California. Benitoite is a (typically blue) More benitoite...Com- deeper than was previously done . This pany, San Francisco, is said to have resulted in the discovery
Book (edition)
HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann...Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington MA 01803, USA First published 1962 Second edition 1970 Third edition...Canada, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, the UK and the USA, making this a truly international collaboration...white ornamental marble, composed entirely of calcite, is a good example (Figure 1.2). Most rocks, however...in length. Quartz veins in parts of Australia, California and elsewhere are famous for carrying gold, and
 
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