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Kunzite from
Pack Rat Mine, Tule Mountain (Mount Tule; Tulley Mountain), Jacumba, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Spodumene var: Kunzite
Formula:LiAlSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kunzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pack Rat Mine, Tule Mountain (Mount Tule; Tulley Mountain), Jacumba, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:159566
Long-form Identifier:1:3:159566:6
GUID (UUID V4):2acf1871-a917-48bb-9a22-288020213a0d
Nearest other occurrences of Kunzite
0.1km (0.0 miles) ⓘBeebe Hole Mine, Tule Mountain (Mount Tule; Tulley Mountain), Jacumba, San Diego County, California, USA
76.3km (47.4 miles) ⓘCryo-Genie Mine (Cryogenie Mine; Cindy B-Cryogenie claim; Lost Valley Truck Trail prospect), Warner Springs, Warner Springs Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
89.8km (55.8 miles) ⓘVictor Mine (Big Buck mine; Big Buck prospect), Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
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Report (volume)
McCain Valley Wilderness Study Areas, San Diego County, California U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1711-B...(CA-060-024B) Wilderness Study Area, San Diego County, California and for the Carrizo Gorge/Eastern McCain...(CA-060-025A) Wilderness Study Area, San Diego County, California. CONTENTS Summary Bl Abstract 1...McCain Valley Wilderness Study Areas, San Diego County, California B2 Map showing generalized geology of...Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness Study Area, San Diego County, California 4 Map showing mineral resource potential
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...lavender-colored gem variety of spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late nineteenth...the “Blue Cap” elbaites from the Tourmaline Queen mine, have become iconic. Jesse Fisher, who has a master’s
Book
GEOLOGY OF THE ELSINORE FAULT ZONE SAN ·DIEGO REGION • , . 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 (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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The...web site at www.wmtucson.com DANBURITE – Aurora Mine, Charcas, SanLuis Potosi, Mexico When in Tucson
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ou sur rendez-vous Elbaite - 7,1 cm de largeur Mine Hima/aya,Mesa Grande,Californie,U.S.A. Coll. : 8...Scovil • Barite surfluorite Crista/: 4 x 3 x 0,4 cm Mine de /'Ave/lan, Var Coll. : G. Mari Photo : l.-D....quartz(geode15 x 15 cm) de CherlovaiaGora, Russie et kunzite(cristal 10 x 6 cm) dans quartz avec tourmaline...Jesse FISHER 380 PennsylvaniaAvenue- San Francisco- CA 94107- USA (Traduitde l'anglaispar J. GALVIER)...source la plus importanted'elbaite,de morganite,de kunzite et d'autres minerauxtypiquementpegmatitiquesen
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Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the world’s greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the “California Locality Index” (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable...tool for finding information on older mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division
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cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...distinction because of the spectacular gemstones found on Mount Antero in central Colorado. and project into the...doubly terminated crystals. In the United States, Mount Figure 2. Index map of aquamarine occurrences in...Figure 3. Aquamarine (4.1 cm long), Mack mine, Rincon, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Figure 4. Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey
Report (issue)
Page 11 Pezzottaite Federico Pezzatta Page 26 Mount Antero: The Peak of Colorado Beryl Collecting Mark...Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio...from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient...in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m: The Queen Anne mine in Zimbabwe has produced...crystals to lengths of 3 meters, as have those at Tin Mountain, South Dakota. 4m: Beryl crystals have reached
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GRIEGER'S • 1633 E. WALNUT ST. • PASADENA 4 , CALIFORNIA OUR STORE IS OPEN EVERY DAY 8:30 A.M. UNTIL 5:00...— Imperial Valley Carrot Carnival, Holtville, California. Feb. 8 — Dons Club travelcade to Cave Creek...Springs. California. Feb. 7-8—Desert hiking, Odessa Canyon, Calico Mts. Southern California Chapter,...old Bradshaw Stage route. From Palm Springs, California. Feb. 14-15—Junior Chamber of Commerce Rodej...18-23—Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, Fairgrounds, Indio, California. Feb. 21-22 — Desert
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...led to some understandable reluctance in trying to pack them underground when already overloaded with heavy...Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey
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image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the back of the original...words: Near view of American Gems worked ledge. Kunzite and gem tourmaline American Gemstones – What They...from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left California Gems – More Than...Dallas Gem Mine area, San America’s Royal Gems – 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
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KATERINA MINE, A MORGANITE AND KUNZITEBEARING PEGMATITE IN THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DlEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA...Fisher, 380 Pennsylvania Ave., San Francisco, CA 94107. The Katerina mine accesses a Be-Li-phosphate-enriched...southwest slope of Hiriart Mountain in the Pala district of Southern California. First claimed by the Sickler...Sickler family in 1902, the mine is located on the same dike system as the famous Vandenberg and White...original sources for the gem variety of spodumene, kunzite. Initial mining consisted of several open cuts
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...100-year 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;...Benitoite Gem mine will note the portion of the story devoted to the 1935 visit to the mine by collecting...(Brown) and William P. Moller Sr. in Santa Barbara, California. Bill, The Mineralogical Record, volume 39, January–February
Journal (issue)
Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...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)...Celebrating Pegmatites Robert B. Cook 10 Southern California Pegmatite Gems Mark Mauthner 16 The Pegmatite
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20 years of age, a junior at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has lived at Kingman 14 years...November number of Desert Magazine will be MRS. WHITE MOUNTAIN SMITH'S biographical sketch of Lorenzo Hubbell...says DAVID LAVENDER, "but my few trips into the California deserts have awakened a zest to see more of them...is a free lance writer now residing at Ojai, California, and has packed a wide experience into his 30...association, Salt Lake City, Utah. 12-13 Needles, California Water carnival, municipal playground on Lake
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appeared relatively recently from the 2nd Sovetskiy mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray. It was represented...the Herkimer Dololmite deposit in New York state, USA. Next by the number of specimens is vivianite, (29)...One of the big crystals was donated by W.Larson, USA, (Photos 2 and 3). This hematite was collected from...the gem collection. One is from Burma, a W.Larson, USA, donation, and another from India, location unknown...the great deposits in the Mojave Desert of California, USA. Corundum acquisitions include a set of synthetic
Book (volume)
rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney Peak is the crest of the...dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of gems and minerals. The...Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm
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continued success. W. FINCH WHITE, Jr. Los Angeles, California Dear Mr. Henderson: The Desert Magazine is usually...Catalina island and other islands in the Gulf of California frequently attains a height of four meters (13...Ferocactus rostii of the lower Imperial valley (near San Felipe, B. C.) and Ferocactus acanthodes of the Colorado...as well as you know cactus. — R. H. 29 Palms, California To the Broken Glass Editor: The September number... In August my relatives from the frozen zone of San Francisco visited me. At the proper time I took them
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DESERT By ELS:E MCKINMON STRACHAN Santa Ana, California Kindler of twilight, weaver of shadow, Guard...and longing gone. This surging joy that now was mine I'd known before in a far aeon. My being reached...JOSHUA TREE By CONSTANCE WALKER Los Angeles, California You stand as Joshua Vicariously giving His creed...courageous living. by Joe Orr, Los Angeles, California. DO WE UNDERSTAND LIFE (Acrostic) By DARRELL... DESERT MONARCH By VIRGINIA L. BRUCE Hemet, California Undaunted by the scars of time. It's stood from
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The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct)...ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75
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ideals for which Dick true that some of the lost mine writers, the rocks to be found there. He was Wick...had more might lead to tragedy. Yucca Valley, California time to spend there. Right now we The second...will be interested in the the Pegleg Smith lost mine and was discovery of what we believe is one Mr....Little • • • modern versions of the lost Pegleg San Bernardino Mountains in Joshua gold deal with the...Monument recently. timers knew them. Pomona, California Storm water had washed out much of the trail
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native artists. Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California. June 2-4—Intermountain Junior Fat Stock show...11-13—Thirty-first annual Cherry festival, Beaumont, California. June 11-17—Celebration of 20th anniversary of...June 13—San Antonio day, Green Corn dance, Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico. June 13—Feast day of San Antonio...observed in Cordova, San Antonio de Senecu and other New Mexico villages where San Antonio is patron saint...24—Feast day of San Juan Bautista, annual fiesta and dance, San Juan pueblo, New Mexico. June 24—San Juan day
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GRIEGER'S • 1633 E. WALNUT ST. • PASADENA 4 , CALIFORNIA OUR STORE IS OPEN EVERY DAY 8:30 A.M. UNTIL 5:00...Morongo Valley Annual Early California Fiesta, Morongo Valley, California. May 30-31 — Desert Peaks Section...Section, Southern California Chapter Sierra Club ascent of Mt. Keynot, in California's Inyo Range. May...in 1928. Flagstaff. Volume 16 May 31—Lincoln County Homecoming Day, Caliente, Nevada. COVER June—Continuance...exhibit of paintings of historical landmarks of California and portraits of pioneer families, by Orpha Klinker
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SAGEBRUSH, ANTELOPE AN D JADE 36 COLLECTING AT MOUNT MICA Collecting in Wyoming by Earl Spendlove A...1nlorma11on dOCI requests 10 ine Ameucan Federation CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Otlicus...lt¡t'd p ress ur<' gi, e~ n1axi1n u n1 c uttin g rat <.' on any n1a t<.' ri al. P ren ich¡s incr<.'ased...secretary-treasurer of the those with common interests. California Federation). A major portion of the clubs in...the Junior Division In This fasuc> Class of the San Diego Mineral To salute these organizations. we and
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Number Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt 139...Burbank Zeolites and related minerals from the Table Mountain lava flows near Golden, Colorado .......................221 COVER: ANGLESITE from the Touissit mine, Morocco. The large crystal measures 4.5 cm. This...Chichibu mine” (by Kuniaki Kato and Hidemichi Hori), “ Collecting report: Hikagezawa gold mine, Shizuoka...Avenue Sun City, Arizona 85351 he Tonopah-Belmont mine is a micromounter’s paradise. An un­ common suite
 
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