 | | 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...the “Blue Cap” elbaites from the Tourmaline Queen mine, have become iconic. Jesse Fisher, who has a master’s...Ventures specimen recovery project at the Rogerley mine, England. A lifelong mineral collector, he has written |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is from Leiper’s quarry at Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Peters 1984). When the spessartine...apatite, albite, muscovite, potassic feldspar, and quartz in the former, and bixbyite, topaz, sanidine, and...Middletown, Middlesex County, and massive spessartine and relatively small crystals in quartz matrix occur at...occur with rhodonite in ore of the Betts manganese mine at Plainfield, Massachusetts. Exceptional garnet...localities in Figure 2. A classic Avondale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, spessartine specimen with a major |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...year. *Continued on p. 455 COVER: ELBAITE on quartz, 20 cm, one of the famous “blue cap” tourmalines...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...crystals that are rooted in the microcline-plagioclase-quartz wall zone Downloaded by [] at 04:12 15 May 2015...gemstones found on Mount Antero in central Colorado. and project into the white quartz core. The portion...portion of beryl enclosed by the quartz core is often sharply faced and contains gem material. Simple pegmatites...cavity suFounded by graphic granite.) Typically, smoky quartz, albite, muscovite, and microcline line the |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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 |  | | 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...from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | this area and are filled with primary feldspar. quartz. ;I dark green chlorite (probably chaniosite. based...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | pioneer cattleman of El Tule was photographed by Charles W. Herbert of Tucson. El Tule— "one of God's most...from the very tip of the long and narrow Baja California peninsula. Highland Park Combination Unit Available...CO. 1009-1011 MISSION STREET SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA DESERT MAGAZINE enfolded in a white piece...monthly by Desert Magazine, Inc., Palm Desert, California. Re-entered as second class m a t t e r July...July 17, 1948, at the postoffice at Palm Desert, California, under '•n1 the Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered |  | | Journal (issue) | | Copper and Lead Minerals from the Eagle Eye Mine, La Paz County, Arizona Paul M. Adams 126 S. Helberta Ave...Eagle Eye Mine is located about 6 miles south southeast of the town of Brenda, La Paz County, Arizona...Brenda and which passes over Interstate I 0. The mine sits at the base of the eastern side of the New...the site "-fnd serves as a navigational aid. The mine workings consist of a water filled shaft and several...page 7 C' Fig. 1 Chrysocolla coated with quartz, Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona; photo by Bruce Paul Gaber |  | | Book (volume) | | 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 |  | | 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) | | image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the back of the original...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...Rare and Beautiful American Gemstone and original mine image by Mark Mauthner. Red Beryl – A Very Rare |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | view showing the Indian Queen mine ca. 1905 at Farlin, Beaverhead County. 208 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded...mines at Butte in Silver Bow County and the Black Pine mine in Granite County have produced many fine crystal...Beaverhead County, the pegmatites of Jefferson County, and the Snowbird mine in Mineral County continue...The Montana Gold Rush After giving up on the California gold rush, in 1852 a Canadian named Francois...Highlands Centennial Nugget in 1989 in Silver Bow County. The seventh largest gold nugget found in Montana; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by more than 10 specimens. (See Table #1 below). Quartz and calcite are usually on the top of this list... 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Calcite Quartz Vivianite Hematite Sulphur Barite Grossular Orthoclase...8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 ties) is a bit more than for quartz and its varieties (31 specimens from 18 localities)...This aggregate was donated by N.Mozgova. Among the quartz specimens, one of the best is a druze of pinkishorange...appeared relatively recently from the 2nd Sovetskiy mine, Dal’negorsk, Primorskiy Kray. It was represented |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...Mineral, Tokyo, is issuing a new publication entitled Quartz, mostly in Japanese but with some English translations...Chichibu mine” (by Kuniaki Kato and Hidemichi Hori), “ Collecting report: Hikagezawa gold mine, Shizuoka |  | | Catalog/List | | South Africa,Cobaltian Gersdorffite from Gortdmm Mine Containing unusual elements , Iquiqueite,Galkhaite...-:::-:-y Very rich mass of black cr stals.on matrix. Mount Mnlosa, Zomba D si -tr-,-i c_t__ AEGLRINE • l_x_l...l_x_l i_ ns__ £_5 1x2 ins Malawi Pyroxene £JO Mount Stc Hilaire, Quebec Rich fine grained blnck crystalline...grey masses with possible Als1oni1e Fallowficld mine. Ix½ £4 Ba Ca C0/3 micros. Hexham.Nonhumbcrlond...in quartz. under 1/, x ½ £2 y K Al S0/4 OH _ _ magnification there arc small cr stals _ __ County. _ |  | | Book | | AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Amity (Chamberlain and Robinson, 2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district |  | | Journal (issue) | | "Courage" Out of Place in D. M.? . . . Banning, California Editor Desert Magazine: For the first time since...Bombers Blast Rockhound Field . . . Hinkley, California Dear D.M.: Can't help writing a few lines of...MILLIGAN Finds Clue in Photograph . . . Inglewood, California Dear Sirs: Your article in July D.M. about Lurt...Valley. Knew Death Valley Chief . . . Santa Cruz, California Dear Friends: I always read Desert Magazine with...a short distance from Ash Meadows at the Johnnie Mine and the town of Johnnie. (We made a trip there in | | | Book (volume) | | The Bowers Museurn of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...red-orange spessartine garnet ( 16.62 et), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rho...Kern Cowny, California; octagonal seep cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 et), Pala, California. NECKLACE...blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 diainonds...pay. Some years ago I recommended to a large California amateur mineral and gemstone organisation that |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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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Pack Rat Mine, Tule Mountain, Jacumba, San Diego County, California, USA