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Cookeite from
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cookeite
Formula:(LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Elbaite10 photos of Cookeite associated with Elbaite at this locality.
Quartz4 photos of Cookeite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Tourmaline2 photos of Cookeite associated with Tourmaline at this locality.
Microcline2 photos of Cookeite associated with Microcline at this locality.
Lepidolite1 photo of Cookeite associated with Lepidolite at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Cookeite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Cleavelandite1 photo of Cookeite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Feldspar Group1 photo of Cookeite associated with Feldspar Group at this locality.
Stibiotantalite1 photo of Cookeite associated with Stibiotantalite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cookeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:613324
Long-form Identifier:1:3:613324:5
GUID (UUID V4):3db36ccf-524b-4e2c-96ee-4fff466da350
Nearest other occurrences of Cookeite
2.5km (1.5 miles) Esmeralda Mine, Mesa Grande, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) Victor Mine (Big Buck mine; Big Buck prospect), Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) Lookout Mine (Hercules group; Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules mine), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) Hercules Mine (Beryl claim; Hercules claim; Hercules group; Hercules prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
17.1km (10.7 miles) Cable Mine (Little Three Extension prospect; New A.B.C. prospect; New ABC prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) Little Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
18.5km (11.5 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
30.6km (19.0 miles) Pala Chief Mine (Chief mine; MS 6452; Salmons mine), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) Oceanview Mine (Oceanview adits; new Oceanview workings), Elizabeth R. Mine (Hazel W. claim), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
31.0km (19.2 miles) Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the ba a la j Mllle, Mesa kande, San Diego Eountg, Ealifiornia 7 Los Angeles County II ,J - r J--4...J--4 ‘*- \ Orange County f San Bernardino Coun -----. I--L-L--- \,-. 1 Cahuilla Mt. X x Thomas... JESSE FISHEK 380 Pennsylvania Ave. San Francisco, California 94107 EUGENE E. FOOKD M.S.905, U.S. Geological...BRICKER 410 East Elder Fallbrook, California 92028 T he Himalaya mine has been the largest producer of...years ago, and it ranks among the most productive gem pegmatites in the world. Virtually all major mineral
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Five Tourrmline-1 the first special issue in the Gem Minerals Series Introduction Notes from the Editor....................365 by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan............413 by A. M. Bassett California Recent work at the Himalaya m in e ..........................lepidolite, mined recently at the Himalaya mine, Pala, California. William Larson collection; photo by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Temperatures and duration of crystallization within gem-bearing cavities of granitic pegmatites David London...Temperatures and duration of crystallization within gem-bearing cavities of granitic pegmatites, LITHOS(2020)...TEMPERATURES AND DURATION OF CRYSTALLIZATION WITHIN GEM-BEA RING CAVITIES OF GRANITIC PEGMATITES David London... University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 USA * Corresponding author. ABSTRACT of Crystallization...carbonates, and finally dense clay. The euhedral and gem-quality crystals for which many pegmatites are mined
Journal (issue)
THE GEMMOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN GEM MOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN SAINT DUNSTAN'S...of precious stones is a source of worry for the gem jeweller. A n actual case is described here, with...other than those of the usual commercial scale for gem diamonds, which includes colourless stones to those...N G There is no point whatsoever in irradiating gem diamonds of good original colour as this would probably...for a gemstone variety although by no means all gem materials show definite absorption bands. There are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrothermal conditions in pegmatites from San Diego County, California Elizabeth M. Gammel1,* and Peter I....some pegmatites in the San Diego County pegmatite district contain abundant, gem-quality, Li-bearing minerals...minerals in pockets, whereas others do not. In this district, lithium-cesium-tantalum type pegmatites occur...contain gem-quality, Li-bearing minerals. Two pegmatite suites were studied: the gem-bearing Himalaya and...intermediate zone and the massive quartz core of the Himalaya pegmatite have Th ranges of ~350 to 420 and ~150
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...May/June: Elbaite on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen...photo. July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff...photo. NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...Allanite, Missouri, 96 Almandine-spessartine, California, 171 Alpine Minerals: A Review of the Most Famous
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... Number Five 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
Book
) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite...endure wear. To resist being scratched, the ideal gem n1ust be hard; to resist being broken, it must be...that help determine the quality or suitability of a gem are transparency, clarity, and the evenness and depth...retain their hierarchical position by beginning the gem section in this book. However, we have grouped 13...the nan1e of the gem. The captions give sizes in both centin1eters and inches. Gem weights are given
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and the green or Brazilian emerald variety. The gem tourmalines are found most commonly in pockets or...tourmaline crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3...length. Other crystals have been noted at the Baer mine near Orange, New Hampshire, to 10 inches in diameter...pegmatite of Fremont county, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS Maine, Connecticut, and California are noted for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
F)(BOt] from the Little Three mine, near Ramona, San Diego County, California, disciosed that the minerai...Hambergite from a second California localitl., the Himalaya mine near Mesa Grande, contains 0.2 per cent...Anjanabanoana, Madagascar, and the Little Three mine, California, follow: Madagascar-BeO 53.6, 8z0136.0, HrO...orthorhombic,a:9.76+O.Ol, b:12.23+O-01' c:4.43*0.01 A. California-BeO 529,82Ot36.6, HrO 6.7,F 6 0, O=F 2.5, sum...recentlY in California and Czechoslovakia. A chemical analysis of hambergite from the Little Three mine, San
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA Brendan M. LAURS Gemological Institute of America...Mouawad Campus, 5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, California 92008, USA Abstract Yellow to yellow-green tourmaline...locations, including those important for producing gem- and specimen-quality material (Figs. 1a, b), and...as “tsilaisite”, both in older literature and as gem material. This name was given by Kunitz (1929) to...produce Mn-rich yellow tourmaline in Zambia (Canary mine, Lundazi), Madagascar (Tsilaisina), Russia (Malkhan
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...Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey...Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Journal (issue)
rendez-vous Elbaite - 7,1 cm de largeur Mine Hima/aya,Mesa Grande,Californie,U.S.A. Coll. : 8. Larson -...Scovil • Barite surfluorite Crista/: 4 x 3 x 0,4 cm Mine de /'Ave/lan, Var Coll. : G. Mari Photo : l.-D....RichardDALE,Cochabamba,Bolivie DavidI. GREEN,Manchester,Grande-Bretagne DermotHENRY,Melbourne,Australie Laszl6...ans. Nous avons, nous aussi, ressenti une tres grande satisfaction durant l'elaboration, etalee sur pres...interventions, porter les debats a un niveau de grande qualite. Dans ce court resume, nous allons tenter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elbaite-schorl series from the Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, California: A detailed investigation AndreAs...and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125-2500, U.S.A. 3 Office...on tourmalines from gem pockets in the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California, including a strongly...= 0.99) were found in tourmalines from the Himalaya Mine. These correlations indicate that, in the short-range... elbaite, schorl, crystal structure, Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, spectroscopy introduction ~98–93 Ma
Catalog/List
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesn’t
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 (issue)
ber-D ecem ber 1977 ISSUE! TourmalineGolconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil SHOWS Sul/urPerticara, Romagna...U E S t AVETltlB 0)A C L PyromorphiteWheatley mine, Hours: Wed-Sat. 10-5 Sunday 12-5 [evenings by...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 ..........
Report (issue)
laying it upon the photographic plate Bulletin San Francisco, No. 37. June, 1905. Gems, Jewelers’...of California Issued California State by the Mining Bureau Francisco. Ferry Building, San Lewis...growing of the output care Kunz, A.M., No. California,” Stones of of which this Bulletin treats is...to F. George Bureau: Mining Ornamental the Honorable and California, of State the of the... George Kunz, in the he has exercised ance, Gem and the use Industry complete, and to our
Journal (issue)
. . . . . . . . . 19 by J. A. Scovil The Machow mine, Tamobrzeg, Poland . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ...after argentite, 10 cm tall, from the Las Chispas mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico. Houston Museum of Natural...altered either by nature, by construction, by further mining, or by subsequent collecting. If there is the slightest...Post has been appointed Curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection of the National Museum of...to be donated in his name to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Friends and admirers
Report (issue)
Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 28 New England Gem Beryl Bruce Jarnot Page 16 Bazzite of the Alps Stefan...Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio...William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 49 Gem Beryl from Russia and Ukraine Peter Lyckberg Friedrich...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
Journal (issue)
image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the back of the original...view of American Gems worked ledge. Kunzite and gem tourmaline American Gemstones – What They Are and...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...the U.S. State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana
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 (article/letter/editorial)
up to 15 cm, the last two minerals locally of a gem quality. Albite is only a minor component, whereas...petalite, amblygonite-montebrasite, spodumene and cookeite, (iv) absence of topaz, (v) presence of boron-rich... elbaite, petalite, amblygonite-montebrasite, cookeite, and/or topaz. Primary spodumene is extrermely...accessory amblygonite-montebrasite, petalite, cookeite, topaz, and primary spodumene. These minerals... quartz, albite, lepidolite, apatite and late cookeite are present in pockets of the lepidolite subtype
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...ELBAITE crystal, 7.3 cm, from the Alto Ligonha district, Mozambique. American M useum of Natural History...20:191-200 MALAWI Zomba district, 25:29-35, 38 MOROCCO Bou-Azzer, 9:69-73 Toussit mine, 11:59-61, 15:347-350...15:347-350 NAMIBIA Kombat mine, 22:421-425 Tsumeb (special issue, vol. 8, no. 3) Tsumeb, 13:137-147, 13:155-157...Museum for Tsumeb, 10:116-118 The Onganja mining district, 27:85-97 The Otavi Mountain Land, 28:109-130
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353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
 
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