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Hessonite from
Prospect Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Grossular var: Hessonite
Formula:Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Comments:Erroneously reported as "essonite", and sometimes referred to as "hyacinth", these garnet group minerals are in fact the species spessartine, as later identified and confirmed by several sources. The spessartite here often forms a series between spessartine and almandine.
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hessonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prospect Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:646185
Long-form Identifier:1:3:646185:0
GUID (UUID V4):5e06098d-ce99-4923-88d2-d81030839406
Nearest other occurrences of Hessonite
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘLookout Mine (Hercules group; Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules mine), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘMcFall Mine, Ramona area, Ramona, San Diego County, California, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘHimalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘMason Valley Gem claim, Mason Valley, Banner Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
61.2km (38.0 miles) ⓘGranitic pegmatite occurrence (group II; younger pegmatites), Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
References
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Gemstones of California Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 05:46 04 February 2015 MICHAEL GRAY...GRAY P. 0. Box 727 Missoula, Montana 59806 CALIFORNIA 1s HUGE-the third largest state in the United States...Imagine, as a field collector, being able to go mining virtually any month of the year-the deserts in...amethysts just hours away from your home. That is California. The focus of this article covers only the facetable...facetable, transparent materials found in California. It would take another article to describe the state’s
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Brendan M. Laurs, and Marcelo de Oliveira Bernardes Mining activities for these vivid cuprian elbaites are...pg. 261 Spessartine Garnet from Ramona, San Diego County, California Brendan M. Laurs and Kimberly Knox...on amethyst, citrine, and ametrine from the Anahí mine, Bolivia ‱ “Copal” resin from Madagascar ‱ Iolite...Rock” cabochons ‱ Tourmaline from Warner Springs, California ‱ Synthetic topaz ‱ Exhibits, announcements,...Mary L. Johnson Carlsbad, California George Rossman Pasadena, California John Emmett Brush Prairie
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and Collecting Hazards A Third Dimension Map of Mining Locations The Gallery List of Plates The Plates...GERMANY }& GEORGE HOLLOWAY, collector, Northridge, California, U.S. A. }e CORNELIUS HURLBUT, Professor, Harvard...LEIPER (deceased), Editor, Lapidary Journal, San Diego, California, U.S. A. Je ORLOV LEONIDOVICH, Secretary...JOHN SINKANKAS, author and collector, San Diego, California, U.S. A. „e H. A. STALDER, Curator, National...wholesale jeweler and collector, Los Angeles, California, U.S. A. „ RALPH TOWNSEND, Curator, Geological
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