Natrolite from California, USA

Natrolite

Santa Rita Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA

Natrolite

Diablo Range, California, USA

Natrolite

Santa Rita Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA

Natrolite

Santa Rita Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA

Natrolite

Diablo Range, California, USA

Natrolite

Santa Rita Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA

Natrolite

Santa Rita Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA

Natrolite

Diablo Range, California, USA

Natrolite

Santa Rita Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA

Natrolite

Santa Rita Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA


USA
California Alameda County Berkeley Berkeley Hills ⓘ Unspecified Zeolite-Phosphate occurrences [1]	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 417, 276 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 371.
ⓘ Diablo Range	Mason, Anita (1976) The World of Rocks and Minerals. Larousse & Co., Inc., New York.
Fresno County Archer Camp ⓘ Unnamed Zeolite occurrence [1]	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 276 Arnold, Ralph & Robert Anderson (1910), Geology and oil resources of the Coalinga district, California: USGS Bulletin 398: 158 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 371.
Humboldt County Coastal Range ⓘ Coyote Peak	American Mineralogist: (1983) 68: 245-254. www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/usa.htm.
Inyo County Amargosa Range Black Mountains Monte Blanco ⓘ Unnamed Zeolite occurrence [1]	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Funk, B.G. (1942) Borates and associated minerals from Mount Blanco, Death Valley, California. Mineralogist: 10: 289 Foshag, William Frederick (1924) Famous mineral localities: Furnace Creek, Death Valley. American Mineralogist, 9 (1) 8-10 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 368, 371.
Kern County Boron ⓘ Kramer Borate deposit	U.S. Borax
West Baker ⓘ Unnamed Pumice quarry [3]	MarekC (2019) pers. collection, Raman verified.
El Paso Mountains District Ricardo ⓘ Red Rock Canyon prospects	Tschernich, Rudy W. (1992) Zeolites of the World. Geoscience Press, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona. 567pp. Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 219, 277 Murdoch, Joseph, Webb, Robert W. (1942) Notes on some minerals from southern California. III. American Mineralogist, 27 (4) 323-330 Baker, Charles L. (1912), Psysiography and structure of the western El Paso Range and the southern Sierra Nevada: California University Department of Geological Science Bulletin: 7: 125 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 368-369, 371, 374
Los Angeles County Agoura Hills ⓘ Kanan Road (Ferrierite locality)	Self Collected - ZzyzxMinerals.com
Brush Canyon ⓘ Neuerberg locality 5 (Fire Road locality)	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 277 Neuerberg, George Joseph (1951), Minerals of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles city: American Mineralogist: 36: 156
ⓘ Cold Creek Canyon	DeVito, F. (1988) Self-guided field trip, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County. Bull. Min. Soc. So. Calif., Vo DeVito, F 1988 Self-guided field trip, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County. Bull. Min. Soc. So. Calif., Volume 58, Number 5, pafes6-7. ume 58, Number 5, pages 6-7.
Coldwater Canyon area ⓘ Neuerberg locality 6 (Fire Road E of Coldwater Canyon)	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Sharp, W.E. (1959) Minerals from Los Angeles County, California. Printed privately, Los Angeles, California: 15, 19
ⓘ Lake Malibu area	Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 277. Schwartz, Jack (1942), Southern California localities, 2, Lake Malibu: Rocks & Minerals: 17: 414
Lang Tick Canyon ⓘ Head of Tick Canyon	Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 71, 277. Anonymous (1951), World news on mineral occurrences: Rocks & Minerals: 26: 382-385 Armstrong, V.L. & Edwin V. Van Anringe (1948), Tick Canyon field trip: reprinted from Grieger’s “Encyclopedia and Super-Catalog of the Lapidary and Jewelry Arts,” Pasadena: 5
ⓘ North of the Sterling Mine	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Pemberton, H. Earl and Alexander, G.S. (1968) A new zeolite locality – overlooked 115 years ago. Mineral Explorer 2, 8 pp. Masimer, G.E. (1966) Tick Canyon revisited. Gems and Minerals: 347: 20-23 Sharp, W.E. (1959) Minerals from Los Angeles County, California. Printed privately, Los Angeles, California: 52 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 369, 371.
Laurel Canyon area ⓘ Neuerberg locality 7	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Neuerberg, George Joseph (1951), Minerals of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles city: American Mineralogist: 36: 151
ⓘ Neuerberg locality 8	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 277 Neuerberg, George Joseph (1951), Minerals of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles city: American Mineralogist: 36: 158
Los Angeles Hollywood Hills Hollywood Brush Canyon ⓘ Brush Canyon Quarry (Pacific Electric Quarry; Neuerburg locality 2)	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 71, 80, 277 Neuerberg, George Joseph (1951), Minerals of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles city: American Mineralogist: 36: 158 Neuerberg, George Joseph (1951), Minerals of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles city: American Mineralogist: 36: 156-160. Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 371.
Cahuenga Pass Cahuenga Boulevard roadcut ⓘ Neuerberg locality 9	Neuerberg, George Joseph (1951), Minerals of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles city: American Mineralogist: 36: 156-160.
ⓘ Neuerburg Locality 7	Neuerberg, George Joseph (1951), Minerals of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles city: American Mineralogist: 36: 156-160.
West of Cahuenga Pass ⓘ Mulholland Drive area	Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 219. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 277. Funk, Benjamin Gordon (1940), What we found in the Santa Monica Mountains: Pacific Mineralogist: 6(2): 33-34 Funk, Benjamin Gordon (1940), What we found in the Santa Monica Mountains: Pacific Mineralogist: 6(2): 34 Schürmann, H.M.E. (1928), Beitrag zur Petrographie der Hollywood Hills (Santa Monica Gebirge) in Los Angeles, Süd-Kalifornien: Centralbl. Mineralogie, Abt. A: 12
ⓘ Griffith Park	Tschernich, Rudy W. (1992) Zeolites of the World. Geoscience Press, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona. 567pp.
ⓘ Mulholland Drive	Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 71. Schürmann, H.M.E. (1928), Beitrag zur Petrographie der Hollywood Hills (Santa Monica Gebirge) in Los Angeles, Süd-Kalifornien: Centralbl. Mineralogie, Abt. A: 12
ⓘ Neuerberg locality 4	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Neuerberg, George Joseph (1951), Minerals of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles city: American Mineralogist: 36: 156-160
ⓘ Neuerberg locality 3	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Neuerberg, George Joseph (1951), Minerals of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles city: American Mineralogist: 36: 158
Palos Verdes peninsula Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs) Portuguese Bend area ⓘ Livingston Quarry (Livingston Rock and Gravel Co. Quarry)	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Sharp, W.E. (1959) Minerals from Los Angeles County, California. Printed privately, Los Angeles, California: 3-4 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 371.
Sierra Pelona Mts (Sierra Pelona Range) Three Points Bear Canyon ⓘ Gillette Mine (Los Padre Mine)	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Sharp, W.E. (1959) Minerals from Los Angeles County, California. Printed privately, Los Angeles, California: 61 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 370, 371, 383-384.
ⓘ Modoc County	Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 277, 352.
Plumas County Plumas Copper Belt Taylorsville Mining District Moonlight Peak Lights Creek Copper deposits (Moonlight Mine; Sulfide Ridge deposits; Lights Canyon deposits) ⓘ Engles Mine	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 277, 352 Knopf, Adolf & Charles A. Anderson (1930), The Engels copper deposits, California: Economic Geology: 25: 3 Graton, Louis Caryl & D.H. McLaughlin (1917), Ore deposition and enrichment at Engels, California: Economic Geology: 12: 18 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 380.
Riverside County Jurupa Valley Crestmore ⓘ Crestmore quarries	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Jenni, Clarence M. (1957), Crestmore and its minerals: Gems & Minerals, No. 236: 64, 66 (May, 1957) Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 372.
San Benito County Idria Peak ⓘ Clear Creek deposits	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 277 Coleman, R.G. (1961), Jadeite deposits of the Clear Creek area, New Idria District, San Benito County, California: Journal of Petrology: 2: 222 Chesterman, C.W. (1950a), Jadeite in San Benito County, California: Lapidary Journal: 4: 204-208 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 372.
Picacho Peak ⓘ Unnamed Zeolite occurrence [1]	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Murdoch, Joseph (1942), Crystallographic notes, cristobalite, stephanite, natrolite: American Mineralogist: 27: 504 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 372.
ⓘ Victor claim (Victor Mine)	Joseph F. Cooper Jr., Gail E. Dunning, Ted A.Hadley (2003) Minerology of the Victor Claim, Clear Creek Area, New Idria District, San Benito County, California. Personally collected and analyzed by David M. Lowe using XRD (April 2018).
Santa Rita Peak ⓘ California State Gem Mine	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Wise, W. S. (1982) Strontiojoaquinite and bario-orthojoaquinite: two new members of the joaquinite group. American Mineralogist, 67 (7-8) 809-816 Wise, William S., Gill, Robert H. (1977) Minerals of the Benitoite Gem Mine. The Mineralogical Record, 8 (6) Tucson. 442-452 Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 102, 277 Louderback, George Davis & Walter C. Blasdale (1909), Benitoite, its mineralogy, paragenesis and mode of occurrence: University of California, Department of Geological Sciences Bulletin: 5: 331, 357 Louderback, George Davis & Walter C. Blasdale (1907), Benitoite, a new California gem mineral, with chemical analysis by Walter C. Blasdale: University of California, Department of Geological Sciences Bulletin: 5: 149-153 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 372
ⓘ Junnila Mine (Junnila claim)	Dunning, G. E., Walstrom, R. E., & Lechner, W. (2018) Barium Silicate Mineralogy of the Western Margin, North American Continent, Part Geology, Origin, Paragenesis and Mineral Distribution from Baja California Norte, Mexico, Western Canada and Alaska, USA. Baymin Journal, Vol. 19, No. 5 www.benitoitemine.com
ⓘ Santa Rita Mine (Union Carbide Nuclear; Santa Rita Asbestos Mine; Joe 5 pit; Joe 7-5 Mine; KCAC Mine)	P.C., Gary Novak, 1973 specimens personally collected by Sharon Cisneros
San Luis Obispo County Cuyama Valley ⓘ Unnamed Zeolite occurrence [1]	Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 277. Fairbanks, Harold W. (1895), On analcite diabase from San Luis Obispo County, California: University of California, Department of Geological Science Bulletin: 1: 277
Santa Barbara County Guadalupe ⓘ Point Sal	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Moller, W.P. (1960) Analcite crystals from Point Sal. Mineralogist: 28: 196-199 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 372.
Santa Clara County Morgan Hill Cochrane Ranch (Cochran Ranch; Jackson Ranch) West of Cochrane Ranch ⓘ Unnamed Zeolite occurrence [2]	Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 277. Kartchner, Wayne E. (1963), Minerals in Santa Clara County. Gems & Minerals, No. 308 (May): 22
ⓘ Santa Monica Mountains	Mineral News v.14 no.9
Shasta County Klamath Mountains East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District Round Mountain ⓘ East of Round Mountain (Road to Terrys Mill)	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 72, 127, 277 Melhase, John (1934), A diversity of many fine minerals available in California for collectors: Oregon Mineralogist: 2(6): 1 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 381.
Sierra County ⓘ Herkin's Ranch	Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 277.
Sonoma County ⓘ Petaluma	Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 277.
Ventura County San Emigdio Mountains ⓘ Ventura County Borate Mining District (Stauffer Mining District)	Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 72, 277 Gale, Hoyt Stoddard (1914c) Borate deposits in Ventura County, California. USGS Bulletin 540: 439 Bowers, Stephen (1888), Ventura County, California: California Mining Bureau. Report 8: 680 Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 370, 372-373.
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Sandstone Peak ⓘ Circle X Boy Scout Camp zeolite locality	www.mineralsocal.org (2001) http://www.mineralsocal.org/scfm/california/v.htm

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