| Fisher, Jesse, Foord, Eugene E., Bricker, Garth A. (1998) The Geology, Mineralogy, and History of the Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Rocks & Minerals, 73 (3) 156-180 doi:10.1080/00357529809603033 | 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 (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...of a variety of gem and rareelement minerals, along with considerable amounts of gem and lapidary material...lavender-colored gem variety of spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late | | | 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 | | | 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) | photos by Mark Mauthner unless otherwise noted Gem Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln]...663 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road Apartment 615 San Marcos, California 92078 mmauthner@gmail.com Gemological...of America Museum 5345 Armada Drive Carlsbad, California 92008 terri.ottaway@gia.edu H istorically,...Ottaway is curator at the GIA Museum in Carlsbad, California. Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln]...Lincoln] at 19:55 09 April 2015 Figure 2. Fluorapatite, crystal 4 cm across, stone 12.35 carats, Kenya | | | 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) | 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 | | | 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) | 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) | thought to have been the property of a particular Mine Captain at Wheal West Kitty in Cornwall, England...small community of Embreeville is in Washington County. located in the far north-eastern comer of T ennessee...Wikipedia, Embreeville was once a mining communi ty, and lead was an early mining commodity. Embrecville area...attesting to the age of productive mining in the region. A series of mining ventures in and around Embrecville...lead and manganese, the last vestiges of serious mining finally disappearing in the 1940s. Dana 281 | | Ertl, A., Rossman, G. R., Hughes, J. M., London, D., Wang, Y., O'Leary, J. A., Dyar, M. D., Prowatke, S., Ludwig, T., Tillmanns, E. (2010) Tourmaline of the elbaite-schorl series from the Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, California: A detailed investigation. American Mineralogist, 95 (1) 24-40 doi:10.2138/am.2010.3271 | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Copyright 0 1996Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016.7037/96$15.00 + .oO Pergamon...Planetary Physics, University of California, Riverside CA, 92521, USA (Received October 31, 1995; accepted...pegmatite in the San Jacinto district, and Himalaya pegmatite dike system in the Mesa Grande district of southern...southern California. These analyses are the first inclusion volatile studies to indicate the presence of...in late-stage green/pink-zoned gem elbaite tourmalines from that mine. Fluid inclusions in quartz, as | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Inclusion Studies of GEM-Bearing Granitic Pegmatite-Aplite Dikes, San Diego Co., California Bruce E. Taylor...Geology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA aAbteilung Geochemie, Mineralogisches Institut...pegmatite-aplite dikes in southern California have been known for gem-quality minerals and as a commercial...zone, nearly to 565 ~ C. Subsolidus formation of gem-bearing pockets took place over a relatively narrow...rocks (6D .... = - 9 0 to - 1 3 0 ) in the Mesa Grande district crystallized in the presence of, or exchanged | | | Journal (issue) | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...The American Mineral Treasures Exhibition, Tucson Gem & Mineral Show 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165...COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to be the world’s...Mineral Treasures exhibition at the 2008 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. Jeff Scovil photo. The Mineralogical...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | pictured here (fig. 12) is a good example. The fluorapatite from Panasqueira (fig. 13) has both size and...Pakistan (fig. 7) has a wonderful arrangement of gem crystals in a contrasting matrix. The rutile star...sphalerite and celestine, 17 cm high, Cumberland mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Steve Neely specimen. Volume...MINERALS Figure 8. Wulfenite, 14.5 cm wide, Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scott Rudolph...Diopside with calcite, 6 cm high, Arusha, Merelani district, Tanzania. Fuss International specimen. Volume | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA. Named in honor of W.B. Simmons. The sample is 1...2113/gselements.8.4.281 P egmatites are sources of gem-quality crystals of beryl, tourmaline, topaz, spodumene...discovered in Africa and Asia. Most high-quality gem minerals occur in miarolitic cavities found near...pegmatites and ultramafic host rocks. The most important gem-bearing granitic pegmatites formed at shallow levels...cavities in some pegmatites have produced tons of gem crystals valued in excess of $50 million. KEYWORDS | | | Journal (issue) | Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...row, from left: Fluorapatite, 2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian | | | Journal (issue) | Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear in the specimen...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...specimenand image. Nickel Laterite From the Tiebaghi Mine, New Caledonia Bob Werner werner@lcturbonet.com | | | 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 | | | 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 | | | 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...silicate minerals from Trumbull Peak, Mariposa County, California................................................................... 470 by J. Scovil Costa Mesa Show 1999 ........................................will be published as an update of Minerals o f California, Bulletin 189 (last published in 1966), but will...include the data from Pemberton’s Minerals o f California, pub lished independently by Van Nostrand Reinhold | | | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 45056 rakovajf@miamioh.edu Fluorapatite Acushnet Quarry Bristol County, Massachusetts N orth America...from this pegmatite mine have made Pulsifer the premier locality for fluorapatite in the United States...many others, another of North America’s finest fluorapatite specimens. It is from a locality, however, that...as the J. Keating Company stone quarry), Bristol County, Massachusetts. Rather than a granite pegmatite... Figure 1. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 11.5 cm tall, Acushnet quarry, Bristol County, Massachusetts |
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Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA