 | | 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...spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late nineteenth century, production from...of the gem and specimen market. High points of mining activity occurred during the first decade of the |  | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...$150 for one year. *Continued on p. 455 COVER: ELBAITE on quartz, 20 cm, one of the famous “blue cap”...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | Joe Marchesani; Jmarch06@comcast.net SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: Dr. Don Buchanan; dbuch7326@aol.com...now available on the Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine The early-day history (1896-1913)...(1896-1913) of gem tourmaline mining at the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, is rife with conflicts by men...discovery of colored tourmaline in California in 1872. Two Mesa Grande tourmalines sold by Albert H. Petereit...private collector. “The Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine,” as described above was serialized |  | | 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) | | 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) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur..........................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 Harold...of America, 1660 Steward Street, Santa Monica, California 90404.) Several noteworthy articles on tourmaline...A. McCrillis) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 14-21.] Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Houlevard Los Angeles, California 90007 akampf@nhrn.org KEN...€5 Tustin, California 92680 goke@earthlink.net Feure 1. Overview of the Cryo-Genie mine looking southsouthwest...at the Natirral History Mitseuni of Los Angeles County. He was the sirbject of the Who’s Who in Mineral...years of experience worldwide L I S a geologist and mining eiigineer. He specializes in the recovery of gemstones...JChlining 8557 Rancho Canada Road, No. 38 El Cqjon, California 92021 jclanin54 @aoI.com 156 ROCKS & MINERALS |  | | Report (issue) | | Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio...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...descriptions. T he above is a postcard of the School of Mining in Feiberg, Saxony printed for the 1991 Breithaupt...from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient |  | | Journal (issue) | | of Pollucite in the Himalaya Mine Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California Mark Ivan Jacobson 1714 S....During the summer 1998. Will iam Larson. the Himalaya mine owner, had agreed to allow Jeffrey E. Patterson...within the tunnels of the Himalaya mine to try to predict un-opened elbaite pockets that might be just hidden...adit, Benjamin, the mine blaster, escorted Patterson to a slope where current mining had encountered a...minimal. Figure 1. Pollucite with an embedded pink elbaite crystal, associated with minor "lepidolite" and |  | | 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;...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...E. Wilson The Minh Tien tourmaline mine, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . ....Tourmaline from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Yen Mining District, Yenbai Province, Vietnam . . . . . . . . ...Biographical Archive: John Grieger and Thomas Warner, California mineral dealers and collectors . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 COVER: ELBAITE on Quartz, 12 cm, from the Minh Tien pegmatite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pink Tourn1aline at the Cryo-Genie Mine, San Diego County, California Kenneth L. Gochenour 2670 East Walnut...Walnut St. #B Tustin, California 92780 Recently a large pocket of pink tourmalines of specimen g rade...at the C ryo-Genie mine near Warner Springs in northern San Diego County, California. The crystals were...specimen will soon find its home the Los Angles County Museum of Natural History. Another , rge crystal...Comments overheard at the Fig. 1 Elbaite, recent find at the Cryo-Genie Mine; from Gochenour's display at |  | | Journal (issue) | | stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states...is basically a hardrock state where mining (and specimen mining) must typically cut through granite and...localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek, |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...and ink render ing of elbaite crystals with lepidolite from the Golconda Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...Maximilian Glas ............ 62 • Inclusions in Elbaite Crystals .......... 64 John I. Koivula • If Icarus...were uncovered there until the 1860s when a true mining effort was directed at the outcrop (King, 2000) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 81MINERALS dletown-Portland, Connecticut, pegmatite district. They are found in South Glastonbury, about 5...largest quarries of the entire district, the Howe No. 1. Access is through a trail system that follows old carriage...carriage roads, mine roads, and pipeline rightsof-way. During the spring and early summer of 1996, the...lithium pegmatite minerals. Minerals found in the district include albite, allanite, almandine, autunite...autunite, biotite, bismutite, cassiterite, columbite, elbaite, epidote, gahnite, lepidolite, manganapatite, microcline |  | | 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 .......... |  | | Book (volume) | | dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of gems and minerals. The...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | Journal (issue) | | 8 RED CLOUD MINE WULFENITE Rockhounds enjoy the products of this amazing Arizona mine. By Bob Jones...QUARTZ 40 ROCK & GEM KIDS 46 THE BRISTOL COPPER MINE 50 COOL SUMMER ROCKHOUNDING 54 NATIVE AMERICAN... Find jagged quartz crystals at the Wall Street mine. By Robert Beard Regular Columns Field Notes ....Wulfenite from the Red Cloud (photo credit)mine (La Paz County), Arizona, is world famous. (3.9 cm high)...would love to play with one. I live near San Diego, California. Do you know anyone nearby that could test |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associated Minerals from the Skarn of Mina Brejui, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Alexander U. Falster1 Luizhelio...Lyangara, Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations...located near Currais Novos in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The skarn body is presently being...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases |  | | Journal (issue) | | waste good collector specimens. By Bob Jones OLD MINING LAW IN A NEW ERA 60 Western claim-staking regulations...surround a nice calcite from the Quiruvilca mine, Quiruvilca District, Peru. (6.2 cm high) (Jeff Scovil photo/...write-up of his rockhounding experience in Socorro County, New Mexico. I couldn’t help but reminisce on my...some of the best underground mining areas in the Hansonburg mining district. All within a day’s work, I...to see some more light shed on that unique mining district, and not the fluorite! —Nicholas Krupica Lowell |  | | Book | | MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface |  | | 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...to be donated in his name to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Friends and admirers...comptroller of the fund), 625 Market Street, Suite 802, San Francisco, CA 94105. Checks should be made payable |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...cover: (above) Stock certificate for the Silver King Mining Company (1878) Dick Morris collection (below) Stock...Stock Certificate for The Total Wreck Mining & Milling Company (1881) Dick Morris collection This special... considering the historic importance of copper mining in Arizona, native copper would be the logical...deemed more appropriate (and more likely to gain mining industry support) to propose designating copper |
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