 | | Catalog/List | | Director San Francisco Roberta Kramer Managing Director Chicago BEVERLY HILLS NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO...“one-ofa-kind” collection. With a passion for building a gem collection focused virtually exclusively on natural...“rough” directly from mine owners. Over the years, he befriended many of these mine owners and would travel...occurring. The stone exhibits a native cut as the mine owner would not let the “rough” leave the country...incredible and visually stunning. This pleasing gem has an agreeable step oval cut. The expert cut and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Wallowa Co., Oregon Fig. 2. Vesuvianite Mono Co., California 5 corresponding mineral is hedenbergite, CaFeSi2O6...from the Morris Claim, Benton Range, Mono Co., California illustrated in fig. 2. The prisms are striated...Riverside Co., Bruce Canyon, Lemhi Co., Idaho California known collectively as Crestmore. This is a magnesium...Pyrrhotite Geikielite Jensen Quarry, Riverside Co., California Spinel 6 Fig. 5. Titanite and epidote in...Calaveras Co., California Fig. 7. Glaucophane in clinozoisite Valley Ford, Sonoma Co., California 7 Fig |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...100-year history of the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County collection;...Benitoite Gem mine will note the portion of the story devoted to the 1935 visit to the mine by collecting...million, 125,000square-foot science center and state museum complex that will be the cornerstone of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University Benitoite SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA IN KEEPING WITH the California state theme of this issue...occurrence in spectacular specimens to a single California location. Descriptions of various aspects of...mineral and use as a gemstone (it is the California state gem), and its unique crystallography can be...Professor George Louderback of the University of California soon found the mineral t o be a new species and...type benitoite locality, located in San Benito County, California, is at the southern end of the Diablo |  | | Book (edition) | | BENITOTCE STORY California's Official State Gem sr. % APPROVED STATE GEM OCTOBER l, 1985 DISCOVERED FEBROARY...relating to the state gemstone. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2357, Areias. State gemstone. Existing...native gold as the official state mineral and serpentine as the official state rock, but does not designate...designate an official state gemstone. This bill would designate benitoite as the official state gemstone. The...The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 425.3 is added to Government |  | | Journal (issue) | | .50 by Jim Brace-Thompson olivine gems on the san carlos apache Indian reservation The Mineralogical...Cross by Robert Beard regular columns Rock & Gem Kids ..............................................this reason, advertisements appearing in Rock & Gem should be considered as requests to inquire, rather...customerservice@beckett.com (800) 764-6278 Rock & Gem (ISSN 0048-8453, USPS 486-290) is published monthly...LLC. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Rock & Gem, c/o Beckett Media, 4635 McEwen Rd., Dallas, TX 75244 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Man-Made Collectibles VOL. 47 ISSUE 6 CALI’S STATE GEM: JUNE 2017 “ANCIENT LIFE” AGATE: A Collector’s...Collection Corundum Carver RICHARD SIPE ROCK & GEM • Vol 47 No. 06 • U.S. $5.99 • Issue Code: 2017-06...BENITOITE 10 These blue “diamonds” are California’s state gem. By Bob Jones A STONE OF MY OWN 16 Ancient Life...heat-colored copper. 34 By Rick Olmstead 48 ROCK & GEM KIDS 46 A LUCKY ROCKHOUND’S 80-YEAR ODYSSEY Part...Jones 56 STONES THAT SPEAK 56 Corundum calls to gem sculptor Richard Sipe. By Warren L. Hollar HARD |  | | Journal (issue) | | JEWELRY BIRTHSTONES Past & Present INDIA’S FOSSILS GEM HUNTER Bernie Gaboury 3 FELDSPAR GEMS Sunstone...Yita Ridge and Welo gemstones by Gail O. 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NECKLACE...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...“national” mineral collection, so instead a system of State-run museums exists in the capital cities. The earliest...Lvov photo. other gold and nickel deposits in the State. Likewise the influx of prospectors looking for | | | Book (volume) | | Director The Bowers Museurn of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...red-orange spessartine garnet ( 16.62 et), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rho...Kern Cowny, California; octagonal seep cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 et), Pala, California. NECKLACE...blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 diainonds... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2022 PubUshed with support: Lomonosov Moscow State University; Russian Geological Sodety Mineral Observer...generations of mineralogists at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Igor V. Pekov, one of his students,...Silbermintz and his collections in the Vemadsky State Geological Museum. Another is a story dedicated...Garanin Boris L Kantor Michael B. Leybov Bryan Lees (USA) Yuriy B. Marin Vladimir I. Pavlishin (Ukraine) Igor...T. Trofimov Lydie Touret (France) John S. White (USA) Managing Editor LudmilaA. 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Copyright 1111...information and requests to the American Federation CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Officers...additional Information end reqU8$ls to t.'le California Federation • NORTHWEST FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL |  | | Catalog/List | | QUARTZ CRYSTAL WITH TOURMALINE Barra de Salinas Mine, Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil This specimen...Sierra Blanca, White Mountain Wilderness, Lincoln County, New Mexico At one time this spectacular locality...coal, the district is now down to one operating mine and probably that one will close in the not too...CT 19 38029 RHODONITE BOULDER Evelyn Creek Mine, Yukon Territory, Canada This large boulder of fantastic...38030 LARGE STROMATOLITE BOULDER Cliff Erie Mine, Minnesota, USA Stromatolites are the fossil remains of |  | | Book | | The Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia The Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia...the authors of this book in the Lomonosov Moscow State University). Preface Contents 1 2 Some General...when milling and pressing. In particular, solid-state ion-exchange reactions are possible between KBr...absorption bands at *3590, 3570, 3520, and 3230 cm−1 in gem-quality crystals of hydrothermal origin from Zabargad...to differences in Fe concentration and oxidation state, water concentration, symmetry or the presence of |
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California State Gem Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA