 | | 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...the source of excellent specimens of morganite, aquamarine, topaz, and spessartine, and they were the first...spodumene now known as kunzite. Since the beginning of mining in the late nineteenth century, production from |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Volume Thirty-three, 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) | | Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM Consulting Editors Joel...Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology...$76 for one year, $124 for two years, 5186 for three years (includes online access). An institutional...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the world’s greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the “California Locality Index” (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable...mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...specimens of the beryl gems, such as emerald and aquamarine, and to a lesser extent heliodor, morganite,...pegmatites in Southern California. Consequently, in keeping with the California theme of the 2011 Tucson...beryl, so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | California Blue Mine Yucca Valley San Bernardino County California Downloaded by [Heriot-Watt University]...photo. Sacramento San Francisco CA LIF OR A New NI A Los Angeles San Diego Palm Springs Twentynine...Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base CA Blue Mine X Yucca Valley Gem Pegmatite Landers Joshua tree MICHAEL...MICHAEL P. HUNERLACH 148 Kettle Rock Court Folsom, California 95630 mphunerlach@comcast.net Twentynine Palms...showing general location of the California Blue mine in Southern California. T he discovery in 2006 of |  | | Report (issue) | | Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio...Fabio Tamagnini Page 40 Emerald and Aquamarine in Canada Lee A. Groat Page 22 Beryl Color Varieties...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rock crystals occur at many localities. Some over three feet in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry...150 pounds in weight have been found at Pala, California. A fortyfour pound crystal nineteen inches in...quarry, Buckfield, Maine, together with others over three feet in length. Haddam Neck, Connecticut, and from...Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and Mesa Grande, California. Amethyst quartz crystals have been found occasionally...occasionally at Haddam Neck, Connecticut, to three inches in length. Other amethyst crystal localities |  | | Report (issue) | | laying it upon the photographic plate Bulletin San Francisco, No. 37. June, 1905. Gems, Jewelers’...of California Issued California State by the Mining Bureau Francisco. Ferry Building, San Lewis...growing of the output care Kunz, A.M., No. California,” Stones of of which this Bulletin treats is...to F. George Bureau: Mining Ornamental the Honorable and California, of State the of the...have report, again department. Bureau is California, of this Museum from their mines, I of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pala Chief and Elizabeth R composite dikes, California Adriana Heimann 1 & Jason A. Yonts 1 & Michael...Elizabeth R layered pegmatite-aplite dikes, Pala District, California, and the significance for felsic melt evolution...27858, USA 2 Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA incompatible...Gahnite . Aplite . California . Elizabeth R . Pala Chief . Zoning . Evolution . Pala District Introduction...pegmatite-aplite dikes from the Pala District of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Gahnite has not |  | | Book | | ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite...Page 2: Gemstone crystals including tourmaline, aquamarine, emerald, morganite, heliodor, topaz, kunzite...Right: Faceted gems, including topaz, amethyst, aquamarine, morgan ite, chrysoberyl, peridot, smoky quartz...crystals and their atomic arrangement. There are three basic forms of symmetry: n1irror, rotation, and...eventually grew to the present enclave of twen ty-three buildings, forming the largest natural history museum |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | paragenesis 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...l e T h r e e M Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord...80225 Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences |  | | Catalog/List | | Director San Francisco Roberta Kramer Managing Director Chicago BEVERLY HILLS NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO...“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...Bi-Color Tourmaline - 6.23 Cts. California, USA Tourmaline from California can make for some of the most...includes other heavy hitters such as Emerald and Aquamarine. This sweet pink stone is becoming more and more |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralsfrom the MidstateQuarry Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas Art Smith 9118 Concho Houston, Texas...mmlong, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, photo by the author. Middle& PolarUrals...Russian • __., helicopter to fly further north to the mining village of Neroika. We spent our next 11 days in...the purest quartz in the world. At the height of mining, it employed some 240 workers and their families...equipment, and weather conditions add to the problem. Mining at Neroika is done in drifts cut into the mountainside |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Although overshadowed by diamond and the "big three" (emerald, sapphire, and ruby), topaz is nevertheless...Location map of major topaz deposits. 1. San Diego County, California pegmatites; 2. western U.S. topaz rhyolite...rhyolite belt (includes some pegmatites); 3. Mason County, Texas; 4. topaz rhyolite belt of Mexico; 5. Appalachian...of Cornwall, England, and France; 9. Erzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany; 10. Volyn and Kiev pegmatite...Gilgit pegmatite district and Katlang, Pakistan; 13. Tin granites of Jos plateau district, Nigeria; 14. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | materials scientist who recently retired after twenty-three years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is now...Muscovite crystals forming a 10-cm rosette, Jose Pinto mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Table 3. Interlayer-deficient...spectacular recent find of muscovite was at the Jose Pinto mine, where more than a ton of beautifully crystallized...(manganoan) varieties are found at the Harding mine, Taos County, New Mexico (Jahns and Ewing 1977). Fuchsite...forms huge crystals. At Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal district, Russia, it forms large, dark red-brown (but surprisingly |  | | Report (issue) | | pages of “California and Nevada on the website”—almost entirely California, in fact, with a little bit of...here from the famous Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California, the star of the show...Topaz, 6 cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Ex Bryant Harris...=========================== Also from the Little Three pegmatite, Dave has very good miniature to small-cabinet...let’s see, smoky quartz, elbaite, morganite and aquamarine beryl, spessartine, albite, microcline…even axinite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Displays JOSEPHINE SCRIPPS Photo by Walt Weaver. CALIFORNIA MINERAL COLLECTOR EXTRAORDINARY Some people...L L P. M A C F A L L P. O. Box 309 Coronado, California 92118 J O S I E , F O R E V E R Y O N E C A...in Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago, and San Diego, as well as founding the Scripps-Howard News Service... came to Southern California in the 1890s and put his wealth into San Diego County land. Josie grew up...the family's 400-acre Miramar ranch north of San Diego. Like all alert children, she had a passing interest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is from Leiper’s quarry at Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Peters 1984). When the spessartine...to 7 cm across occur near Middletown, Middlesex County, and massive spessartine and relatively small crystals...occur with rhodonite in ore of the Betts manganese mine at Plainfield, Massachusetts. Exceptional garnet...localities in Figure 2. A classic Avondale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, spessartine specimen with a major...HUK [OL *PU JPUUH[P4PULYHS:VJPL[` Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Detailed work by Lindsley and Peters |  | | Journal (issue) | | image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the back of the original...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... State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana...Rare and Beautiful American Gemstone and original mine image by Mark Mauthner. Red Beryl – A Very Rare |  | | Journal (issue) | | Anderson and Payne, diamonds should be classified into three main groups, according to the colour of their ultraviolet...been identified by x-ray techniques, and a further three are completely new as diamond inclusions. T h e... brackets. T h e photograph in Plate V I depicts one of three diamonds in which a dense white cloud of particles...particles was observed ; these being less than three microns in diameter. T h e shape of the cloud is here...was badly damaged. Working upon the theory that a little more wouldn't do any h a r m , we heated to red |  | | Journal (issue) | | Menzies Pink topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, U ta h .........................................to 4 cm, on matrix, from Ghundao Hill, Mardan district, Pakistan. F. John Barlow collection; photo by...their dry, written lists (“Wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona, 1-inch, 500; 2-inch, $2; 2 inch, $3.50”...& Antiquities - Neth. R.J.B. Rock Shop Red Beryl Mine Reed, Blaine Meteorites Ryder, Dan Fossils Scheele...Stone Company, The Tesoros Naturales - Spain Three Little Pigmatites Triebold Paleontology Tynsky Fossil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | H 47198. Figure 2 (right): Pale blue, etched aquamarine crystal (8 cm long) associated with white albite... J O H N SINKANKAS 5372 Van Nuys Court San Diego, California 92109 T H E D E S O L A T E W A S T E S...plumes of debris at the mouths of over one hundred mine openings. Imbedded solidly in mica schist, the treasure...known as Sri Lanka) where waterworn pebbles of aquamarine were found in the gembearing gravels and, similarly...similarly, in the gem gravels of the Mogok district of Burma. Emeralds, especially, were known to native |
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Little Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA