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⇱ Grossular from Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


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Grossular from
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA

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Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Grossular
Formula:Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Grossular data
Locality Data:Click here to view Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1004691
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1004691:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Grossular
15.7km (9.8 miles) Prospect Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) Lookout Mine (Hercules group; Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules mine), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) Carmelita Mine (Big Spring mine; Blue Gem claim; Crest Gem mine; Elinor deposit; Elinor mine; Estudillo mine; French Pete mine; MS 6130; Peter Cabat mine), Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) McFall Mine, Ramona area, Ramona, San Diego County, California, USA
28.8km (17.9 miles) Hiriart Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
30.7km (19.1 miles) Pala Douglass Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) Douglass Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
32.4km (20.2 miles) Tourmaline King Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
34.4km (21.3 miles) San Felipe Garnet Mine, Banner, Banner Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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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
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MS 170-25, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. Materials...Rutherford no. 2 (Virginia), Himalaya (California), and George Ashley Block (California) pegmatites were determined...zone to the core zone of the Rutherford no. 2 and Himalaya pegmatites, consistent with increasing H2O activity...as wt% H2O, range up to one tenth or more. In grossular garnets, OH exists as the hydrogarnet substitution...pegmatite, George Ashley Block pegmatite, and the Himalaya Mine. The Rutherford no. 2 pegmatite is a steeply
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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
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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
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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...e P e g m a t i t e s Ramona , 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
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Report (issue)
hypnotic pages of “California and Nevada on the website”—almost entirely California, in fact, with a little...the famous Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California, the star of the show (to...cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Ex Bryant Harris collection...cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Ex Bryant Harris collection...Pala district, San Diego County, especially from the Stewart mine. And from the Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande
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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
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THE GEMMOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN GEM MOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN SAINT DUNSTAN'S...of precious stones is a source of worry for the gem jeweller. A n actual case is described here, with...other than those of the usual commercial scale for gem diamonds, which includes colourless stones to those...N G There is no point whatsoever in irradiating gem diamonds of good original colour as this would probably...for a gemstone variety although by no means all gem materials show definite absorption bands. There are
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Benitoite • 6 cm wide• Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County. California Acq11iredfro111 Rob Lal'insky,... Emerald (Beryl) on Calcite• 4.7 c.:mtall • Coscuez Mine, Boyaca Department, Colombia Ac:quiredfrom Mall/tea·...to this day. This shift extended to science and mining, and were thus relevant to me and my story, as...daughter Laura. My son Nat and I learned to sail her on San Francisco Bay, and before long I was planning a serious...Aquamarine (Beryl)• 12 cm tall• Shigar Valley, Skardu District Gilgit-Baltistan, Paki. tan Acquired from Wayne
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The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct)...ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75
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[ 425-528 337--400 COLORADO-II] 273-336 [ CALIFORNIA ] 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504 KATANGA] ...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
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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
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Book (edition)
interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...unique and valuable reference by every collector, gem cutter, miner, geologist, mineralogist, jeweler,...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information
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Journal (issue)
Dunn Famous mineral localities: the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah .................................. S. Wise The Wagon Wheel Gap fluorspar mine, Mineral County, Colorado ....................................33 by B. Cairncross The Jan Coetzee copper mine, Namaqualand, South Africa .......................right of amateur col­ lecting and recreational mining, and the use of public and private lands for educational...mineral fluorescence, visit Franklin and Sterling Hill in New Jersey; if you are, visit there anyway.
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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
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^ '“ P r . . . I West Orange SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 9048 00992838 7 257989 R q549...q549 P PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA 2995 IpSl 07. ^ q 49 pe B f 257889 T E 5 w! balJ of ...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton r i L ] VAN...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals
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involves a new locality for spessartine 1998 California Show at the Pomona Fairgrounds Mrs. Kay Robertson...103341/ona Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90064 This year's California Show was held again in Pomona, but luckily in...the variety of minerals occurring in Southern California, there are many excellent field collectors. ...stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had only three specimens...clear calcites from a small pocket in the Meikle Mine, the new locality for the superb yellow barites
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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
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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
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10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesn’t
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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 ..........
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. 805 by R. M. Hazen The best grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec ........ ...................... 908 by A. Miglioli COVER: GROSSULAR crystals to 2.8 cm with pale green diopside on...and considered to be the finest known Jeffrey mine grossular specimen. Marco Amabili collection; James Elliott...(deceased) Peter L. Via Salim Edde Daniel Trinchillo Lyda Hill Scott A. Rudolph Daniel J. Record Gail & Jim Spann...more detail, but only for those few species having gem value, and only those found in North America. Mineral
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preservation of valuable specimen localities and mining deposits. John Lindell agreed to write an article...finding and exploring lost localities; include mining ethics in our educational outreach and a possible...~~~~~~~~~ Clinoclase from Tin Stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Dist., Pershing Co., NV, FOV: 1.78 mm...Displays at the 2018 PNWFM Symposium: Minerals of California By Bob Meyer The Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals...case, featuring 12 specimens from the State of California. The 2018 PNWFM Annual Symposium featured 10
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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
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R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...AZ 85715 602-299-5274 Articles The Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paula, Brazil ............................... M. Martins The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California ...........................................Doorselaer A highly magnesian alleghanyite from Sterling Hill, New J ers ey by O. V. Petersen, J. Bollhorn and...Mineralogical Research Co., 704 Charcot Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131. A list of other dealers in back issues
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