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Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USAi
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Sky Blue HillHill
Crestmore quarriesGroup of Quarries
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 1' 0'' North , 117° 22' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Rubidoux34,280 (2011)3.1km
Highgrove3,988 (2011)4.6km
Sunnyslope5,153 (2011)4.6km
Bloomington23,851 (2011)6.1km
Grand Terrace12,464 (2017)6.7km
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ClubLocationDistance
Orange Belt Mineralogical SocietySan Bernardino, California13km
Valley Prospectors, Inc.San Bernardino, California13km
West End Prospectors CorporationNorco, California18km
Yucaipa Valley Gem & Mineral SocietyYucaipa, California31km
Route 66 Gold Miners IncBrea, California49km
Mindat Locality ID:
9909
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:9909:0
GUID (UUID V4):
5f73b507-37b6-4409-af23-bbca7107d893


Exceptionally clear intrusive relationships, and the only example of the sharp segregation of the contact minerals into distinctive zones, were to be seen on the south wall of this quarry in the group (Am.Min.: 26: 352-381).

This quarry was deepened and extended from 1940 until 1954.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


33 valid minerals. 2 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
β“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase
Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
β“˜ Andradite
Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
β“˜ Brucite
Formula: Mg(OH)2
Colour: White, yellow, gray
Description: Waxy grains 1 to 5 mm diameter in marble. Locally abundant.
β“˜ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
β“˜ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
β“˜ 'Chlorite Group'
Colour: Blue-green
Description: Occurs as thin, 1 x 1 mm plates in blue calcite above station 29.
β“˜ Chondrodite
Formula: Mg5(SiO4)2F2
β“˜ Clinochlore
Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Colour: Pale green
Description: Flakes
β“˜ Clintonite
Formula: CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2
Description: Reported as "Xanthophyllite."
β“˜ 'Crestmoreite'
Description: Includes pseudomorphs after wilkeite.
β“˜ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
β“˜ 'Ellestadite'
β“˜ Fluorellestadite
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
Colour: Pale rose-coloured
Description: Occurs as grains to 3 mm diameter above station 29. Also, crystals 5 to 10 mm wide were found alongside giant wollastonite crystals in blue calcite in great blocks which fell into the quarry from the ridge SW of the Lone Star Quarry. Occurs as numerous patches and veinlets in Wet Weather blocks which fell from the steep wall just NW of station 8.
β“˜ Gehlenite
Formula: Ca2Al[AlSiO7]
Colour: Colourless, pale yellow
Description: Occurs below station 5 in spurrite-merwinite rock as smooth, 0.5 to 1 mm glassy grains in bluish limestone.
β“˜ Graphite
Formula: C
β“˜ Grossular
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
β“˜ Hillebrandite
Formula: Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2
Description: Occurs as cross-fiber masses 8 to 10 cm long, cutting greenish vesuvianite rock.
β“˜ Hydromagnesite
Formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
Description: Occurs as an alteration product of brucite in the predazzite rock.
β“˜ 'Hydrotroilite'
Formula: FeS · H2O ?
β“˜ 'Limonite'
β“˜ Ludwigite
Formula: Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Description: Highly aluminous variety, mineral 'B' of Woodford
β“˜ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Description: Occurs as 1 mm crystals in predazzite.
β“˜ Merwinite (TL)
Formula: Ca3Mg(SiO4)2
Type Locality:
β“˜ Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
β“˜ Monticellite
Formula: CaMgSiO4
Colour: Pale to dark brown, pink, gray, virtually colourless
Description: The largest mass of monticellite was present in this quarry near station 29. Alos occurs as prismatic crystals in this quarry.
β“˜ Nekoite (TL)
Formula: Ca3Si6O15 · 7H2O
Type Locality:
Colour: White
Description: Fibrous
β“˜ Periclase
Formula: MgO
β“˜ Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Colour: Greenish to reddish brown, colourless
Description: Occurs in relatively large flakes in white limestone near station 30 and at station 29.
β“˜ Pyromorphite
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Colour: Yellow
Description: Minute crystals.
β“˜ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Description: Fairly common in this quarry disseminated through limestone. Also occurs above station 29 as lenticular masses 1 cm or more diameter in monticellite-vesuvianite rock.
β“˜ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
β“˜ 'Scapolite'
Colour: White
Description: Occurs as crystals in calcite veins in garnet, etc.
β“˜ Spurrite
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Description: Occurred above station 29 with calcite and vesuvianite.
β“˜ Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3
Description: Rare in contact rocks.
β“˜ Talc ?
Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Colour: Colourless
Description: Tentatively identified but doubtful. Material is present as a minor constituent of a rock with brown tourmaline. Occurs as flakes.
β“˜ Thaumasite
Formula: Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Colour: White
Description: Occurs in veinlets and joints in spurrite rock. Forms the white, silky matrix od some vesuvianite crystals.
β“˜ Tobermorite
Formula: Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2 · (Ca · 3H2O)
β“˜ 'Tourmaline'
Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Colour: Brown
Description: Fond in a block of gray scapolite-bearing contact rock.
β“˜ Vesuvianite
Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
β“˜ Wollastonite
Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)
Description: Occurs as fine crystals and silky masses. Giant crystals occurred in blue calcite with associated fluorellestadite in great blocks which fell into the quarry from the ridge SW of the Lone Star Quarry.

Gallery:

Ca3Si6O15 · 7H2Oβ“˜ Nekoite (TL)

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
β“˜Graphite1.CB.05aC
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
β“˜Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
β“˜Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Periclase4.AB.25MgO
β“˜Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
β“˜Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
β“˜Brucite4.FE.05Mg(OH)2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
β“˜Hydromagnesite5.DA.05Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 Β· 4H2O
Group 6 - Borates
β“˜Ludwigite6.AB.30Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
β“˜Thaumasite7.DG.15Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) Β· 12H2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
β“˜Pyromorphite8.BN.05Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Monticellite9.AC.10CaMgSiO4
β“˜Merwinite (TL)9.AD.15Ca3Mg(SiO4)2
β“˜Grossular9.AD.25Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
β“˜Andradite9.AD.25Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
β“˜Chondrodite9.AF.45Mg5(SiO4)2F2
β“˜Spurrite9.AH.15Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)
β“˜Fluorellestadite9.AH.25Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
β“˜Gehlenite9.BB.10Ca2Al[AlSiO7]
β“˜Vesuvianite9.BG.35Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(β—»4)β—»[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
β“˜Diopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
β“˜Wollastonite9.DG.05Ca3(Si3O9)
β“˜Tobermorite9.DG.10Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2 Β· (Ca Β· 3H2O)
β“˜Hillebrandite9.DG.40Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2
β“˜Nekoite (TL)9.EA.45Ca3Si6O15 Β· 7H2O
β“˜Talc ?9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
β“˜Phlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜Clintonite9.EC.35CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2
β“˜Clinochlore9.EC.55Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
β“˜Microcline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
β“˜Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
β“˜var. Oligoclase9.FA.35(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Unclassified
β“˜'Limonite'-
β“˜'Tourmaline'-AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
β“˜'Ellestadite'-
β“˜'Chlorite Group'-
β“˜'Crestmoreite'-
β“˜'Hydrotroilite'-FeS Β· H2O ?
β“˜'Scapolite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ BruciteMg(OH)2
Hβ“˜ ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Hβ“˜ ClintoniteCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ HillebranditeCa2(SiO3)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ HydromagnesiteMg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
Hβ“˜ NekoiteCa3Si6O15 · 7H2O
Hβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Hβ“˜ ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Hβ“˜ TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2 · (Ca · 3H2O)
Hβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Hβ“˜ HydrotroiliteFeS · H2O ?
BBoron
Bβ“˜ LudwigiteMg2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Bβ“˜ TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
CCarbon
Cβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Cβ“˜ GraphiteC
Cβ“˜ HydromagnesiteMg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
Cβ“˜ SpurriteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Cβ“˜ ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oβ“˜ AndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Oβ“˜ BruciteMg(OH)2
Oβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Oβ“˜ ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
Oβ“˜ ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Oβ“˜ ClintoniteCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Oβ“˜ FluorellestaditeCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
Oβ“˜ GehleniteCa2Al[AlSiO7]
Oβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Oβ“˜ HillebranditeCa2(SiO3)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ HydromagnesiteMg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
Oβ“˜ LudwigiteMg2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Oβ“˜ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oβ“˜ MerwiniteCa3Mg(SiO4)2
Oβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Oβ“˜ MonticelliteCaMgSiO4
Oβ“˜ NekoiteCa3Si6O15 · 7H2O
Oβ“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Oβ“˜ PericlaseMgO
Oβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Oβ“˜ RutileTiO2
Oβ“˜ SpurriteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Oβ“˜ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Oβ“˜ ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Oβ“˜ TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2 · (Ca · 3H2O)
Oβ“˜ TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Oβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Oβ“˜ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Oβ“˜ HydrotroiliteFeS · H2O ?
FFluorine
Fβ“˜ ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
Fβ“˜ FluorellestaditeCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
NaSodium
Naβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naβ“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ BruciteMg(OH)2
Mgβ“˜ ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
Mgβ“˜ ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Mgβ“˜ ClintoniteCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2
Mgβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mgβ“˜ HydromagnesiteMg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O
Mgβ“˜ LudwigiteMg2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Mgβ“˜ MerwiniteCa3Mg(SiO4)2
Mgβ“˜ MonticelliteCaMgSiO4
Mgβ“˜ PericlaseMgO
Mgβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mgβ“˜ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Mgβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alβ“˜ ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Alβ“˜ ClintoniteCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2
Alβ“˜ GehleniteCa2Al[AlSiO7]
Alβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Alβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Alβ“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Alβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siβ“˜ AndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Siβ“˜ ChondroditeMg5(SiO4)2F2
Siβ“˜ ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Siβ“˜ ClintoniteCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Siβ“˜ FluorellestaditeCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
Siβ“˜ GehleniteCa2Al[AlSiO7]
Siβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Siβ“˜ HillebranditeCa2(SiO3)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ MerwiniteCa3Mg(SiO4)2
Siβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Siβ“˜ MonticelliteCaMgSiO4
Siβ“˜ NekoiteCa3Si6O15 · 7H2O
Siβ“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Siβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ SpurriteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Siβ“˜ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Siβ“˜ ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Siβ“˜ TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2 · (Ca · 3H2O)
Siβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Siβ“˜ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
PPhosphorus
Pβ“˜ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sβ“˜ FluorellestaditeCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
Sβ“˜ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sβ“˜ StibniteSb2S3
Sβ“˜ ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Sβ“˜ HydrotroiliteFeS · H2O ?
ClChlorine
Clβ“˜ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Kβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ AndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Caβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Caβ“˜ ClintoniteCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2
Caβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Caβ“˜ FluorellestaditeCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
Caβ“˜ GehleniteCa2Al[AlSiO7]
Caβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Caβ“˜ HillebranditeCa2(SiO3)(OH)2
Caβ“˜ MerwiniteCa3Mg(SiO4)2
Caβ“˜ MonticelliteCaMgSiO4
Caβ“˜ NekoiteCa3Si6O15 · 7H2O
Caβ“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Caβ“˜ SpurriteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Caβ“˜ ThaumasiteCa3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O
Caβ“˜ TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2 · (Ca · 3H2O)
Caβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Caβ“˜ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
TiTitanium
Tiβ“˜ RutileTiO2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ AndraditeCa3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Feβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feβ“˜ LudwigiteMg2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Feβ“˜ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feβ“˜ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Feβ“˜ VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Feβ“˜ HydrotroiliteFeS · H2O ?
CuCopper
Cuβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
SbAntimony
Sbβ“˜ StibniteSb2S3
PbLead
Pbβ“˜ PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl

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