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Elbaite from
Little Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Elbaite
Formula:Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cleavelanditeⓘ18 photos of Elbaite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Topazⓘ14 photos of Elbaite associated with Topaz at this locality.
Smoky Quartzⓘ12 photos of Elbaite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Quartzⓘ7 photos of Elbaite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Schorlⓘ5 photos of Elbaite associated with Schorl at this locality.
Boromuscoviteⓘ4 photos of Elbaite associated with Boromuscovite at this locality.
Lepidoliteⓘ3 photos of Elbaite associated with Lepidolite at this locality.
Muscoviteⓘ2 photos of Elbaite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Bismiteⓘ2 photos of Elbaite associated with Bismite at this locality.
Bismuthⓘ2 photos of Elbaite associated with Bismuth at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elbaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (43 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4804
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4804:0
GUID (UUID V4):731f3780-b219-4de9-a9d9-d5aa56f1d39a
Nearest other occurrences of Elbaite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘLittle Three Mine area, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘHercules Mine (Beryl claim; Hercules claim; Hercules group; Hercules prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘLookout Mine (Hercules group; Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules mine), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘCable Mine (Little Three Extension prospect; New A.B.C. prospect; New ABC prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘSurprise Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘMesa Grande Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘCota Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘPayne Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) ⓘSan Diego Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘGreen Ledge Mine (Green Ledge dike), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...$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 (article/letter/editorial)
MIAROLITIC GRANITIC PEGMATITES AT THE LITTLE THREE MINE, RAMONA, CALIFORNIA, USA David LONDON§, George B. MORGAN...73019, USA Abstract Miarolitic granitic pegmatites at the Little Three mine property near Ramona, San...San Diego County, California, USA, possess a bulk composition that closely matches that of a hydrous peraluminous...partially cumulate nor hydrothermal in nature. The Little Three pegmatites are, however, sharply zoned. Chemical...cooling history, field diffusion, Little Three mine, Ramona, California. Introduction The coarse grain-size
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The boron isotopic evolution of the Little Three pegmatites, Ramona, CA James L. Maner, David London PII:...The boron isotopic evolution of the Little Three pegmatites, Ramona, CA. The address for the corresponding...The boron isotopic evolution of the Little Three pegmatites, Ramona, CA James L. Maner IV* and David London...100 East Boyd Street, SEC 710 Norman, OK 73019, USA IP T *email: jlmaner87@ou.edu CR ABSTRACT Tourmaline...axinite from three pegmatite dikes (named Main, US Swamp, and Spessartine) at the Little Three mine near Ramona
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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)
Crystallization of the Little Three layered pegmatite-aplite dike, Ramona District, California Received: 24 March...currently is little concensus as to how such dikes form. The Little Three dike near Ramona, California, is representative...100 East Boyd Street, SEC 810 Norman, OK 73019, USA; Fax: (405) 325-3140; e-mail: gmorgan@ou.edu Editorial...investigation of the Little Three pegmatite-aplite dike from the Ramona district, California, feldspar compositions...the George Ashley Block pegmatite (Mesa Grande District, CA) accumulated by crystal settling. Consistent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pegmatites: ART Downloaded by [University of California, San Diego] at 03:56 02 March 2016 What TOURMALINE...Ledge dike, Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California. Varieties of elbaite: (c) rubellite...rubellite, 10 cm, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, California, found by Ralph Potter in 1958, William Larson specimen...terminated, 6 cm, 1991 London Pocket, Little Three mine, Ramona, California; (e) indicolite, 5.6 cm, Aracuai...cm, mostly colorless tourmaline presumed to be elbaite, with a green domain and pink tip, Mount Mica,
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
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
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l 'etranger - ou sur rendez-vous Elbaite - 7,1 cm de largeur Mine Hima/aya,Mesa Grande,Californie,U...Scovil • Barite surfluorite Crista/: 4 x 3 x 0,4 cm Mine de /'Ave/lan, Var Coll. : G. Mari Photo : l.-D....Jesse FISHER 380 PennsylvaniaAvenue- San Francisco- CA 94107- USA (Traduitde l'anglaispar J. GALVIER)...exploitations teltes qu'Himalaya,TourmalineQueen au Little Three se trouvent aujourd'hui dans les collections...des monts San Jacinto, dans le centre du comte de Riverside,traversele comte de San Diego et se prolongejusqu'a
Journal (issue)
Joe Marchesani; Jmarch06@comcast.net SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: Dr. Don Buchanan; dbuch7326@aol.com...Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds...Emeralds Elite (emeraldselite.com) from Little Rock, AR announced on September 12, 2019 that the LKA and................................... 2 Independence Mine, ......................................................................................... 2 California ..............................................
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)
2013) invited me to his Little Three pegmatite mine near Ramona, California, to view the last of a string...crystal-filled miarolitic cavities that he had been mining from the main pegmatite dike on the property (see...2012 for additional details of the mine). Spaulding had been mining northward up a steeply dipping portion...80° E. in the 1991 London Pocket, Little Three mine, Ramona, California, after about 100 kilograms of material...cavities packed with clay at the Himalaya and San Diego pegmatites in the nearby Volume 88, November/December
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...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...with associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 ×
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
group, from the Little Three mine pegmatite,Ramonadistrict San Diego County, California EucnNBE. Foono...Pocket, main Little Three pegmatite dike, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. The mineral...cm or more thick. Fragments of topaz, albite, elbaite, and other pocket minerals are included in the...The Little Three layered pegmatite-aplite intrusion is located in the Ramona pegmatite district of central...central San Diego County, California (Foord et al., 1989). Bodies of granitic pegmatiteon the Little Three
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...small-cabinet specimens of, let’s see, smoky quartz, elbaite, morganite and aquamarine beryl, spessartine, albite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 USA * Corresponding author. ABSTRACT of Crystallization...with cooling and time. These can be recognized as three stages of crystallization in order: (1) primary...tourmaline, spodumene, topaz, and garnet offer little insight into their temperatures of crystallization...samples from California ur (stilbite-Ca and laumontite at Ocean View, Himalaya, and Little Three) and Afghanistan... heulandite). Stilbite-Ca from the Little Three mine, California, (Table 9 of London et al., 2012) is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
05:07 04 June 2016 \ Los Angeles County j San Bernardino County ..I. ...............................Riverside County I J Jb3 %$*6 Orange Cahuilla Mt X Mt X Mesa Grande X Ramona San Diego County : ’...[University of Exeter] at 05:07 04 June 2016 0 Imperial County h 30 Figure 7 (above). Location map showing Cahuilla...and other major pegmatite districts in Southern California. Map by William W. Besse. Figure 8 (above right)...Dike claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County, California. Map by William W. Besse. Figure 9 (right)
Book
) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite...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...Willian, Boyce Thompson, founder of the Newmont Mining Corporation, along with an endowment that enables...6O18 164- 171 Tourmaline group (see gems also) Elbaite Na(Li,Al)iAli BO3)3Si 6O,s(OH), 172- 186 Liddicoatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystallization process in the San Diego County pegmatites, California, USA Jennifer S. MALONEY1,4 , Peter...Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA *Corresponding author, e-mail: nabelekp@missouri...MI 48859, USA 3 Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA 4 Current... 363 N. Sam Houston Parkway, Houston, TX 77060, USA 5 Current address: Institut fĂźr Geowissenschaften...lithium-cesium-tantalum-type pegmatite dikes of San Diego County, California, USA, tourmaline is the main reservoir
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
kande, San Diego Eountg, Ealifiornia 7 Los Angeles County II ,J - r J--4 ‘*- \ Orange County f ... San Bernardino Coun -----. I--L-L--- \,-. 1 Cahuilla Mt. X x Thomas Mt- L-. JESSE FISHEK 380...380 Pennsylvania Ave. San Francisco, California 94107 EUGENE E. FOOKD M.S.905, U.S. Geological Survey Box...BRICKER 410 East Elder Fallbrook, California 92028 T he Himalaya mine has been the largest producer of...include specimens from this mine. Since it was first claimed in 1898, mine production has been highly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tourmaline of the elbaite-schorl series from the Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, California: A detailed investigation...and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125-2500, U.S.A. 3 Office...from gem pockets in the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California, including a strongly color-zoned...grayish-yellow, intermediate zone is Mn-rich “fluor-elbaite” that contains a relatively high Mn content with...with ~6 wt% MnO. The nearly colorless “fluor-elbaite” rim has the highest Li content of all zones. There
Journal (issue)
page 14 In this issue … Mineral of the month: Elbaite ........... p. 2 Program: Tourmalines of Maine...EFMLS: Annual convention ................ p. 20 Elbaite Source: Smithsonian Institution. Upcoming events...21 Photo: Chip Clark. Mineral of the Month Elbaite Happy St. Patrick’s Day! by Sue Marcus What’s...Watermelon tourmaline is a particular, informal form of elbaite, our March Mineral of the Month. Northern Virginia...they see elbaite in their mind’s eye, usually as a single red-pink or green crystal. Elbaite is unusual
 
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