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Elbaite from
Surprise 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
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elbaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Surprise Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:561415
Long-form Identifier:1:3:561415:8
GUID (UUID V4):3c9b9e76-7812-4d36-a152-294d8e5cc662
Nearest other occurrences of Elbaite
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘLittle Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘLittle Three Mine area, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘHercules Mine (Beryl claim; Hercules claim; Hercules group; Hercules prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘLookout Mine (Hercules group; Lookout prospect; Upper Hercules mine), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘCable Mine (Little Three Extension prospect; New A.B.C. prospect; New ABC prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘMesa Grande Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
17.1km (10.7 miles) ⓘCota Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘPayne Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘSan Diego Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘGreen Ledge Mine (Green Ledge dike), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
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Journal (issue)
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
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...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
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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 ×
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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...small-cabinet specimens of, let’s see, smoky quartz, elbaite, morganite and aquamarine beryl, spessartine, albite...cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Ex Bryant Harris collection
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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)...des monts San Jacinto, dans le centre du comte de Riverside,traversele comte de San Diego et se prolongejusqu'a...districtspegmatitiquesdistincts repartisdans les comtes de San Diego et de Riverside.Le nombre total de corps individuels
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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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ABOUT THE NOMENCLATURE AND THE TYPE LOCALITY OF ELBAITE: A HISTORICAL REVIEW by Andreas Ertl Institut...Na)HAl6B2Si4O21. Most likely the type material for (pink) elbaite with the formula ~(Na0.70.3)(Al1.9Li1.1)Al6(B0...by Schaller, 1913) was found at Fonte del Prete, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno...1933 Winchell published an updated formula for elbaite, H8Na2Li3Al3B6Al12Si12O62, which is commonly used...and Barton, performed on a pink elbaite from San Diego County, California, U.S.A. Zusammenfassung Ein Lithium-Turmalin
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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
Report (issue)
Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite Fabio...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...from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient
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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
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Pyromorphite-Carol & Karl Waming collection, page 276; Elbaite-Daniel Nowak collection, page 201; Diamond-Rob...76; Copper-Paul Bordovsky collection, page 33; Elbaite-Jeremy C. Smith collection, page 235 ; Vanadinite'...Rhodonite-Mark Pospisil .collection, page 21 O; Elbaite-Jack Olivier collection, page 204; Cerussite-Joe...described in The Exchanger's Monthly : To my great surprise, the first pick I put in the ground brought to...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens
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Photographs JanuaryFebruary: Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimens, Erica...Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen,...Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen...Harold and Erica Van Pelt photo. November/December: Elbaite on quartz, Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil...Colorado, 307 Albite, California, 160; Witwatersrand, 395 Allanite-(Ce), California, 162 Allophane, Colorado
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International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...and ink render­ ing of elbaite crystals with lepidolite from the Golconda Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...Maximilian Glas ............ 62 • Inclusions in Elbaite Crystals .......... 64 John I. Koivula • If Icarus...were uncovered there until the 1860s when a true mining effort was directed at the outcrop (King, 2000)
Report (issue)
Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://www.archive.org/det...MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By F. HAROLD WEBER JR., California Division of Mines...Stewart COUNTY REPORT California Division of Mines Ferry Building, LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS...DAVIS San 3 and Geology Francisco, 1963 ^ OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWN, Governor J?...CAMPBELL, Director AND GEOLOGY State Geologist COUNTY REPORT ^ Price $8.00 3 CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT
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8 RED CLOUD MINE WULFENITE Rockhounds enjoy the products of this amazing Arizona mine. By Bob Jones...QUARTZ 40 ROCK & GEM KIDS 46 THE BRISTOL COPPER MINE 50 COOL SUMMER ROCKHOUNDING 54 NATIVE AMERICAN... Find jagged quartz crystals at the Wall Street mine. By Robert Beard Regular Columns Field Notes ....Wulfenite from the Red Cloud (photo credit)mine (La Paz County), Arizona, is world famous. (3.9 cm high)...would love to play with one. I live near San Diego, California. Do you know anyone nearby that could test
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Joe Marchesani; Jmarch06@comcast.net SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: Dr. Don Buchanan; dbuch7326@aol.com...now available on the Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine The early-day history (1896-1913)...(1896-1913) of gem tourmaline mining at the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, is rife with conflicts by men...starts with the discovery of colored tourmaline in California in 1872. Two Mesa Grande tourmalines sold by...private collector. “The Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine,” as described above was serialized
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... . . . 217 by A. R. Kampf The Dee North mine, Elko County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....M. Jensen Pseudomorphic melanophlogites from California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 by G....crystal cluster, 13.6 cm, from the famous Malmberget mine, Gällivose, Lapland, Sweden. Peter Lyckberg collection;...Iowa, but was a long-time resident of Boron, California. A graduate of the Colorado School of Mines,
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circulation manager Articles The Boltsbum mine, Weardale, County Duiham, England ......................... Bariand Arsenate minerals of the Sterling Hill mine: an overview .....................................BERYL crystal, 7 cm tall, from the Virgem da Lapa district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Sorbonne collec­ tion,...miners, as give­ away promotional items for use by mining executives, as part of sculptures depicting miners...5 . USA 6 0 2 8 8 8 -6 0 1 5 < rDistinctivtJrDisplays Number Two Kansas Street Showroom M54 San Francisco
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stock certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This...Kile Brian Kosnar Bryan & Kathryn Lees Ian Merkel Mining Hall of Farne, Steve Whittington curator Nick North...in Colorado Introduction lt should come as no surprise that, since the first discovery of gold in Colorado...did not escape the notice of some of the earliest mining men to work in there. Unlike the neighboring states...is basically a hardrock state where mining (and specimen mining) must typically cut through granite and
Report (issue)
Helvite with calcite, 12 cm, from the DongWuQi mine, Huanggangliang Mountains, Inner Mongolia, China...crystals on borcarite, 2.5 cm, from the Huanggang mine, Huanggangliang Mountains, Inner Mongolia, China...Huanggangliang, and especially from the Huanggang mine—stay tuned for my report on the 2012 Tucson Show...Show in the May-June 2012 issue. One such recent surprise is the Ca-Mg borate-carbonate called, aptly enough...enhydro bubbles besides. Elbaite with albite, 6.5 cm, from Stak Nala, Skardu district, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan
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gressman@minrec.org Articles The Malkhan Pegmatite District Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian...the Forgotten Pocket, Sosedka pegmatite, Malkhan district. The same specimen as shown from a different angle...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription...com | w w w. FineMineral.com Malachite Shilu Mine, Brazil 21.5 cm CRYSTAL CLASSICS FINE MINERALS... Mimetite | Endeavor Mine, Australia 10.2 x 5.0 x 2.2cm Rhodonite | Chiurucu Mine, Peru 7.1 x 6.2 x 5
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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), Idaho; rectangular step cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange...(16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado;...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE
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(trigonal boro-silicates). Figure 1. A 4.7-cm-high elbaite, with a very dark base that may be schorl, from...john@jwkustos.com T Buergerite Chromdravite Dravite Elbaite Feruvite Foitite Liddicoatite Magnesiofoitite Olenite...schorl-elbaite with quartz from the Big Kahuna zone, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California...species in each group have numerous varietal names. Elbaite, for example, a tourmaline, may be referred to...or pink variety, then, should be something like elbaite, variety rubellite (tourmaline group). As easy
 
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