Trinity Mineral Company * John Veevaert * P.O. Box 2182 Weaverville, California 96093 * (888) 689-8402 (Toll Free)

The "California" Room

Updated December 10, 2001

Here are hoard of new specimens from California - many are pegmatite minerals from San Diego County - many but not all!
 
 

Specimens

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CAL400 - $30.00  Spessartine on Albite Little Three Mine Ramona San Diego County 2.8 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm specimen with a 0.9 cm etched crystal of spessartine on albite.

 

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CAL401 - $25.00  Stilbite Himalaya Mine Mesa Grande San Diego County 2.5 x 2 x 1.7 cm cluster of stilbite crystals on quartz.  The largest crystal is 1.4 cm in length.

 

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CAL402 - $35.00  Stilbite on Tourmaline Himalaya Mine Mesa Grande San Diego County 3.2 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm cluster of stilbite crystals on pink tourmaline.  The largest crystal is 1.5 cm in length.

 

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CAL403 - $50.00  Tourmaline Himalaya Mine Mesa Grande San Diego County 2.4 x 1.4 x 1 cm specimen consisting of a small amount of microcline and a 2 cm doubly terminated crystal of pink tourmaline.

 

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CAL404 - $35.00  Tourmaline Himalaya Mine Mesa Grande San Diego County 2.7 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm crystal of terminated tourmaline.  The termination is capped with a dark green colored layer.  The terminated end of the crystal luster has a matted luster also.

 

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CAL405 - $75.00  Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala San Diego County 2.5 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm fuly terminated crystal of gem tourmaline with a pink cap.  The crystal has a ding on it but has a large gem section.

 

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CAL406 - $50.00  Tourmaline & Montmorillonite Stewart Mine Pala San Diego County 2 x 1 x 0.7 cm fully terminated crystal of rich lilac colored tourmaline with attached montmorillonite (clay) matrix.  The crystal is mostly gem.

 

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CAL407 - $65.00  Tourmaline & Montmorillonite Stewart Mine Pala San Diego County 2.4 x 2.3 x 1 cm fully terminated and gem crystal of rich lilac colored tourmaline on montmorillonite (clay) matrix.  The crystal is total gem!

 

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CAL408 - $50.00  Tourmaline  Stewart Mine Pala San Diego County 2 x 1.1 x 1 cm fully terminated, deep reddish lilac colored crystal of tourmaline var. rubellite.

 

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CAL409 - $60.00  Tourmaline & Stibiotantalite Himalaya Mine Mesa Grande San Diego County 3.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm specimen of pink tourmaline and partial crystals of stibiotantalite.  The largest partial crystal of this rare species is 1.6 cm across.

 

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CAL410 - $55.00  Tourmaline & Lepidolite Stewart Mine Pala San Diego County 1.8 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm fully terminated, rich lilac colored crystal of tourmaline with a 0.9 cm crystal of lepidolite.

 

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CAL411 - $65.00  Tourmaline  Stewart Mine Pala San Diego County 2.3 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm fully terminated crystal of lilac colored tourmaline

 

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CAL412 - $125.00  Tourmaline  Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala San Diego County 5.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm fully and doubly terminated crystal of multicolored tourmaline.

 

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CAL414 - $100.00  Scheelite Darwin Inyo County 4.3 x 3.8 x 3 cm specimen with a cluster of sharply crystallized scheelite crystals to 1.4 cm in length.  Several of the crystals are doubly terminated.  Under SW UV light this specimen is bright yellow and  bluish white.  No damage.

 

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CAL413 - $150.00  Axinite New Melones Dam Stewart Mine Calaveras County 7.5 x 6 x 5 cm specimen of quartz and bissolite hosting a druse of brownish violet colored crystals of axinite to 2.5 cm in length.  This is perhaps the most famous axinite locality in California as it was encountered during the construction of the New Melones Dam floodway.  Soon after it was uncovered it was lost forever with the completion of the dam.  The number of specimens from this locality are limited and few and far between.

 

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CAL415 - $145.00  Spessartine on Albite Little Three Mine Ramona San Diego County 5.5 x 3.4 x 3 cm specimen of albite with two sharp crystals of spessartine garnet.  The largest of the crystals is 0.8 cm across. Both have trapezohedral form.

 

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CAL416 - $85.00  Beryl var. Morganite Stewart Mine Pala San Diego County 5.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm specimen of crystallized morganite.  The specimen consists of one complete crystal 4.5 cm across and several partial crystals.  There is also some minor albite associated with the specimen.

 

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CAL27 - $65.00  Fluorapatite on Quartz Himalaya Mine San Diego County 3.1 x 2.5 cm specimen of smoky quartz hosting two crystals of smoky colored fluorapatite.  The crystals are both fully terminated though contacted.  Under SW UV light they both glow brilliant yellow.

 

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CAL34 - $125.00  Tourmaline Himalaya Mine San Diego County 4.3 x 1.2 cm crystal of multicolored tourmaline.  This crystal is doubly terminated and has a small amount of attatched microcline at the base.

 

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