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Stilbite Subgroup from
Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Stilbite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
Comments:Occurs in calcite veins in garnet; also occurs in the pegmatite near station 15 as transparent, platy crystals to 1 cm long, with the common divergent structure characteristic of stilbite.
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Phillipsite Subgroup
Scapolite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stilbite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:151314
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151314:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Stilbite Subgroup
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘJensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
76.0km (47.2 miles) ⓘTourmaline King Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
76.2km (47.4 miles) ⓘTourmaline Queen Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
76.9km (47.8 miles) ⓘOceanview Mine (Oceanview adits; new Oceanview workings), Elizabeth R. Mine (Hazel W. claim), Chief Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
94.0km (58.4 miles) ⓘVictor Mine (Big Buck mine; Big Buck prospect), Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
95.5km (59.3 miles) ⓘCalavera Quarry (G. M. Kelly Quarry), Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Woodford, A.O., Crippen, R.A., Garner, K.B. (1941) Section Across Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, California. American Mineralogist: 26: 351-381.Pp. 367, 374
Daly, John W. (1935) Paragenesis of the mineral assemblage at Crestmore, Riverside County, California. American Mineralogist, 20 (9) 638-659
 
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