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You can go to benitoite dot com and there you'll find a large article I wrote on the deposit detailing the mineralogy and geology of the deposit and crystallography of benitoite. Here's the link to t ...

Here is some "rock solid" info re: the Benitoite Gem Mine. Bryan Lees finished with his project and rehab work in 2004. The property was sold to Dave Schreiner of Coalinga. Bryan exposed t ...

First Almandine was never found at the Benitoite Gem mine. I was merely suggesting that the specimen may be almandine. What I see in your photos looks more like cleavage planes vs crystal faces. And ...

I would say this ~could~ be a piece of neptunite that is included. It also has the appearance of heavily included piece of almandine too. The only way to be sure would be ramans or XRD analysis. But ...

Normally I would not inject myself into something like this but and I will also say that I am not the Pala resident pointed at here. I was a regular visitor to the Tourmaline Queen mine and other Pal ...

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Topic: San Benito County
JohnVeevaert Replies: 9 Views: 17588	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 18, 2018 11:59 Subject: Re: San Benito County
JohnVeevaert Replies: 9 Views: 17588	You can go to benitoite dot com and there you'll find a large article I wrote on the deposit detailing the mineralogy and geology of the deposit and crystallography of benitoite. Here's the link to t ...
Topic: San Benito County
JohnVeevaert Replies: 9 Views: 17588	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 17, 2018 14:22 Subject: Re: San Benito County
JohnVeevaert Replies: 9 Views: 17588	Here is some "rock solid" info re: the Benitoite Gem Mine. Bryan Lees finished with his project and rehab work in 2004. The property was sold to Dave Schreiner of Coalinga. Bryan exposed t ...
Topic: Collection of Nurbo
JohnVeevaert Replies: 404 Views: 944792	Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Apr 01, 2012 08:23 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo
JohnVeevaert Replies: 404 Views: 944792	First Almandine was never found at the Benitoite Gem mine. I was merely suggesting that the specimen may be almandine. What I see in your photos looks more like cleavage planes vs crystal faces. And ...
Topic: Collection of Nurbo
JohnVeevaert Replies: 404 Views: 944792	Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Mar 31, 2012 10:33 Subject: Re: Collection of Nurbo
JohnVeevaert Replies: 404 Views: 944792	I would say this ~could~ be a piece of neptunite that is included. It also has the appearance of heavily included piece of almandine too. The only way to be sure would be ramans or XRD analysis. But ...
Topic: Highgrading, the selling of stolen goods and turning a blind eye
JohnVeevaert Replies: 42 Views: 104567	Forum: Reporting thefts and disappearances Posted: Jul 14, 2011 17:15 Subject: Re: Highgrading, the selling of stolen goods and turning a blind eye
JohnVeevaert Replies: 42 Views: 104567	Normally I would not inject myself into something like this but and I will also say that I am not the Pala resident pointed at here. I was a regular visitor to the Tourmaline Queen mine and other Pal ...