02030: Microcline - $8 Columbite Pocket, Oceanview Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California Miniature - 4.0 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm 28 grams Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order A glassy, opaque microcline crystal,
incomplete but the main face covered with smaller,
complete crystals. Minor muscovite. I collected this
specimen on July 6, 2003 from a pocket located at the base
of the Beryl Stope (which shortly thereafter would yield
the 49er Pocket, perhaps the first major pocket of modern
operations at the locality). This pocket was particular
rich with etched aquamarines and columbite-tantalite
crystals; hence the pocket's name.
|
|||
|