Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Wet Weather Quarry | Quarry |
| Sky Blue Hill | Hill |
| Crestmore quarries | Group of Quarries |
| Crestmore | Town |
| Jurupa Valley | City |
| Riverside County | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 1' 0'' North , 117° 22' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rubidoux | 34,280 (2011) | 3.1km |
| Highgrove | 3,988 (2011) | 4.6km |
| Sunnyslope | 5,153 (2011) | 4.6km |
| Bloomington | 23,851 (2011) | 6.1km |
| Grand Terrace | 12,464 (2017) | 6.7km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Orange Belt Mineralogical Society | San Bernardino, California | 13km |
| Valley Prospectors, Inc. | San Bernardino, California | 13km |
| West End Prospectors Corporation | Norco, California | 18km |
| Yucaipa Valley Gem & Mineral Society | Yucaipa, California | 31km |
| Route 66 Gold Miners Inc | Brea, California | 49km |
Exceptionally clear intrusive relationships, and the only example of the sharp segregation of the contact minerals into distinctive zones, were to be seen on the south wall of this quarry in the group (Woodford et al., 1941).
This quarry was deepened and extended from 1940 until 1954.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
| ⓘ Andradite Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ Brucite Formula: Mg(OH)2 Colour: White, yellow, gray Description: Waxy grains 1 to 5 mm diameter in marble. Locally abundant. |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' Colour: Blue-green Description: Occurs as thin, 1 x 1 mm plates in blue calcite above station 29. |
| ⓘ Chondrodite Formula: Mg5(SiO4)2F2 |
| ⓘ Clinochlore Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 Colour: Pale green Description: Flakes |
| ⓘ Clintonite Formula: CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2 Description: Reported as "Xanthophyllite." |
| ⓘ 'Crestmoreite' Description: Includes pseudomorphs after wilkeite. |
| ⓘ Diopside Formula: CaMgSi2O6 |
| ⓘ 'Ellestadite' References: |
| ⓘ Fluorellestadite Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F Colour: Pale rose-coloured Description: Occurs as grains to 3 mm diameter above station 29. Also, crystals 5 to 10 mm wide were found alongside giant wollastonite crystals in blue calcite in great blocks which fell into the quarry from the ridge SW of the Lone Star Quarry. Occurs as numerous patches and veinlets in Wet Weather blocks which fell from the steep wall just NW of station 8. |
| ⓘ Gehlenite Formula: Ca2Al[AlSiO7] Colour: Colourless, pale yellow Description: Occurs below station 5 in spurrite-merwinite rock as smooth, 0.5 to 1 mm glassy grains in bluish limestone. |
| ⓘ Graphite Formula: C |
| ⓘ Grossular Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ Hillebrandite Formula: Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2 Description: Occurs as cross-fiber masses 8 to 10 cm long, cutting greenish vesuvianite rock. |
| ⓘ Hydromagnesite Formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O Description: Occurs as an alteration product of brucite in the predazzite rock. |
| ⓘ 'Hydrotroilite' Formula: FeS · H2O ? |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Ludwigite Formula: Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2 Description: Highly aluminous variety, mineral 'B' of Woodford |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Description: Occurs as 1 mm crystals in predazzite. |
| ⓘ Merwinite (TL) Formula: Ca3Mg(SiO4)2 Type Locality: References: |
| ⓘ Microcline Formula: K(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ Monticellite Formula: CaMgSiO4 Colour: Pale to dark brown, pink, gray, virtually colourless Description: The largest mass of monticellite was present in this quarry near station 29. Alos occurs as prismatic crystals in this quarry. |
| ⓘ Nekoite (TL) Formula: Ca3Si6O15 · 7H2O Type Locality: Colour: White Description: Fibrous |
| ⓘ Periclase Formula: MgO |
| ⓘ Phlogopite Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Colour: Greenish to reddish brown, colourless Description: Occurs in relatively large flakes in white limestone near station 30 and at station 29. |
| ⓘ Pyromorphite Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl Colour: Yellow Description: Minute crystals. References: |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS Description: Fairly common in this quarry disseminated through limestone. Also occurs above station 29 as lenticular masses 1 cm or more diameter in monticellite-vesuvianite rock. |
| ⓘ Rutile Formula: TiO2 |
| ⓘ 'Scapolite' Colour: White Description: Occurs as crystals in calcite veins in garnet, etc. |
| ⓘ Spurrite Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) Description: Occurred above station 29 with calcite and vesuvianite. |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 Description: Rare in contact rocks. References: |
| ⓘ Talc ? Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 Colour: Colourless Description: Tentatively identified but doubtful. Material is present as a minor constituent of a rock with brown tourmaline. Occurs as flakes. References: |
| ⓘ Thaumasite Formula: Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O Colour: White Description: Occurs in veinlets and joints in spurrite rock. Forms the white, silky matrix od some vesuvianite crystals. |
| ⓘ Tobermorite Formula: Ca5Si6O17 · 5H2O |
| ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z Colour: Brown Description: Fond in a block of gray scapolite-bearing contact rock. References: |
| ⓘ Vesuvianite Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 References: |
| ⓘ Wollastonite Formula: Ca3(Si3O9) Description: Occurs as fine crystals and silky masses. Giant crystals occurred in blue calcite with associated fluorellestadite in great blocks which fell into the quarry from the ridge SW of the Lone Star Quarry. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Periclase | 4.AB.25 | MgO |
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
| ⓘ | Brucite | 4.FE.05 | Mg(OH)2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Hydromagnesite | 5.DA.05 | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O |
| Group 6 - Borates | |||
| ⓘ | Ludwigite | 6.AB.30 | Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Thaumasite | 7.DG.15 | Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Pyromorphite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Monticellite | 9.AC.10 | CaMgSiO4 |
| ⓘ | Merwinite (TL) | 9.AD.15 | Ca3Mg(SiO4)2 |
| ⓘ | Andradite | 9.AD.25 | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ | Grossular | 9.AD.25 | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ | Chondrodite | 9.AF.45 | Mg5(SiO4)2F2 |
| ⓘ | Spurrite | 9.AH.15 | Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) |
| ⓘ | Fluorellestadite | 9.AH.25 | Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F |
| ⓘ | Gehlenite | 9.BB.10 | Ca2Al[AlSiO7] |
| ⓘ | Vesuvianite | 9.BG.35 | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 |
| ⓘ | Diopside | 9.DA.15 | CaMgSi2O6 |
| ⓘ | Wollastonite | 9.DG.05 | Ca3(Si3O9) |
| ⓘ | Tobermorite | 9.DG.10 | Ca5Si6O17 · 5H2O |
| ⓘ | Hillebrandite | 9.DG.40 | Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Nekoite (TL) | 9.EA.45 | Ca3Si6O15 · 7H2O |
| ⓘ | Talc ? | 9.EC.05 | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Phlogopite | 9.EC.20 | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Clintonite | 9.EC.35 | CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Clinochlore | 9.EC.55 | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| ⓘ | Microcline | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| ⓘ | var. Oligoclase | 9.FA.35 | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Ellestadite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| ⓘ | 'Crestmoreite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Hydrotroilite' | - | FeS · H2O ? |
| ⓘ | 'Scapolite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Brucite | Mg(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| H | ⓘ Clintonite | CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Ellestadite | |
| H | ⓘ Hillebrandite | Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Hydromagnesite | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O |
| H | ⓘ Nekoite | Ca3Si6O15 · 7H2O |
| H | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Thaumasite | Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O |
| H | ⓘ Tobermorite | Ca5Si6O17 · 5H2O |
| H | ⓘ Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 |
| H | ⓘ Hydrotroilite | FeS · H2O ? |
| B | Boron | |
| B | ⓘ Ludwigite | Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2 |
| B | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| C | ⓘ Hydromagnesite | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O |
| C | ⓘ Spurrite | Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) |
| C | ⓘ Thaumasite | Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Andradite | Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3 |
| O | ⓘ Brucite | Mg(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Chondrodite | Mg5(SiO4)2F2 |
| O | ⓘ Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| O | ⓘ Clintonite | CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
| O | ⓘ Ellestadite | |
| O | ⓘ Fluorellestadite | Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F |
| O | ⓘ Gehlenite | Ca2Al[AlSiO7] |
| O | ⓘ Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| O | ⓘ Hillebrandite | Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hydromagnesite | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O |
| O | ⓘ Ludwigite | Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Merwinite | Ca3Mg(SiO4)2 |
| O | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Monticellite | CaMgSiO4 |
| O | ⓘ Nekoite | Ca3Si6O15 · 7H2O |
| O | ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
| O | ⓘ Periclase | MgO |
| O | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| O | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Spurrite | Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) |
| O | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Thaumasite | Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O |
| O | ⓘ Tobermorite | Ca5Si6O17 · 5H2O |
| O | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | ⓘ Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 |
| O | ⓘ Wollastonite | Ca3(Si3O9) |
| O | ⓘ Hydrotroilite | FeS · H2O ? |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Chondrodite | Mg5(SiO4)2F2 |
| F | ⓘ Ellestadite | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorellestadite | Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Na | ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Brucite | Mg(OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Chondrodite | Mg5(SiO4)2F2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| Mg | ⓘ Clintonite | CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Mg | ⓘ Hydromagnesite | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O |
| Mg | ⓘ Ludwigite | Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Merwinite | Ca3Mg(SiO4)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Monticellite | CaMgSiO4 |
| Mg | ⓘ Periclase | MgO |
| Mg | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | ⓘ Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| Al | ⓘ Clintonite | CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Gehlenite | Ca2Al[AlSiO7] |
| Al | ⓘ Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Al | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
| Al | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | ⓘ Andradite | Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3 |
| Si | ⓘ Chondrodite | Mg5(SiO4)2F2 |
| Si | ⓘ Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| Si | ⓘ Clintonite | CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Si | ⓘ Ellestadite | |
| Si | ⓘ Fluorellestadite | Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F |
| Si | ⓘ Gehlenite | Ca2Al[AlSiO7] |
| Si | ⓘ Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Si | ⓘ Hillebrandite | Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Merwinite | Ca3Mg(SiO4)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | ⓘ Monticellite | CaMgSiO4 |
| Si | ⓘ Nekoite | Ca3Si6O15 · 7H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
| Si | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Spurrite | Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) |
| Si | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Thaumasite | Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Tobermorite | Ca5Si6O17 · 5H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 |
| Si | ⓘ Wollastonite | Ca3(Si3O9) |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Ellestadite | |
| S | ⓘ Fluorellestadite | Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| S | ⓘ Thaumasite | Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O |
| S | ⓘ Hydrotroilite | FeS · H2O ? |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| K | ⓘ Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Andradite | Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Clintonite | CaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Ca | ⓘ Ellestadite | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorellestadite | Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F |
| Ca | ⓘ Gehlenite | Ca2Al[AlSiO7] |
| Ca | ⓘ Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Hillebrandite | Ca2(SiO3)(OH)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Merwinite | Ca3Mg(SiO4)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Monticellite | CaMgSiO4 |
| Ca | ⓘ Nekoite | Ca3Si6O15 · 7H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
| Ca | ⓘ Spurrite | Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) |
| Ca | ⓘ Thaumasite | Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Tobermorite | Ca5Si6O17 · 5H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 |
| Ca | ⓘ Wollastonite | Ca3(Si3O9) |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Andradite | Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Ludwigite | Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Fe | ⓘ Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hydrotroilite | FeS · H2O ? |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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References
Larsen, Esper S., Foshag, William F. (1921) Merwinite, a new calcium magnesium orthosilicate from Crestmore, California. American Mineralogist, 6 (10) 143-147
Rogers, Austin F. (1929) Periclase from Crestmore near Riverside, California, with list of minerals from this locality. American Mineralogist, 14 (12) 462-469
Daly, John W. (1935) Paragenesis of the mineral assemblage at Crestmore, Riverside County, California. American Mineralogist, 20 (9) 638-659
Kelley, Vincent C. (1937) Notes on mineralization at Crestmore, California. American Mineralogist, 22 (2) 140-141
McConnell, Duncan (1937) The substitution of SiO4- and SO4-groups for PO4-groups in the apatite structure; ellestadite, the end-member. American Mineralogist, 22 (9). 977-986
Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA