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Tobermorite from
Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA


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Tobermorite

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
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Tobermorite, etc.

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
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Tobermorite, etc.

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
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Tobermorite, etc.

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
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Tobermorite

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
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Tobermorite, etc.

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
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Tobermorite, etc.

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
09488790017271983111102.jpg
Tobermorite, etc.

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
01563950017271927117247.jpg
Tobermorite

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
08580030017367249998635.jpg
Tobermorite, etc.

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
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Tobermorite, etc.

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
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Tobermorite, etc.

Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Tobermorite
Formula:Ca5Si6O17 · 5H2O
Comments:Occurs as pseudomorphs after fluorellestadite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Jennite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite17
Ellestadite11
Riversideite8
Datolite4
Vesuvianite4
Harkerite1
Monticellite1
Chondrodite1
Fluorellestadite1
Bultfonteinite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tobermorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:26453
Long-form Identifier:1:3:26453:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Tobermorite in this Region
Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Tobermorite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘCommercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘWet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
References
American Mineralogist: 51: 56-74
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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