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Helvine from
Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA


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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
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Helvine

Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Helvine
Formula:Be3Mn42+(SiO4)3S
Comments:Occurs as small grains and imperfect crystals in petalite-spodumene rock.
Found in unnamed pegmatite near Clark pegmatite.
Habit:tetrahedral crystals to 2cm on edge
Colour:Yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Petalite
Spodumene
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Helvine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clark Mine, Rincon Mountain, Rincon, Rincon Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:630829
Long-form Identifier:1:3:630829:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Helvine
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘKaterina Mine, Vanderberg-Katerina pegmatites, Hiriart Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
17.8km (11.0 miles) ⓘGem Star Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) ⓘTourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
89.7km (55.7 miles) ⓘPack Rat Mine, Tule Mountain (Mount Tule; Tulley Mountain), Jacumba, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Murdoch, Joseph (1946), Progress on revision of Bulletin 113 “Minerals of California,” with notes on some new mineral occurrences: California Division Mines Report 42: 198
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Fisher, Jesse (2011) Mines and Minerals of the Southern California Pegmatite Province. Rocks & Minerals, 86 (1) 14-35 doi:10.1080/00357529.2011.537167
 
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