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Apatite from
Henshaw Quarry, Bloomington, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Comments:Occurs as prisms to 2 cm.
Colour:Pale green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Diopside
Grossular
Scapolite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Henshaw Quarry, Bloomington, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:686238
Long-form Identifier:1:3:686238:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘJensen Quarry, Jurupa Mountains, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘCommercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘSlover Mountain Quarry (California Portland Cement Company Quarry; Colton Marble), West Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘNew City Quarry (Victoria Avenue quarry), Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘCajalco Mine (Cajalco Tin Mine; Cajalco Dumortierite occurrence), El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, USA
68.9km (42.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed pegmatite [1], Whitewater (White Water), Riverside County, California, USA
73.1km (45.4 miles) ⓘCrown Jewel Mine, Bautista Canyon, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA
79.6km (49.5 miles) ⓘTourmaline King Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
80.3km (49.9 miles) ⓘPala View Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
81.0km (50.3 miles) ⓘStewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn), Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Cooney, R.L. (1956), The mineralogy of the Jensen and Henshaw quarries near Riverside, California: Unpublished Master’s thesis, University of California at Los Angeles: 24, 41
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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