[Rockhounds] Terlingua calcite

[pmodreski at aol.com]

Out of curiosity I just checked what's on Mindat.? A "plethora" of different mine names are listed for calcite from the Terlingua district, one of which is the Little 38 mine.? There are 8 photos posted?on Mindat of calcite from Terlingua, most of which are yellow-amber scalenohedral crystals from the Perry Pit, Mariposa mine (California Mountain mine).? Just one of the photos posted is of the blue-fluorescent calcite, and its caption doesn't give a specific location.

Pete

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From: Jeffrey T. Cessna <jcessna at nist.gov>
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Sent: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 2:03 pm
Subject: RE: [Rockhounds] Terlingua calcite


Actually, Paul Garland has entered the Terlingua (Little 38 Mine) site into Google Earth (the stand alone program, for those who are not familiar). I am not sure what layer it is in because I have a lot of them turned on. Out of curiosity I entered Terlingua to see where in TX it was and found Paul's entry about 3 miles to the west of the town.?
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Cheers,?
Jeff?
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At 03:23 PM 7/8/2008, you wrote:?
>Paul Garland has visited the site.?
>I'll CC him.?
>?
>Paul, any two cents on the below message??
>?
>Cheers?
>Axel?
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> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----?
> > Van: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com?
> > [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] Namens pmodreski at aol.com?
> > Verzonden: dinsdag 8 juli 2008 18:46?
> > Aan: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com; everbeek at ptd.net?
> > Onderwerp: Re: [Rockhounds] Terlingua calcite?
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> > Dear List,?
> >?
> > Here's the?comment that Earl Verbeek tried to post to the?
> > List earlier today, but couldn't get recognized by the?
> > Listserv.---Pete?
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> > I've had two people tell me that the source of the "real"?
> > Terlingua calcite, the blue-fl. SW and pink-fl. LW material,?
> > was the Little 38 mine (hope I got the name right), and ONLY?
> > that one mine.? Both of them were there and collected the fl.?
> > calcite from the dumps of this mine (one when some of the?
> > dump material apparently was reprocessed as road aggregate),?
> > so they have some firsthand knowledge.? Just passing it on FWIW.?
> >?
> > ??
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> > A somewhat similar problem concerns the "Terlingua-type"?
> > calcite from San Saba, Texas.? Is that San Saba the city, or?
> > somewhere in San Saba County?? I've never seen the locality?
> > given to any useful degree of specificity.? Anyone out there?
> > know where this stuff comes from??
> >?
> > ??
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> > ????????????? Cheers-??? Earl?? (at?? everbeek at ptd.net?? )?
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