History of the Tourmaline Queen mine San Diego County, California. From: The Mineralogical Record | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Swoboda, Edward R. | COPYRIGHT 2002 The Mineralogical, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

For over a century the Tourmaline Queen mine near Pa/a, California has been known for large and beautiful crystals of tourmaline and morganite beryl. The extraordinary blue-capped pink elbaites recovered in 1972 remain among the most famous mineral specimens of any kind ever found in California, and are surely the finest tourmalines ever recovered in North America. Here is the story behind this great locality, which today is once again producing fine specimens.

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