About:
This is a another classic California locality and has been mined by several individuals over the years but primarily by Stuart Spaulding of Ramona.
The Little Three Mine is on private property and is world famous for its spessartite garnet and topaz. According to the Minerals of California Database it also has produced green tourmaline, elbaite tourmaline, lepidolite, ferroaxinite, schorl, cleaveleandite, cookeite, apatite, pucherite, cassiterite, stibiotantalite, stibiocolumbite, uranmicrolite and hambergite. Here are some pictures of specimens from the Little Three Mine. Most of these were either purchased or collected during a Loas Angeles Gem and Mineral Council field trip. To find out more about the LACMNH Gem and Mineral Council click here. To find out more specifics about what was found in these areas to start a collection or to possibly collect you might want to sign up for the Minerals of California Online Database. Click here to sign up.
|
