Streak is white. Other Characteristics: Nearly all specimens fluoresce blue under UV light. Associated Minerals include serpentine, neptunite, natrolite, joaquinite, sanbornite, taramellite, albite and fresnoite. Notable Occurrences include only the mines of San Benito County, California, USA for good excellent crystals.
Elevation- Los Angeles 300 feet. Elevation- San Francisco 60 feet. Based on these numbers alone, you'll be going downhill from Los Angeles to San Francisco as you travel North on Hwy 1 (the more scenic route and closer to sea level)
With an average surface elevation of 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the highest lake of its size in the United States. The water temperature near the surface generally cools to 40 to 50 o F (4.5 to 10 o C) during February and March and warms to 65 to 70 o F (18 to 21 o C) during August and September.