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Aragonite (Var: Lead-bearing Aragonite) (Ca,Pb)CO3

Tarnowitzite, a lead bearing variety of aragonite. Some say that tarnowitzite is a mix of aragonite and cerussite. It fluoresces white under

Hyalite-Coated Chalcedony and Fluorite, SK Star Claim #2, Juab Co., Utah

This interesting and unique fluorescent specimen looks like something you'd expect to find in an underwater coral reef. Collected from...

Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite, Yangshuo Mine, China

This is a large specimen consisting of sky-blue plumbogummite (white light) psuedomorph that has replaced an intergrown cluster of...

Barite and Calcite from the Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

This very delicate and aesthetic specimen is from the historic Minerva No. 1 Mine in the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District of Southern...

Rare Fluorite from the Crystal Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois

The Crystal Mine, one of many fluorspar mines in the historic Cave-In-Rock mining district of Southern Illinois, is not a well-known...

Sphalerite, Ophir Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah

Sawn slab of zinc ore consisting of sphalerite, galena, and other unidentified minerals, from the Ophir Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. ...

Selenite Flower, Sheridan County, Wyoming

At first glace, this looks like a classic selenite rosette from the Red River Floodway, Manitoba, Canada. But no, guess again! This...

Linde Star Sapphire

In 1947, the Linde Air Products Company of New York began producing a form of synthetic gem corundum that was marketed in the gemstone...

Barite, Skunk Pocket, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa

This large and aesthetic barite specimen was collected from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa from a find made in November 2019...

Foyaite Igneous Rock from Monchique complex, Monchique, Faro, Portugal.

A nepheline syenite with predominant orthoclase and a trachytic texture. These are rich in fluorescent Sodalite

Alexandrite in Beryl var. Emerald from A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.

Alexandrite is a variety of chrysoberyl. The most striking characteristic of this gem and that gives it more value is that it has a...

Sørensenite, Tugtupite. Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

This is a very unusual combo with the rare Sørensenite associated with Tugtupite. Its best response is under short-wave UV light,...

Multi-Colored Sphalerite, Balmat No. 4 Mine, Balmat, New York

Featured here are two specimens consisting of sphalerite/zinc ore from the ZCA Mine No. 4 (now called the Empire State No. 4 Mine),...

Okenite, Gyrolite and Quartz from India

Small sample of Okenite mixed with quartz. The gyrolite should be present (as per the label) but don't ask me where to observe it because...

Brightly Fluorescent Fluorapatite Crystal from Bolivia

Brightly fluorescent crystal of fluorapatite from Cochabamba, Bolivia (possibly the Kami Mine). This specimen shows an unusual, bright,...

Sellaite - Fluorite from Fontsante (France)

This is an old Sellaite (with minor Fluorite) specimen coming from the BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières) in Paris...

Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite, Yangshuo Mine, China

This is a large specimen consisting of pale sky-blue plumbogummite psuedomorph that has replaced an intergrown cluster of hexagonal...

Hydrozincite and Smithsonite from Zorzone, Italy

This is a small nice Italian Zorzone mine Hydrozincite and Smithsonite specimen. The Hydrozincite coverage and thickness is very high on...

Multi-Colored Sphalerite, Balmat No. 4 Mine, Balmat, New York

Large, triangular-shaped piece of metallic grey colored sphalerite/zinc ore with brassy grains of an unidentified sulfide mineral (pyrite...

Gem Scapolite Crystal from Karur, India

This large, pale yellow, gem scapolite crystal is from the scapolite locality in the Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is...