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Molybdosodalite, Naples Italy

An obscure specimen of Molybdosodalite (with vugs) from Naples Italy. The clear crystals appear to be NF and are just reflecting the glow...

Popcorn Barite, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa

A plate of off-white barite crystals on a limestone matrix, from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa. This particular material is...

Fluorite Cubes on Calcite, Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Iowa

Scalenohedral calcite crystals with minor marcasite and small, brown/amber, cubic fluorite crystals, on limestone matrix. From Pint's...

Emerald Green Sodalite from Greenland

Obscure "Emerald Green" Sodalite found on the north shore of the Tunulliarik Fjord, right above "Sodalite Beach" and where the bright...

Sterling Hill Sphalerite, Willemite, Franklinite, Talc, ex Marian Reitenbaugh collection

Honey-brown sphalerite with reddish brown willemite, black franklinite, greenish grey talc, and minor dark greenish brown serpentine (at...

Fluorescent Quartz, Cato Township, Wisconsin

This is an interesting specimen of colorless, banded, quartz that was dug up in a farm field in Cato Township, Manitowoc County,...

Quartz Crystals on Calcite - San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico

Small delicate crystal florets of yellow fluorescing quartz needles are peppered around a matrix of calcite on this striking specimen. ...

The Rodney Dangerfields of Fluorescent Minerals - They Don't Get No Respect

Not many collectors seek out chalcedony. Similarly, when they hear caliche [a zone of calcium carbonate or other carbonates in soils of...

Sphalerite & Willemite - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ

Sphalerite & Willemite from the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ. Long wave, short wave & white light

Sphalerite, var. Cleiophane & Willemite - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ

Sphalerite, var. Cleiophane & Willemite from the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ. Shown under long wave, short wave & white light. ...

Calcite from Terlingua, Texas (Terlingua Calcite)

Selenite Twinned Crystals, Willow Creek location, near Nanton, Alberta, Canada

Twinned selenite (gypsum) crystals from the Willow Creek location, near Nanton, Alberta, Canada. These crystals show a very unique...

Two Sphalerites from the famous Sterling Hill Mine, NJ

From the collection of Howie Green - Sphalerite on willemite, under longwave UV, Sphalerite only - 2nd pic

This rock proves there are some major discoveries waiting to be made in Afghanistan - Sodalite and W

How 'bout you grab your UV light, hop on a plane and head out to the mines in the remote mountains of Afghanistan. I guarantee you will...

Sodalite & var. Hackmanite - Badakhshan Afghanistan

Here are some samples of small cabinet specimens of Sodalite & var. Hackmanite from Badakhshan Afghanistan that I have been collecting....

Botryodial Smithsonite, Buena Tierra Mine, Mexico

This is the first fluorescent rock I bought in 2014 and got me hooked. It is 4x3x2". The photographs are SW (3x26w), and LW 3x3(9) Engin...

Calcite, Willemite, Hydrozincite, Powellite, Smithsonite, Miller Canyon, AZ

This is the brightest Miller Canyon, AZ rock that I have. It is also a rare 5 color rock. It is about 4". There is Calcite, Willemite,...

Fluorescent 'Dragon Egg' Fluorite Slice - Inner Mongolia

These fluorite slices originated in the Inner Mongolia region of China. The fluorite nodule formed around a mineral inclusion[s] and,...

Fluorite with Hydrocarbon Inclusions, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

Cluster of purple cubic fluorite crystals, from Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois. These fluorite cubes show a blue fluorescent...

Seven! Color Fluorescent, Merelani, Tanzania

Here is a SEVEN color fluorescent specimen from the Merelani Hills in Tanzania. Under Shortwave UV you can see Yellow fluorescing...