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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...

Mexican Geode with Fluorescent Drusy Quartz, Calcite [With Phantoms] and Phosphorescent/Fluorescent

This was a fortuitous find at a local mineral show. Just like with oysters, one never knows what one will find in a geode. In addition to...

Fluorescent And Phosphorescent Thernardite from Soda Lake, California

Thernardite is an anhydrous sodium sulfate mineral which occurs in arid evaporative environments such as Soda Lake. It fluoresces in a...

Terlingua-Type Calcite, Cave Stone Co. Quarry, Norristown, Indiana

Pink to white cleavage rhombs of Terlingua-type calcite on a limestone matrix, from the Cave Stone Co. Quarry, Norristown, Indiana. This...

Calcite, Fluorite and Sphalerite- Rosiclare, Illinois

This is a mixed specimen containing calcite, fluorite, sphalerite and likely other minerals. It was self-collected in 2015 at the...

Fluorescent & Phosphorescent Calcite With Fluorescent Quartz From East Gray's Quarry, Wyomin

Calcite from this locale is know for fluorescing different colors when exposed to different wavelengths of ultraviolet light. This one...

Sulfur on Calcite - Maybee, Michigan

Here’s a rare specimen right out of Manual Robbins’ book (Fluorescence, Gems and Minerals Under Ultraviolet Light, 1994), pages 192 and...

Sphalerite, Calcite, Willemite, and Hydrozincite, Miller Canyon, Arizona

An interesting, but not exceptional rock from Miller Canyon. However, the sphalerite's phosphorescence is quite interesting and exhibits...

Wollastonite, Kockgruvan Mine, Skinnskatteberg, Sweden

Probably the best locale name in all of rock collecting. Here's a wollastonite that glows mustard in shortwave, dark mustard in...

Red Lightning Calcite and Aragonite, Promontory Point, Utah

An interesting little specimen from Promontory Point in Utah. The red fluorescing calcite is like a circular bolt of lightning. The...

Willemite, Calcite from Puttapa, Australia

A nice small cabinet specimen from the Puttapa zinc mine in Australia, about 3" long. The UV image is 30W SW plus 30W MW. The MW brings...

Willemite Calcite and ??? from the Third Plain Zinc Prospect - Australia

Graham Fraser added 39 photos to Facebook - copied most of them here A whole album from one rock! It's from Third Plain Zinc Prospect...

Sodalite and Chkalovite - Greenland

Bright orange fluorescing sodalite with blue/green fluorescing chkalovite from Greenland. The sodalite is nicely tenebrescent...

Elk Creek Barite, on Calcite - Meade County, South Dakota

BARITE ON YELLOW CALCITE. ELK CREEK, MEADE COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA 4 ½ OUNCES 2 ¾ X 2 ¾ X 1 ¼ inches f/11 ISO-100 .8 second

Celestite and Sulfur from Sicily, Italy

Here's a specimen of Celestite crystals and sulfur on matrix from Sicily, Italy. A fairly bright specimen and does have a slight color...

Triboluminescent Sphalerite, Horn Silver Mine, Utah, USA

Sphalerite from the Horn Silver Mine in Utah is some of the more interesting material around. Stunning in longwave, bright and colorful...

Wollastonite, Fengjiashan Mine, China

Wollastonite from the Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Hubei, China. This one doesn't quite exhibit the various color changes as some do from the...

Calcite Crystals - Mariposa Mine, Terlingua District, Brewster Co. Texas

Greenish color is showing the phosphorescence

Franklin Super Diggg 2017, Trip Report

by Chris Clemens 6/8/17 The promise of this year’s Super Diggg on April 29th was too tempting to resist- over six million pounds of Mill...