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Norbergite, Sterling Mine

Grains of brown/yellow Norbergite on white Franklin marble, from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey. ...

Calcite Cleavage Rhomb, Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

A brightly fluorescent and phosphorescent calcite cleavage rhomb from Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This specimen shows classic...

Willemite Lightning in a Hardystonite Sky

Spectacular under short wave UV, green fluorescent willemite lightning bolts flash in a blue hardystonite sky in this specimen from the...

Root Beer Fluorite Cube with Celestine, Stoneco White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ohio

A single, large, root beer-colored fluorite cube with minor translucent celestine, from the Stoneco White Rock Quarry, Clay Center,...

Crazy Calcite, Franklin, New Jersey

Crazy calcite is an unofficial local name applied to a type of rock containing dolomite in calcite from Franklin, New Jersey, that...

Calcite, Willemite - Puttapa Australia

A nice 3.75" example from Puttapa Australia. From the Warrington collection, WA. Photographed under LW and SW with a 60mm macro lens at...

Diopside in Calcite, Fort Ann, New York

Grains of brightly fluorescent diopside with minor non-fluorescent pyrite in a calcite groundmass, from the Rt. 4 Roadcut, Fort Ann,...

Gypsum var. Selenite -Cathedral Valley Utah

I call this Bird of Paradise. A fabulous Gypsum specimen photographed in LW. LW is the brightest. MW is dimmer, and SW is even dimmer -...

Dugway Geode, Dugway Geode Beds, Juab County, Utah

Many of the geodes collected from the famous Dugway Geode Beds in the Utah West Desert show impressive green fluorescence under UV. This...

Apatite, Hydrozincite, Microcline, Calcite - Sterling Hill NJ

A large specimen from Sterling Hill measuring 6 x 3 x 2" weighing 1lb 13oz.

Youngite, from the Youngite Caves, Guernsey, Wyoming

Fluorescent youngite specimen from Guernsey, Wyoming. Youngite is an agatized brecciated jasper with a coating of grayish translucent...

Calcite, Willemite, Smithsonite - Puttapa Australia

This is a recent barn find rescue. A fabulous fluorescent example from Puttapa Australia. This rock weighs 1 lb 9 oz and is about 5"...

Wernerite- A Spectacular Long Wave Mineral

Wernerite is a member of the scapolite family, intermediate between Meionite and Marialite. Its interest to fluorescent mineral...

Liebigite, Schwartzwalder Mine, Jefferson Co., Colorado

Yellowish green scales of liebigite on schist, from the Schwartzwalder Mine, Jefferson Co., Colorado. Liebigite is a secondary uranyl...

Fluorescent Fossil Clams, Pipe Creek Jr. Quarry, Marion, Indiana

And now for something a little different! This is a fossil comprised of bivalve mollusk shells in limestone, from the Pipe Creek Jr....

Lava Cap Thunder Egg, Deming, New Mexico

A cut, but unpolished, Lava Cap Thunder Egg half, containing chalcedony, calcite and manganese oxide pseudomorphs, enclosed in a rhyolite...

Talc, Gouveneur Talc Co. Mine, Balmat, New York

Mass of platy, cream/white-colored talc crystals, from the Gouveneur Talc Co. Mine, Balmat, New York. This specimen shows an...

Fluorapatite in Jumillaite

Jumillaite is not a recognized mineral species. It's a post-volcanic mixture of different silicates, such as analcime, leucite and...

The exsolution game... Willemite, calcite and tephroite.

The labels of specimens like this nearly always read "Calcite & willemite". They never mention the non-fluorescent massive brown stuff,...

Almost a 6 color piece

Green willemite, violet-blue hardystonite and orange clinohedrite. Some very minor calcite and a spec of esperite are on the back side....