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Chalcedony from Taitung, Taiwan

There isn't too much information on minerals from Taiwan let alone fluorescent ones. This piece was purchased in Taitung by local...

Multi-wave Calcite from the Franklin Mine, New Jersey

So many times when we see on blindingly bright calcite from Franklin, we yawn. However, sometimes there's a surprise. As usual, this...

Scheelite Octahedrons on Matrix, Ortiz mine, Golden, New Mexico

Honey colored, octahedral scheelite crystals on a light matrix, from the Oriiz mine, Golden, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. Under short...

Adamite and Austinite, Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah

Specimen consisting of white, radiating sprays of acicular crystals of austinite, and small, greenish yellow prismatic crystals of...

Polylithionite Rose from Mt. St. Hilaire

(English version) Polylithionite rose over a small microcline matrix. Fluorescence is the tipical yellow in Sw and in this sample it’s...

Calcite Aragonite from Boccheggiano, Tuscany (Italy)

(English version) The worldwide denomination aragostrontianite for this mineral is incorrect. This carbonate tipical of Bocchieggiano /...

Chondrodite and Diopside, Warwick, New York

The Amity area of the Town of Warwick, in Orange County, New York, is located near the central region of the Franklin marble belt, and is...

Red Phantoms in Mariposa (Butterfly) Calcite from Santa Eulalia, Mexico

(English version) This specimen could be classified as an “common Mariposa Calcite” from Mexico (Buena Tierra Mine, Santra Eulalia). And...

Tarbuttite; Broken Hill Mine, Zambia

Here's a quartet of Tarbuttite specimens from the Broken Hill Mine in Kabwe Zambia. Though not as bright as the material from the...

Sphalerite and Hydrozincite, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah

This triangular-shaped piece of waste rock was surface collected from a tailings pile at the Maxfield mine, in Big Cottonwood Canyon,...

Calcite on Barite, Lockport, Kentucky

This is an interesting fluorescent specimen from a location previously unknown for producing fluorescent minerals- the Lockport Vein,...

Meta-Autunite Torbernite 'Green Garden' from Portugal

Here a beautiful mix of Autunite and Torbernite from Assunçao (Portugal). On a gray rock matrix are several crystals of Meta-Autunite...

Zinc Minerals Willemite and Smithsonite from Tsumeb, Namibia.

Green Willemite and white-tan Smithsonite -as described in Robbins (1994). Willemite covers about half of the surface of the specimen...

Witherite, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

Witherite is a relatively rare barium carbonate mineral that shows a blue/white fluorescent response under short and long wave UV. The...

Quartz, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

The Cave-In-Rock area of Hardin County, Illinois, is best known to collectors for its historical production of world-class specimens of...

Unique Sorensenite - Fluoresces Yellow Under Longwave

Bright yellow fluorescing sorensenite

Coral-Like Formation of Aragonite, from Mexico

This is a bright white, branching coral-like formation of pristine aragonite that shows a beautiful multi-wave fluorescent response under...

Scheelite, Powellite, and other misc. non-fluorescent minerals from the Pine Creek Mine, Scheelite,

Under normal daylight, this is an unimpressive looking mottled rock containing grey, black, white, and reddish/brown minerals, from the...

Willemite, Balmat, New York

Light grey, translucent crystals of willemite on and in a light grey matrix, from Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., New York. The willemite...

Golden Barite from Elk Creek, South Dakota

Several well-formed, terminated, amber barite crystals on a dark chocolate brown matrix, from the Elk Creek area of Meade County, South...