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Calcite, Fluorite and Pyrite; Chenzhou, Hunan China

An interesting chip calcite on fluorite from Chenzhou, Hunan, China. What's really different is that each calcite chip seems to have a...

Witherite, Calcite, Baryte, and more! North Yorkshire, England

England has some very interesting and famous fluorescent materials. Material from the Danby Level, Northside Mines, Whaw, Arkengarthdale,...

Complex quartz crystal with uranyl

Quartz with hyalite opal, Chihuahua, Mexico. A geode with fluorescing hyalite opal also has a few tiny quartz crystals. This one is about...

Two Generations of Calcite from Missouri

This is an interesting specimen consisting of what appears to be two generations of calcite and areas of drusy quartz, on a limestone...

Wollastonite, Willsboro, New York

Collectors of fluorescent minerals are familiar with the bright, warm yellow, fluorescent wollastonite from the Franklin/Sterling Hill,...

Creedite sphere

Creedite, Durango, Mexico. Probably but not confirmed from the Navidad Mine. This specimen cost me the princely sum of US$ 3.00. It's a...

"Black" Calcite from Belgium

This is a so-called "black" calcite from the Gralex quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne (near Charleroi), Hainout Province, Belgium. These...

Eucryptite, Parker Mountain Mine, Strattford, New Hampshire

Grey-colored specimen containing a high percent content of eucryptite, from the Parker Mountain Mine, Parker Mountain, Strafford, New...

Calcite Cleavage Rhomb, Utah

Colorless, translucent, calcite cleavage rhomb from an unknown location in Utah. Looking somewhat average under visible light, it shows...

Calcite Cleavage Rhomb, Cave Stone Co. Quarry, Norristown, Indiana

Although this is not one of my more brightly-fluorescent specimens, it nonetheless shows a beautiful response under UV. It is a...

Calcite, France Stone Co. Quarry, Grape, Michigan

Here’s an interesting little fluorescent specimen from an obscure Midwestern location, consisting of small clusters of honey-colored...

Sodalite, var. Hackmanite, Davis Quarry, Bancroft, Canada

This blocky specimen of hackmanite is from the Davis Quarry, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. Under long wave UV it shows a bright, saturated,...

Cadmium Smithsonite and Quartz, County Clare, Ireland

The Emerald Isle seems to be woefully under-represented when it comes to fluorescent minerals. However, here's a nice little piece from...

Aragonite - Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico

This is a large (25cm x 15cm x 15 xm) coralloid formation of Aragonite from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. I don't know if coralloid...

Scheelite Crystals on Quartz - China

Being brown / black presumed from the Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province,...

Escherlike crystals of Adamite

This is a nice little gemmy Adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapami, Durango, Mexico. It is pretty small (4.2 cm x 3.1 cm x 1.6 cm, 28.3...

Wollastonite and Calcite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey

This is a light-colored, granite-like rock that predominantly contains wollastonite crystals in a calcite groundmass, with other...

Davis Shaft, Columbia Mine, Marion, KY

Collected in October 2016 during a visit with Mark and John in the late afternoon. In just a few minutes I learned some very valuable...

Diopside, Lake Valhalla Quarry, Montville Township, New Jersey

Light-colored piece of diopside with a marble-like texture, from the Lake Valhalla Quarry, Montville Township, Morris Co., New Jersey. ...

Strange Fluorescent Aragonite Cave Formation, Shoals, Indiana

This is a very peculiar and interesting specimen of aragonite dripstone, collected in an unnamed cave in a limestone quarry in Shoals,...