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Dogtooth Calcite, Jiangxi, China

Very fine and sharp dogtooth calcite from Jiu Ba San Mine, Wuhuashan, Jiangxi, China, The piece also has non-fluorescent quartz,...

Calcite and Fluorite with Phantoms, Yaogangxien, China

From Yaogangxien, Hunan, China, clear calcite cubes sitting on a bed of green fluorite. Under shortwave, the calcite shows small phantoms...

Blindingly bright Scheelite from Hunan, China

Here's a very, very bright fluorescent scheelite from Hunan, China. Weighs just over a kilogram, and is quite dense.

Root Beer Calcite - Clashgorm Mine, Scotland

From the Clashgorm Mine, Strontian, Argyllshire. Scotland. It was collected in 1998. I was fascinated by the concentric triangles shown...

Puttapa, Australia

A small cabinet specimen form the Puttapa Zinc mine in Australia showing an array of typical colors and patterns, mainly Calcite and...

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...

Puttapa, Australia

This is a small cabinet piece of highly veined Calcite and Willemite (plus more) from the world famous Puttapa Zinc mine in Australia...

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...

Beryl var. Goshenite, Pingwu, China

Never has one rock I posted created more controversy than this one. Card read: Beryl, Pingwu, Mt. Huebaoding, Sichuan, China. Trouble is,...

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...

Miller Canyon, Arizona

Consensus is calcite, willemite, hydrozincite, sphalerite, smithsonite, and the yellow is possibly cerrusite, but is still under discussion.

Opal, The Andalusia Mine, California

My then eight year old daughter and I explored the old Andalusia Mine tailings for fluorescents. Never before had we found so many...

Leiping Lizards--Calcite from China

Here's an interesting calcite from the Leiping Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China. Not as bright as many calcites from China, this one is...

Tugtupite and Polylithionite - Greenland

Calcite, Hydrozincite and Powellite from Shadow Hills, Mojave Desert, CA

Here's a nice little specimen that was from a selection of handouts for kids at a local show. Calcite (red), Hydrozincite (blue),...

Calcite Crystals on Fluorite

Golden calcite on green fluorite, with quartz (non-fluorescent) from China.

Barite on Calcite - Italy

Old-time specimen from Sicily - simply amazing. Sadly I only have this SW picture. Currently in the collection of Earl V.

Color change Scheelite from Dongshan, China

Scheelite typically fluoresces a bright, whitish blue. Those from the Dongshan Mine, Hunan, China fluoresce pink under mid-wave light as...

Calcite, Scheelite and Hsianghualite? from Xianghualing, China

An interesting rock from the Xianghualing Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China. The calcite is a deeper red than most I've seen from China. The...

Esperite, Willemite, Calcite, Hardystonite

Classic 4-color from Franklin, NJ - the fluorescent mineral capital of the world.