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Hydrozincite and Smithsonite from Zorzone, Italy

This is a small nice Italian Zorzone mine Hydrozincite and Smithsonite specimen. The Hydrozincite coverage and thickness is very high on...

Calcite, willemite & hydrozincite from Sterling Hill, NJ

Nice cabinet-sized specimen of calcite (red fluorescence), willemite (green fluorescence), franklinite (non fluorescent), with a coating...

Hydrozincite, Sphalerite from Green Monster Mine, Nevada

One of the many specimens collected in the Green Monster Mine, Sandy Valley, Nevada, in early January 2022. The blue-white fluorescent is...

Hydrozincite, Smithsonite from Hermosa mine, Spain.

Hydrozincite has an intense light blue fluorescence and smithsonite is dark blue creating a wild contrast! (according to some comments)....

Hydrozincite from the Zorzone Mine, Italy

Hydrozoncite on matrix. The hydrozincite fluoresces a nice blue under shortwave UV light, not much under longwave. The matrix has a weak...

Smithsonite, Cerussite and Hydrozincinte from the Zorzone Mine, Italy

Pocket of smithsonite crystals on matrix. On top of the smithsonite there are a few small cerussite crystals. Under longwave UV light...

Calcite, Willemite and Hydrozincite, Miller Canyon, Arizona

This beautiful 4-color rock is from the Nelly James Mine (also known as Miller Canyon), in southern Arizona. At its best under short...

Fluorite, Calcite and Hydrozincite; Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

This beautiful multi-colored fluorescent specimen was surface collected from the tailings that remain at the site of the former Minerva...

Spectacular 3-Color Rock from Miller Canyon, Arizona

Miller Canyon is located in the rugged terrain of the Huachuca Mountains, in Cochise County, Arizona. Near the top of Miller Canyon lies...

A 3-Color Fluorescent Beauty from Miller Canyon, Arizona

The Nelly James was a small open pit lead, copper, zinc, gold and silver mine located in Miller Canyon, in the Huachuca Mountains,...

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,...

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,...

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...

Hydrozincite, Goodsprings, Nevada

Normally I’m not a big fan of cutting or polishing rocks, as I prefer them in their original, natural condition. I’ll make an exception...

Spectacular Fluorescent Specimen from the Long Lake Zinc Mine, Ontario, Canada

This is a beautiful multi-colored fluorescent specimen from the Long Lake Zinc Mine, near Parham, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada. Under...

Wollastonite, Calcite, and Hydrozincite, Big Yellow Mine, Utah

This is a small, but spectacular fluorescent specimen, collected in 2016 from the Big Yellow Mine, located on the back side of Indian...

Apatite, Hydrozincite, Microcline, Calcite - Sterling Hill NJ

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

Another Long Lake combo

The Parham combos are top material for the fluorophile collectors. Calcite = red, diopside = greenish blue, chondrodite = orange,...

Hydrozincite and calcite

This calcite and hydrozincite combo comes from an old Belgian lead/zinc mine near Plombières, Liège province, Belgium. The locality is no...

Hydrozincite and lead

This hydrozincite comes from the Minas de Altaiz, in the Picos de Europa National Park in the Norts of Spain. The fluorescence is due to...