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Red Fluorescent Fluorite - Mexico

At Tucson 2017 I had my deathray longwave LED flashlight (as did one other fellow). We came across a vendor selling Mapami fluorite...

Smithsonite, El Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico

The El Refugio mine, located in Choix, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, is a notable source of beautiful specimens of the zinc carbonate...

Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico

This is an interesting specimen of adamite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. As is the case with many fluorescent minerals,...

Hemimorphite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico

Light-colored crystals of hemimorphite on a red/brown limonitic gossan matrix, collected from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico. ...

Snowball Geode from Trancas, Chihuahua, Mexico

Geodes are great fun. They're much better than Easter Eggs during an egg hunt, and this one was found during such an escapade. Momma...

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...

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...

Selenite, Baja California, Mexico

This is a cluster of white, bladed, intergrown crystals of selenite from an interesting location in Baja California, Mexico. Located at...

Hyalite Opal Geode from Mexico

This is a hollow, rhyolitic, geode nodule half containing a botryoidal, bubbly mass of colorless hyalite opal and small quartz flowers,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tyuyamunite from Mexico

Tyuyamunite: Margaritas No. 1 Mine, Sierra Peña Blanca, Peña Blanca District, Mun. de Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico This is a calcium uranyl...

Rare Red Fluorescent Fluorite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico

A small percentage of purple fluorite from the Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, shows a beautiful, rich, red fluorescence under UV....

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...

Terlingua-Type Calcite, San Vicente Mine, Coahuila, Mexico

Terlingua-type calcite shows a similar response to UV light compared to true Terlingua calcite, from the Terlingua, Texas, area. True...

Adamite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico

This is an exceptionally bright fluorescent adamite specimen from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Under visible light,...

Rare Red Fluorescent Fluorite, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico

A small percentage of purple fluorite from the Ojuela Mine in Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, shows a beautiful, rich, red fluorescence under...

Quartz Crystals on Calcite - San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico

Small delicate crystal florets of yellow fluorescing quartz needles are peppered around a matrix of calcite on this striking specimen. ...