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Fluorescent, Phosphorescent, Triboluminescent Sphalerite, Frisco, Utah

This is an outstanding specimen of sphalerite that displays several very interesting luminescent phenomena. It was collected from an...

Another Franklin combo

Sphalerite with willemite. The spalerite has a nice phosphorescence, which helps to distinguish it from calcite. SW en MW-UV combined....

Passa Limani slag combo

Calcite, aragonite and sphalerite from the Passa Limani slag locality, Lavrion, Attica, Greece. Source: Fluorescent Minerals Workgroup MKA

In the mix: sphalerite/wurtzite

Mixture of wurtzite and sphalerite from: Horn Silver Mine, Frisco, San Francisco District, San Francisco Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA. When...

Aragonite, Calcite, Sphalerite from the Passa Limani Locality in Greece

Some white fluorescing (SW) aragonite with red fl. calcite and orange fl. sphalerite from the Greek Passa Limani slag mineral locality....

Orange Fluorescent Sphalerite, Balmat, New York

This specimen contains light colored veins and masses of sphalerite in a dark matrix, from Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., New York. The...

Multicolored Birdseye Sphalerite Set, Balmat, NY

Here is a set of three different Birdseye Sphalerite pieces from the Zinc Corporation of America Mine #4 in Balmat, NY. This sphalerite...

Not exactly rare but rarely seen yellow-fluorescing Calcite from Sterling Hill, NJ

At Sterling Hill, most collectors highly favor searching with short wave UV, ignoring long wave almost entirely. That's too bad because...

Sterling Hill Sphalerite, Willemite, Franklinite, Talc, ex Marian Reitenbaugh collection

Honey-brown sphalerite with reddish brown willemite, black franklinite, greenish grey talc, and minor dark greenish brown serpentine (at...

Sphalerite & Willemite - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ

Sphalerite & Willemite from the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ. Long wave, short wave & white light

Sphalerite, var. Cleiophane & Willemite - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ

Sphalerite, var. Cleiophane & Willemite from the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ. Shown under long wave, short wave & white light. ...

Two Sphalerites from the famous Sterling Hill Mine, NJ

From the collection of Howie Green - Sphalerite on willemite, under longwave UV, Sphalerite only - 2nd pic

Calcite, Fluorite and Sphalerite- Rosiclare, Illinois

This is a mixed specimen containing calcite, fluorite, sphalerite and likely other minerals. It was self-collected in 2015 at the...

Sphalerite, Calcite, Willemite, and Hydrozincite, Miller Canyon, Arizona

An interesting, but not exceptional rock from Miller Canyon. However, the sphalerite's phosphorescence is quite interesting and exhibits...

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...

Miller Canyon, Arizona

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

Franklin Super Diggg 2017, Trip Report

by Chris Clemens 6/8/17 The promise of this year’s Super Diggg on April 29th was too tempting to resist- over six million pounds of Mill...