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Esperite, calcite and willemite

This is on of the more difficult combos to photograph. It a large rock, more than fist-sized. All three colors are caused by manganese as...

Another Franklin combo

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

Fluorescent Concrete, Franklin, New Jersey

This specimen is an excellent example of building with the materials at hand. It is a piece of concrete, collected from the Trotter...

Classic Barite on Calcite from Sterling Hill Mines in Ogdensburg, NJ USA

I took a spectrum of the red fluorescence of the calcite. It clearly shows the fluorescence of the co-activator, lead. The fluorescence...

Brilliant Green Fluorescent Willemite from the Sterling Mine

A red/brown, somewhat rhombohedral, piece of nearly pure willemite, with minor calcite. This red variety of willemite contains manganese...

Beautiful 3-Color Rock from Franklin, New Jersey

This is a truly classic 3-color fluorescent rock from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey. This technicolor specimen provides a...

Willemite, Calcite and Hydrozincite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey

This insane swirl of fluorescent colors is from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey. The unusual and interesting pattern of...

Salmon Calcite Veins in Calcite, Franklin Mine, New Jersey, USA

Salmon calcite looks like fresh, raw salmon. For the sushi aficionados and fisherman alike, you understand. This piece has veins of...

Salmon Calcite, Sterling Hill Mine, New Jersey, USA

Salmon calcite matches its namesake—raw salmon. This piece is composed of beautiful crystals of the pink colored calcite and weighs in at...

Wollastonite, Sterling Hill Mine, New Jersey, USA

Wollastonite is a relatively common, but still sought after fluorescent material from the Sterling Hill Mine. This specimen, weighing in...

Happy Holidays! Christmas Calcite from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, New Jersey

This is a classic specimen of "Christmas Calcite" from the Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey. This material contains...

Brick Red Willemite (troostite) and Calcite, Franklin, New Jersey

This specimen, from Franklin, New Jersey, is of mixed composition and contains brick-red willemite (troostite), white and greenish/white...

A Fluorescent Classic- Calcite and Willemite from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey

This is a classic fluorescent specimen from the Franklin Mine, in Franklin, New Jersey- the self-proclaimed "Fluorescent Mineral Capital...

Sterling Hill Fluorescent Zincite

As I've posted before, I am a big fan of powerful, true 365nm UV light from LED flashlights. It allows me to find stuff that is...

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...

Powellite on Calcite, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, N.J

Gravity tram, 20 ft below 180 level at 1040 N, 1270 W, Sterling mine, Ogdensburg, NJ. (Per R. Bostwick: That particular find of powellite...

Amethystine Crystals of Clinohedrite, Numerous Tiny Crystals of Charlesite, and Roeblingite - Frankl

A fragment of highly altered, granular franklinite-calcite-hendricksite ore bearing a hydrothermal alteration crust of several minerals: ...

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. ...