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Calcite, willemite & hydrozincite from Sterling Hill, NJ

Nice cabinet-sized specimen of calcite (red fluorescence), willemite (green fluorescence), franklinite (non fluorescent), with a coating of hydrozincite (blue fluorescence), from Sterling Hill. Shown in visible light in the second picture.


Shortwave UV fluorescence



Visible light.

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