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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia

Small but brighter than average specimen of the typical calcite-willemite assemblage from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Also better than average under midwave and longwave UV.


7,2 cm X 4,5 cm X 3,8 cm, 179 grams


Shown in the slideshow below: Shortwave UV (254 nm tube lamp), Midwave UV (310 nm LED), Longwave UV, SW phosphorescence, MW phosphorescence, LW phosphorescence, Visible light.









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