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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.



6 cm X 3,1 cm X 1,6 cm, 37 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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