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Fluorescent Minerals : Page 3
Daylight specimens are in Minerals A-L and Minerals M-Z.Fluorescent cabochons are in the Cabochons section.
Fluorescent sets are in the Mineral Sets section.
Important: Fluorescent minerals require a special ultraviolet lamp to view them (normally, a short-wave UV lamp). It's worth it to get a good lamp.
The color response of your computer's monitor may not be the best representation of the photographs. The colors shown in the photos, at least as they appear on our office monitor, are the most accurate representations we were able to capture with the limitations of the camera.
Assortment - 6 pieces. Photo is a collage - specimens not shown to scale with one another. Typical size about 1.5 inches across. Specimen #6 is about 2"x2".
1.) Calcite - locality unknown (could be Passaic Co., NJ) - FL weak pink-red, SW
2.) Calcite rhomb - Franklin, NJ. FL bright red-orange SW
3.) Calcite w/ minor Willemite, Hardystonite, & Cuspidine (rare!) - Franklin, NJ. The cuspidine is fl. yellow-orange in SW, lilac in MW; small specks / grains.
4.) Fluorapatite, Calcite, Willemite - Franklin, NJ - with NF andradite garnet (golden brown). The fluorapatite fl. peach-orange-tan in SW.
5.) Sphalerite (fl. orange, blue SW/MW/LW) with willemite (fl. green SW) in "black ore" - Franklin, NJ
6.) Norbergite (fl. Yellow SW) - Franklin / Ogdensburg, NJ.
#F460 ... $28.00
SOLD
"Crazy Calcite" - Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ. Pleasing mottled FL in SW. Also minor amts. of sphalerite (peach) & hydrozincite (blue).
Size: disp. face approx. 3" x 2 1/2".
#F459 ... $26.00
"Crazy Calcite" - Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ.
Size: about 4 1/2" x 2 3/4" max.
#F461 ... $26.00
Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, & Willemite - Franklin, NJ. Vivid 3-color specimen. Other side has a "lightning bolt" of willemite through it.
Size: about 3 1/4" x 1 3/4" x 3/4".
Ship wt. 1.2 lbs.
#F440 .... $45.00
Microcline var. "Amazonite" - Franklin, NJ. Subtle but attractive blue and pink response in SW, with specks of red-orange from calcite. Pale greenish in daylight. Size: 3 3/4" x 2 1/4". Ship wt. 1.2 lbs.
#F429 ... $20.00
Norbergite (fl. yellow, SW) in calcite - Farber Quarry, Franklin / Ogdensburg, NJ.
Large specimen, about 5" wide and 4" tall.
This is a nice one, having a well-defined swath of norbergite grains running diagonally through the non-fl. marble.
Ship. wt. 5 lbs.
#F439.... $68.00
Sphalerite & Calcite - Franklin, NJ. FL SW, LW and MW. Sphalerite veins through calcite. Sphalerite silvery-gray in daylight.
Specimen size approx. 3 3/4" x 3 1/4".
Ship. wt. 2 lbs.
#F463 ... $40.00
Wollastonite with Hydrozincite
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey.
Size approx. 3 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/2". Ship. wt. 1.2 lbs.
#F458 ... SOLD
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Fluorescent minerals require a special lamp to view the colors you see in the photos. Most of the specimens shown above react to short-wave ultraviolet (SW UV or "UV-C"), which has a wavelength of 254 nanometers.
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Minerals A-L (daylight)
Minerals M-Z (daylight)
Abbreviations:
FL = "fluorescent", "fluoresces", "fluorescence";
LW= "Long-Wave" (ca. 320 to 370 nm);
MW = "Mid-Wave" (ca. 302 to 312 nm);
PH= "Phosphorescent" ( i.e., temporary glow after UV source is removed);
SW= "Short-Wave" (254 nm);
UV= "Ultra-Violet".