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Fluorescent Minerals - Page 1 : longwave and shortwave UV minerals, thumbnail up to cabinet size are listed below. We try to select specimens to have the best richness and aesthetic appeal.
A special lamp (short-wave UV) is required to see the fluorescent colors.
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More Fluorescent Minerals (Page 2)
Meionite (Scapolite) & Calcite - Franklin, NJ. This is the very unusual orchid- or lilac-fluorescing variety (SW), of which decent specimens are difficult to find. We have never seen any single piece of it larger than about 3 or 4 inches across. It seems to be scarcer than the red-pink FL scapolite.
This FL scapolite occurs on the edge of the calc-silicate units, as opposed to being found within the orebody. Subtle FL but very beautiful. Similar material, also unusual, was found at Sterling Hill in some galena-bearing rock.
The Franklin assemblage (for sale here) contains microcline, quartz, calcite, and minor amounts of a couple other minerals (e.g., andradite, allanite).
Disp. face approx. 2 3/4" x 1 3/4".
Ship. wt. 3/4 lb.
#F425 ... $35.00
Meionite (Scapolite) & Willemite with minor Fluorapatite and Calcite - Franklin, NJ. In daylight, some may recognize this as the petedunnite assemblage. Note the spotty "cauliflower" effect of the willemite in SW.
This rock contains some petedunnite, also quartz and a small amount of a glassy, metamict mineral of unknown identity. The scapolite FL is somewhere between cherry red and bubble-gum pink; rather subdued but beautiful. This one of the more uncommon Franklin assemblages. It doesn't seem to have been studied all that well [yet].
Size approx. 2 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches. Ship. wt. 1 lb.
#F433 .... $25.00
Microcline & Calcite - Franklin, NJ.
FL SW, pale powder-blue (microcline) w/ red-orange (calcite).
Main display face approx. 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches. Ship. wt. 1.2 lb.
#F431 ... SOLD
Norbergite - Farber Quarry, Franklin, NJ. FL yellow, SW. Matrix is non-fl. marble. Very rich in norbergite.
Disp. face approx. 3 x 2 inches. Ship. wt. 1 lb.
#F426 ... $18.00
Sphalerite - Franklin, NJ. Fl. orange and blue, LW and MW, fl. dimmer orange in SW.
"Silvery" or "gemmy" sphalerite in a dense, black matrix.
Disp. face approx. 2 1/4" x 2". Ship. wt. 0.8 lb
#F410 .... $18.00
Sphalerite - Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey. There is some willemite (FL green), but some of it may be dust. The calcite has a weak purplish FL also. It is interspersed with blocky chunks of franklinite (NF).
The sphalerite is nice under LW, with some PH. Should also go well under MW (not tested). There is a small amount of an unidentified mineral that FL yellowish under LW.
Display face is about 3.5 x 2 inches. Ship. wt. 2.2 lbs.
#F432.........$24.00
Sphalerite & Calcite with minor Hydrozincite - Franklin, NJ. FL in SW UV, also LW and MW. Should be brightest in MW, but we haven't tested it.
Display face approx. 3 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches. Ship. wt. 0.5 lb.
#F378 .... $25.00
Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, Willemite and NF bustamite or rhodonite - Franklin, NJ. FL in SW UV. Disp. face about 3" x 3". Ship. wt. 0.7 lbs.
#F364 .... $25.00
Willemite & Calcite with Franklinite - Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ. Fl. red and green with black areas (franklinite, non-fl.). A very rich specimen of dense, sub-vitreous willemite having a pinkish-tan color. This is actually solid, crystalline willemite that doesn't happen to show any faces.
Size: approx. 3 1/2" x 2 3/4" x 2 1/2".
Ship. wt.: 3 lbs.
#F427........SOLD
Wollastonite in Calcite - Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ. Fl. yellow-orange SW (wollastonite) and deep reddish SW (calcite). This is the highest grade of brightness for wollastonite that came from the pits; it is about the same brightness as the material from the 340' level.
Disp. face approx. 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches.
Ship. wt. 0.8 lb
#F395 ... $22.00
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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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Abbreviations:
FL = "fluorescent", "fluoresces", "fluorescence";
LW = "Long-Wave" (ca. 320 to 370 nm);
MW = "Mid-Wave" (ca. 302 to 312 nm);
NF = "Non-Fluorescent"
PH = "Phosphorescent" (i.e., temporary glow after UV source is removed);
SW = "Short-Wave" (254 nm);
UV = "Ultra-Violet".
Important: 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.