SC339 - Calcite on Quartz
Locality: San Antonio Mine (San Antonio el Grande Mine), East Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico (MINDAT)
Size: 9 x 6 x 4 cm - Cabinet (6-10 cm)
Weight: 250 g
minID: 92A-RX8
Calcite in a bed of quartz. The calcite fluoresces a nice red under shortwave UV light. Under longwave UV light, the red fluorescence of the calcite is weaker, but some dark inclusions in the calcite fluoresce orange. The inclusions could be sphalerite.
