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SC469 - Radiating Willemite


Locality: Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA (MINDAT)
Size: 5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm - Miniature (3-6 cm)
Weight: 35.1 g
minID: 875-GVH

Small piece of radiating willemite, getting the name for the fan-shaped crystal aggregates. Under shortwave UV light it shows a very bright green fluorescence and very long lasting green phosphorescence/afterglow.

Left: Fluorescence under 254nm UVC (shortwave) Hg light. Right: normal light.
Left: Phosphorescence/Afterglow after exposure to 254nm UVC (shortwave) Hg light. Right: normal light.
Last update: 27 December 2021