SC1111 – Wickenburgite from the Green Envy Mine, Arizona, USA

Oct 7, 2024 | Mineral Collection, Wickenburgite, Willemite

A new find of wickenburgite and willemite from the “Green Envy Mine”, a new 2024 locality. The wickenburgite fluoresces its typical pink to red under shortwave UV light. The willemite fluoresces bright green under shortwave, yellow under midwave and longwave UV, and shows a long lasting afterglow after UV exposure. On the bottom right corner there is a little bit of caliche fluorescent orange.
Locality: Green Envy Mine, Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (Mindat)
MinID: WVL-Q3J
Size: 12 x 8 x 6 cm
Weight: 812 g
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Normal light.
Raman matching the wickenburgite reference, plus some quartz or other silicate.
Label from George Polman