SC1168 – Carpathite from the Picacho Mine, California, USA

Yellow carpathite crystals coated by quartz. Quite nice how some crystals are fully exposed, some completely embedded in a quartz “pipe”, and some where the “pipe” is broken, showing the carpathite inside. Under UV light the carpathite fluoresces very bright blue, especially under longwave UV. A few little red dots of cinnabar are also visible here and there, not fluorescent.

Locality: Picacho Mine, Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA (Mindat)
MinID: 9DD-LDN
Size: 9 x 7 x 5 cm
Weight: 183.95 g