SC1340 – Carpathite from the Picacho Mine, California, USA

Mar 21, 2026 | Carpathite, Mineral Collection

Large matrix piece of carphatite in quartz. The long acicular carpathite crystals are protected inside the quartz. Where the quartz is broken, the yellow carpathite is revealed. Under longwave UV light the carpathite fluoresces a very bright, characteristic blue.
Locality: Picacho Mine, Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA (Mindat)
MinID: 7UU-63J
Size: 16 x 16 x 5 cm
Weight:
Fluorescence under longwave UV light.
Normal light.
Earth’s Treasure – Rick Kennedy label.