SC344 – Hydrozincite from the Zorzone Mine, Lombardy, Italy

Dec 14, 2020 | Hydrozincite, Mineral Collection

Hydrozoncite on matrix. The hydrozincite fluoresces a nice blue under shortwave UV light, not much under longwave. The matrix has a weak brown/orange fluorescence under longwave, I don’t know what it is.
Locality: Zorzone Mine, Zorzone, Vedra Valley, Oltre il Colle, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy (Mindat)
MinID: 27Y-AWG
Size: 6 x 5 x 3 cm
Weight: 112 g
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Normal light.
Label from Daniel C. Montero.
Back of the label from Daniel C. Montero.