SC532 – Pabstite from the Kalkar Quarry, California

Feb 11, 2022 | Mineral Collection, Pabstite

Tiny crystals of pabstite on matrix. Virtually invisible under normal light, they fluoresce bright blue under shortwave UV light, and a dimmer red under longwave UV. Under midwave UV they still fluoresce bright blue, and something else on the matrix fluoresces some dim red.
Locality: Kalkar Quarry, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USA (Mindat)
MinID: VYW-539
Size: 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Weight: 13.13 g
Fluorescence under midwave UV light.
Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.
Fluorescence under longwave UV light.
Normal light.