SC807 – Stevensite from Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Mar 18, 2023 | Mineral Collection, Stevensite

Radiating needles of brown stevensite with a little calcite and quartz. The stevensite fluoresces white under any UV wavelength, best longwave, but, under midwave only, it is accentuated by the red fluorescence of the calcite.
Locality: Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA (Mindat)
MinID: 5V7-773
Size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm
Weight: 17.7 g
Fluorescence under midwave UV light.
Normal light.
Unknown label.
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