Xonotlite
XonotliteFluorescence under midwave and shortwave UV light.Normal light.Fluorescent xonotlite in...
Zektzerite
Zektzerite, a rare mineral, fluorescent bright white under shortwave UV light.Fluorescence under...
Zircon
ZirconFluorescence under midwave and shortwave UV light.Normal light.Fluorescent zircon in my...
SC1370 – Med-City Calcite from Rochester, MN, USA
A big chunk of calcite, with some interesting colors under midwave UV light: form yellow to orange...
SC1354 – Agrellite & Baratovite from Dara-i-Pioz, Tajikistan
A nice specimen of agrellite and baratovite from the second best agrellite locality: the...
SC1353 – Nasonite & Prehnite from the Franklin Mine, NJ
A soup of Franklin minerals. Mostly nasonite and prehnite, I think mixed together, fluorescent...
SC1352 – Roeblingite nodule from the Franklin Mine, NJ
A fragment of a roeblingite nodule, showing its characteristic porcelaneous, or coconut-like,...
SC1347 – Margasonite & Axinite-Mn from the Franklin Mine, NJ
A “Parker Shaft Soup” mix of minerals — without the rare ones. Mostly present in this sample are...
SC1346 – Nasonite, Prehnite, Margarosanite, et al. from the Franklin Mine, NJ
A nice example of “Parker Shaft Soup” mix of minerals. The two most obvious minerals are...
SC1340 – Carpathite from the Picacho Mine, California, USA
Large matrix piece of carphatite in quartz. The long acicular carpathite crystals are protected...
SC1333 – Fantasy Rock from the Taseq Slope, Greenland
Nice and colorful “fantasy rock” from the Taseq slope in Greenland. We have chkalovite “eyes”...
SC1327 – Fluorapatite and Calcite in Magnetite from Utah
Fluorapatite crystals in magnetite. The fluorapatite crystals are elongated and all aligned in the...