Crystal Prospect

phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA - for sale
phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA - sold
phosphorescent fluorescent WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE, CALCITE,Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

fluorescent WILLEMITE with ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE - Sterling Mine, New Jersey, USA

Flat laying secondary Willemite crystals, black Franklinite (there's a thin vein with it on one side), and red-orange Zincite in light colored Calcite.

Willemite is fluorescent in SW and LW UV and has a lasting phosphorescence.

Under LW UV there are a few small areas of yellow fluorescence on Zincite (rare) and a bit of odd pale-white fluorescence on Calcite.

from Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA - Franklinite and Zincite type locality

Measures approximately 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 inch, 5.92 oz / 76 x 38 x 38 mm, 168g

Item # A0190115

SOLD

To show the fluorescent response the specimen was illuminated using 6 watt 254nm (Short Wave) / 366nm (Long Wave) UVGL-58 lamp (you need a proper UV light source to observe the fluorescence, more powerful lamp = brighter response).