Crystal Prospect

fluorescent SCAPOLITE WERNERITE - Grenville, Quebec, Canada

Meionite-Marialite Scapolite variety "Wernerite", with columnar Tremolite crystals and tarnished Pyrite micros. Cut on 3 sides, one side natural.

Wernerite fluoresces yellow under LW SW UV, blue response on the Tremolite

ex Grace and Kennard Borden collection - #650,
ex Morris Museum

from Grenville Scapolite Prospect, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada

Measures approximately 4 x 3.5 x 1 inch, 14.98 oz / 102 x 89 x 25 mm, 425g

Price: 1600.00 USD

Item # A0011214

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).