fluorescent CERUSSITE - Superfund site - Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho, USA

Cerussite crystals, fluorescent weak white under SW and LW UV.

from Bunker Hill Mine (Tyler; Stemwinder; Bunker Hill and Sullivan; Bunker Chance Mine), Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA

this classic locality was discovered in 1885; the mine is reclaimed and closed to collecting (Superfund site)

Measures approximately 1.75 x 1.5 x 1.5 inch, 2.89 oz / 44 x 38 x 38 mm, 82g

this specimen is featured on mindat, minID: UDL-RKV

Price: 150.00 USD

Item # A0230414

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).

Crystal Prospect