Crystal Prospect

DOLOMITE with fluorescent CALCITE - Sainte-Eustache, Quebec, Canada

White SW and LW fluorescing Calcite crystals on lustrous light pink saddle shaped crystals of Dolomite on gray dolostone matrix.

ex Albert Sebela

A beautiful example from this lesser known locality famous for excellent Dolomite and Calcite specimens, rarely seen on the market.

from Saint-Eustache Quarry (Carriere et pavage Saint-Eustache; Sainte-Eustache quarry; Mathers Quarry), Sainte-Eustache, Deux Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada

Measures approximately 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 inch, 6.41 oz / 63 x 51 x 38 mm, 182g

this specimen is featured on mindat, minID: YQD-V3E

Price: 28.00 USD

Item # A0350115   #8

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).