fluorescent SPHALERITE and WILLEMITE - Taylor Road, Franklin, New Jersey, USA

Orange LW SW fluorescing adamantine Sphalerite “Cleiophane” with green SW fluorescing Willemite, a trace of blue SW fluorescent Hydrozincite, and black Magnetite crystals, in Calcite.

the Sphalerite is short lived phosphorescent. A few small spots of red SW fluorescence on Calcite.

from Taylor Road site, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Measures approximately 2.75 x 2 x 2 inch, 14.49 oz / 70 x 51 x 51 mm, 411g

Item # A1551213

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).

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