Quartz Crystals on Calcite - San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small delicate crystals of bright green fluorescing quartz are peppered around a matrix of calcite on this striking specimen.
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Calcite Rhomb - Challenger Cave, Mexico
$250.00 USD
SKU: MSJ0330
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A large transparent to translucent pink calcite cleavage rhomb. Bright, multi-wave fluorescence and very phosphorescent, this terlingua-type calcite cleavage rhomb is from the famous Challenger cave - a series of caverns that have been a source for these clear calcite rhombs. This specimen displays a bright blueish-purple fluorescence under shortwave and a bright pink under longwave.
"Red" Sodalite (Hackmanite) - Deeply Tenebrescent Greenland Mineral
Red sodalite is named for the color it takes on when exposed to sunlight; it is nicely tenebrescent under longwave UV. Under shortwave UV the color deepens, in seconds, to almost black in some areas.
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A Short Study on Rare Occurrences of Apatite from the Ilimaussaq Complex, Greenland
Rarest of the rare from Greenland - apatite has only been observed in a handful of pieces over the decade+ we have been exploring Greenland. Blue apatite crystals fluorescing under UV.
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