Crystal Prospect

fluorescent MICROCLINE, WILLEMITE and FLUORAPATITE - Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Light green “Amazonite” Microcline feldspar (fluorescent in a blue color SW), green Diopside, yellow Andradite, some colorless Quartz (locally rare mineral), green SW fluorescing Willemite (rare association to Microcline), bright red SW fluorescent Calcite, and burnt orange-brown SW fluorescent Fluorapatite.

Brief phosphorescent flash on the Calcite, some of the Willemite is short lived phosphorescent.

from Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Measures approximately 3.5 x 2 x 2 inch, 1 lb 3.50 oz / 89 x 51 x 51 mm, 552g

Price: 40.00 USD

Item # A0170115

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).