DRILL CORE with fluorescent SPHALERITE - Sterling Hill, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Full round drill core section showing heavy foliation.

Under LW UV a little scattered weak orange fluorescing Sphalerite lights up, very faint red fluorescence on a few areas of the Calcite under SW UV.

from Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey

Measures approximately 3.5 x 1 inch, 3.56 oz / 89 x 25 mm, 101g

Price: 38.00 USD

Item # A0900115

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