Crystal Prospect

fluorescent WILLEMITE and ZINCITE - Sterling Mine, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Green SW LW fluorescent Willemite, red Zincite, black Franklinite, blue SW fluorescing Hydrozincite and minor, faint red SW fluorescent Calcite. There’s a scattered yellow LW fluorescence coming from the Zincite (rare).

from Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA – Franklinite and Zincite type locality

Measures approximately 2 x 1.5 x 0.5 inch, 3.77 oz / 51 x 38 x 13 mm, 107g

Price: 18.00 USD

Item # A0910115

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).