Crystal Prospect
fluorescent CALCITE and CELESTINE -closed locality- Chittenango Falls, New York, USA
Burnt-orange LW SW fluorescing Calcite scalenohedral crystals with light blue Celestine.
from Rt 13 Roadcut, Chittenango Falls, Fenner Township, Madison County, New York, USA
collected in the 1970s by Adrian Labuz - today approaching and collecting at the site is strictly forbidden
Measures approximately 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 inch, 6.87 oz / 89 x 51 x 38 mm, 195g
this specimen is featured on mindat, minID: 5E8-FK3
Price: 100.00 USD
Item # A1000514
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).