Crystal Prospect

GALENA crystals with fluorescent - Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA

Gray Galena intergrown cubic crystals with octahedral corner modifications, violet Fluorite, gemmy Calcite crystals and tabular Baryte – this area fluoresces in a pale-white color under SW and LW UV.

from Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA

ex “Parker Minerals”

Measures approximately 2.75 x 1.25 x 1.25 inch, 6.27 oz / 57 x 32 x 32 mm, 178g

this specimen is featured on mindat, minID: 7TR-RUX

Price: 200.00 USD

Item # A1150214

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).