Esoterizona Stones 35

Fluorescent Minerals

Calcite (red) and fluorite (purple) from the Pure Potential Mine. 6"x3.5"x2" (La Paz County)

With longwave UV, only the fluorite is visible.

White light - you can see the white bands of fluorite cutting through the brown calcite.

Fluorapatite (violet) and hyalite opal (green) from the Cerro de Mercado Mine, Durango, Mexico.  Midwave UV activates the fluorapatite, while the hyalite opal responds to shortwave UV. 4"x3"x2.5"

Fluorapatite, midwave UV only.

Also a very aesthetic white light specimen

Calcite (red), fluorite (purple), and willemite (green) from the "3-Color-Mine" near Silverbell, AZ. 3"x2.5"x1"

White light.

All three specimens purchased from Polman Minerals.