Monday, March 7, 2016

Esoterizona Stones 41

Fluorescent Minerals

The following specimens come from a small abandoned copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains.  They feature two forms of calcite - white veins through gray matrix and druzy coatings of small orange crystals, both of which are fluorescent red under shortwave UV.


3.5"x2"x0.5"


6"x4"x1.5"


7.5"x5"x2"

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