Fluorescent Minerals
Fluorescent willemite (green) and calcite (red) from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, NJ.
4"x3"x3"
The reddish-brown mineral on the right half of the specimen is tephroite.
Under short wave UV the willemite is visible within the tephroite as fine veins in a pattern called "exsolution willemite."
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