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BIG Fluorescent SPECIMENS

(Last update 12/03/2011)

(All UV photos are taken under shortwave UV lamps, unless stated otherwise; SW= shortwave, LW=longwave, WL=white light; click on any photo for a full-size image)

                                                             

BHARD01 - Clinohedrite, Hardystonite, Willemite (fl-SW), Franklinite - Parker Shaft, Franklin, New Jersey - 5 lbs., 6 X 5 X 3 in. - $750

A gorgeous Parker Shaft specimen brought out in the 1950's by Franklin miner John Yanvari

PPXL07 - Calcite, Willemite, Fluorite (fl-SW) - Purple Passion Mine, Yavapai Co., AZ - 1 lb. 11 oz., 5 3/4 X 4 X 1 1/2 in. - $45

A stunning 3+ color fluorescent, personally collected in 2002

ROGFL2 - Fluorite (fl-LW/SW) - Rogerly Mine, County Durham, England - 6 lbs. 13 oz., 12 X 7 X 2 1/2 in. - $285

A huge plate entirely covered by sea-green crystals which fluoresce brightly under either SW or LW (above)

SH1114 - Calcite, Willemite (fl-SW), Zincite, Franklinite - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ - 3 lbs. 2 oz., 5 3/4 X 4 X 2 1/4 in. - $30

Very nice Sterling Hill fluorescent specimen, full of ruby Zincite for daylight interest

BLL12 - Calcite, Aragonite, Diopside, Humite (fl-SW) - Long Lake Zinc Mine, Parham, Ontario, Canada - 3 lbs. 10 oz., 5 3/4 X 5 1/4 X 3 in. - $125

A huge multicolor fluorescent featuring a wild fluorescent pattern of Diopside or Aragonite veins and Chondrodite (Humite) "stars"...

BHARDY17 - Calcite, Hardystonite, Willemite (fl-SW) - Franklin, New Jersey - 2 lbs. 6 oz., 4 3/4 X 3 1/4 X 2 1/2 in. - $75

Nice big, bright Franklin 3-color - good sprinkling of Hardystonite blebs throughout

SHCALBAR01 - Calcite, Fluorite (fl-SW) - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ - ~15 lbs., 10 X 9 X 4 in. - $2495

A huge, very rare piece of Sterling Hill history - Calcite sprinkled liberally with Fluorite, and showing the remains of two large "blowback" drill holes

WEARXL - Fluorite (fl-LW/SW), Weardale, England - 2 lbs. 11 oz., 5 X 4 X 2 1/2 in. - $375

A huge purple Fluorite Crystal from Fraser's Hush Mine, very bright fluorescent blue

CALARAG01 - Aragonite (fl-LW/SW) - San Luis Obispo County, CA - 5 lbs. 7 oz., 7 X 5 3/4 X 5 in. - $825

Spectacular under white light or any UV wavelength, the crystals are sharp and undamaged

CWXL05 - Calcite, Willemite (fl-SW) - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey - 11 lbs. +, 10 3/4 X 8 1/2 X 3 in. - $175

An absolute monster Sterling Hill specimen, quite phosphorescent, with some mylonitization evident

MARI16 - Calcite (fl-SW/LW) - Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico - 1 lb. 1 oz., 6 X 3 1/4 X 2 in. - $85

A great two-way specimen of sharp dogtooth Calcite, fluorescent on the back in SW, with the crystals fluorescent (tan) in LW

XLCCUP01 - Chalcedony (fl-SW) - Hidalgo County, New Mexico - 1 lb. 2 oz., 6 1/2 X 4 X 2 in. - $95

A very large Chalcedony "Desert Rose", attractive both in white light and shortwave UV

NJRG29 - Calcite, Willemite (fl-SW) - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey - 4 lbs. 3 oz., 5 1/2 X 4 1/2 X 2 3/4 in. - $45

"lightning bolt" veins of Willemite which extend through the entire specimen - a great bright fluorescent

BHARD18 - Hardystonite, Clinohedrite, Willemite (fl-SW) - Franklin, NJ - 2 lbs. 12 oz., 6 1/4 X 2 3/4 X 3 in. - $275

An outstanding big Franklin combo, with a mostly Hardystonite matrix and ample Clinohedrite and Willemite to really set it off...

PPXL05 - Calcite, Willemite/Aragonite, Fluorite - Purple Passion Claim, Yavapai Cty., Arizona - 7 lbs. 6 oz., 7 1/4 X 5 X 4 1/2 in. - $225

Another huge Purple Passion multicolor piece, containing Smithsonite and another unknown fluorescent mineral, personally collected in 2002

BAJA11 - Selenite (fl-LW/SW) - Baja California, Mexico- 1 lb. 8 oz., 8 1/2 X 4 1/2 X 1 1/4 in. - $75

A sharp 2-way specimen, a plate of snowy-white crystals which fluoresce in a ghostly white with areas of pale peach

CWXL07 - Calcite, Willemite (fl-SW) - Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey - 2 lbs. 15 oz., 7 1/2 X 4 1/2 X 1 1/4 in. - $49

Brick-red Willemite turns bright green, white Calcite turns bright red - a textbook illustration of the magic of fluorescence

KLSH10 - Calcite, Willemite (fl-SW), Franklinite - Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, NJ - 2 lbs. 9 oz., 5 1/2 X 5 X 2 in. - $20

A large Sterling Hill specimen collected in the early 90's by well-known dealer-collector Jos. Klitsch

 

Items pictured above which are also on sale in my eBay store have an eBay item # following the price; you can go to my eBay store by clicking here.  If you are considering a purchase of any of the specimens not listed in eBay, please send me an email with any questions; additional images are available upon request. 

 

 

Jim Simpson (tigerowner@gmail.com)

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